HerrDoktor
Mad Scientist
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2007
- Messages
- 333
I play Civ since II, but it was not until just recently that I've learned the deeper dynamics of the game. I played like all beginners, teching and building without giving a damn about terrain, citizens and specialists. When I finally realized how those features work, I was finally able to play and win in Noble level, and soon I also realized that you just can't win in Noble without starting an earlier war with your closest neighbor. Warring earlier, I've managed to win about 5 space races and 1 cultural victories. Then I, the repented pacific builder, decided to go for the hot sweet juice of my enemies' veins. Tried to win a conquest or domination with Kublai Khan, but got outteched and failed.
Then I tried Peter of Russia. Took the path of the warrior and ignored the foundation of earlier religions, as I usually did found one. So I chop-rushed the Pyramids and some axemen and got my next door neighbor Saladin, founder of Hinduism. Then Crazy Monty entered a stupid suicide war against me, lose one city but I left him for just one tech, as he was somewhat too distant to gain my interest. And also Isabella, a somewhat unorthodox Buddhist, was pissed at me for being Hindu, so she started a war against me when my troops were meeting Monty's. Managed to vassalize Isa and played two wars against Monty, the second one ending by 18XX AD, when I expelled him out of the continent and vassalized his two cities distant island as well. By 1950, with about 44% world pop, 39% territory, I was a juggernaut of science and wealth, got tanks, bombers and all the . .. .. .. .. So I decided to go after my "friend" Charlemagne, wiped him out entirely, and after that I was running over everything that moved with my absurdly huge stacks of modern armor, mech infantry, stealth bombers and so until 2014, when I won.
Took 11 hours, made a score of about 14 thousand, saw that neat "planet in blood" animation and for the first time in my life I was compared not to Neville Chamberlain or Nero, but to Hammurabi, the 2nd in the list before Augustus Caesar. Undoubtedly the best game in my life.
So now I think I can say I joined the dark side... Sing along, Alice Cooper: "No more Mr. Nice Guy!".
Then I tried Peter of Russia. Took the path of the warrior and ignored the foundation of earlier religions, as I usually did found one. So I chop-rushed the Pyramids and some axemen and got my next door neighbor Saladin, founder of Hinduism. Then Crazy Monty entered a stupid suicide war against me, lose one city but I left him for just one tech, as he was somewhat too distant to gain my interest. And also Isabella, a somewhat unorthodox Buddhist, was pissed at me for being Hindu, so she started a war against me when my troops were meeting Monty's. Managed to vassalize Isa and played two wars against Monty, the second one ending by 18XX AD, when I expelled him out of the continent and vassalized his two cities distant island as well. By 1950, with about 44% world pop, 39% territory, I was a juggernaut of science and wealth, got tanks, bombers and all the . .. .. .. .. So I decided to go after my "friend" Charlemagne, wiped him out entirely, and after that I was running over everything that moved with my absurdly huge stacks of modern armor, mech infantry, stealth bombers and so until 2014, when I won.
Took 11 hours, made a score of about 14 thousand, saw that neat "planet in blood" animation and for the first time in my life I was compared not to Neville Chamberlain or Nero, but to Hammurabi, the 2nd in the list before Augustus Caesar. Undoubtedly the best game in my life.
So now I think I can say I joined the dark side... Sing along, Alice Cooper: "No more Mr. Nice Guy!".