What's wrong with CTP?

[Damien]

I have been playing ctp since November 1999 and online since October 2000.
Could you explain me why you don't play it?
I understand perfectly your point of view...
too long,no partisan,goods that gives too much advantage and moreover nearly all multiplayer games don't go farther than the modern era because of the tanks.
However,i'd like to see your point of view and arguments.

 

[gjts00]

CTP is a RIP-OFF!!! They were even so bold as to use the word "Civilization" in the tittle. A deed which did not go unpunished. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/Instagib.gif" border=0> Sid & his lawyers saw to that. They (I'm not sure who released CTP, spineless bit*hes that they are) didn't create a game...They pirated someone else's (Sid's) opus, put a different wrapper on it, and pawned it off as their own. Simply deplorable!!! <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/supersaiyan.gif" border=0>


I hope that my brief explanation has satisfied your curiosity.

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[This message has been edited by gjts00 (edited April 21, 2001).]

 

[Az]

What's CTP?

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[Loaf Warden]

CTP stands for 'Call to Power', which was the Activision name for their little contribution to the Civ series. There were complicated reasons it was made, and there were legal battles about it, but in the end it just ended up as a cheap, inferior remake. I've been known to refer to it as the False Civ and the Anti-Civ.

 

[xeven_god_of_helsibahr]

I agree with Loaf...CTP SUCKS!!

HERE ARE THE REASONS:
(NOTE: I will start a thread called "Why CTP sucks" in a minute.)

1.)Sid didn't even take part. I mean COME ON PEOPLES! SID INVENTED CIV FOR CRYING OUT Loud!

2.)All this 3D jazzed up units crap...THEY SUCK!! 3D don't = cool in this game...Civ ain't ment for that! It's supposed to be a game where you can create your own SCN's with out going through all that 3D stuff...

3.)The Pop-Ups.....Can you say 'Annoying'? ? (By the way, is there a way to turn the Pop-Ups of?)

4.)It loads WAY too slow...I have a CPU with a lot of data on it....Civ2 still loads fast, but CTP goes SO slow it's not even worth playin'

5.){INSERT SMART *** COMMENT HERE}

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[Archbob]

Ctp's Game interface---Must die!

God they took away micro-managing!! That is an unforgivable sin!

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[Martin Schmidt]

Beside all other things there are two points which make the game so ugly. First is the dumbness of the computer enemies and second is the crappy combat system .

 

[stormerne]

I've never been tempted by CTP. But I have to say, I wonder whether Damien might be finding it difficult to separate the CivII brand (and Sid Meier) loyalty from the genuine reasons in posts so far! CivII does encourage fanaticism because it is SO good. Can anyone tell me whether CTP also engenders this kind of loyalty, barring the separate forum on this site for "Call To Power Series".

So what you're saying guys is that there's nothing at all wrong with CTP...
...that maybe a trash can couldn't put right!

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[Damien]

I didn't know Sid had sued Activision...i thought he had let em make the game...so what u say is that Activision made the game
fist****ing Sid and his team.?hmmm.
I'm sure Civ3 is gonna unify all civers.

 

[FearlessLeader2]

What is wrong with CTP? That's as open a question as "What is <insert deep philosophical topic here>?"

There are so many fine and wonderful reasons to deplore, despise, vilify and generally become physically ill at the mere mention of CTP, that it is beyond the scope of so small a forum as the Internet to fully explore an answer to this question.

It is known that this game sucks so bad, that entire populations of Polyponesian islands have committed mass ritual suicide by strangling themselves on uncooked popcorn kernels rather than play another minute of CTP after getting through the first ten turns. Really. I'm not making that up at all.

 

[Archbob]

Like I said, the interface of CTP----Must die!!!

 

[GenghisK]

Yeah, I've read several different French video magazines (Joystick or Gen4... You know that since you're French <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/wink.gif" border=0>) and they were quite divided concerning CTP. Some people loved it, other not. But concerning the interface, everybody agreed that CTP interface programmers had to be sentenced to death, impaled and burnt on a huge place so everybody can see. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/mwaha.gif" border=0>
Personnally, I was given a copy of the game but it's still buried under the other cd on my desk. Never tried to install it. I was told the interface wasn't good indeed...
But anyway, the only game that deserves to be called Civilization is <FONT size="5"><FONT COLOR="red">Sid Meier's Civilization</FONT c></FONT s> (1, 2 and soon 3). The other ones s***. All right?

<FONT size="1">BTW, I see you're in Chambourcy. I really miss the Chambourcy yoghurt here in London

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[This message has been edited by GenghisK (edited April 23, 2001).]

 

[Damien]

lol Genghis...u can command Chambourcy yoghourts on internet if u wish.
Question:how many are you every day palying civ2 TOT online?

 

[Tripa]

welcome to civ fan damien, Now see the lovely greeting u get the second u mention CTP i to am a CTP fan i also like all the other civ games but becouse i mentioned CTP2 when i first came here straiight away ppl started on me and just wouldnt shut up so i left and didnt come back for ages and they all still hold grudges where as im over it.
but now i really couldnt care what they think as becouse i keep up with what i beleived in I now run the BIGGEST clan in all the CTP2 world, ppl in here get mad if u talk about somthing they dont beleive in, so just keep playing what u want and if u ever want a game of CTP or CTP2 msg me on
ICQ: 102152413
Email: woody682@hotmail.com
or visit Web site www.skaven.allhere.com
Tripa Out
Like locusts destroy a farm, Skaven destroy the world

 

[damunzy]

I played a few games of CTP2 and was dissapointed. The graphics looked a bit better, but that couldn't make up for the weird combat, shoddy AI, and wierd units(slavers, just couldn't figure them out).
Damien, have you tried Civ2 Gold? I believe it is a superior game when compared to CTP2.
And don't put too much trust in Tripa. He tries to blame us normal Fanatics

A simple search of all of his posts will show that they contain more curses than content.

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[Loaf Warden]

No, Tripa, people "started on you" because you went into the Civ II section and said Civ II sucks. And the fact that you wouldn't recognize punctuation if it poked you in the eye didn't help.

 

[Damien]

I had civ1 in april 98,then civ2(Jewel Case)
in april 99,ctp in November99,have been playing online ctp since October00 and bought ctp2 in dec 00 but don't play it coz i find it sucks.
I understand all civ2 players and thank u all for ur posts.
Personnally i prefer ctp coz of the good features in it(trade combat system..army..8civs etc).
As i said we r all gonna rush on civ soon anyway

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[Damien]

Civ3...with the real multiplayer mode i hope we r gonna at least 100 online every day..coz..on ctp it max 15.;(

 

[thealien_83]

It's not worth my time... I'd rather wait a year or two to get Civ3 than infest my poor computer with that would-be crap...

And I frankly don't feel much like motivating myself right now...

 

[xeven_god_of_helsibahr]

Ya know what Damien? The question is: What isn't wrong with CTP?? The ONLY thing I find I like about CTP is the combat system, though the units where stupid in THAT game, the combat system could be intagrated (Did I spell that right?) into Civ3.
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OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED MICRO-MANAGEMENT!

THOSE BASTURDS!!!