Which Do You Play Mostly:Civ:1, Civ:2, Civ:3, Civ:4 or Civ:5

[W|M]

People still play Civ?

Why yes, I'm currently engaged in an arguement about whether Civ IV or Civ V is better right now.

 

[Ayn Rand]

I'm thinking of going back to Colonization (1994 version).

Such a cool game, are there windows-compatible versions about?

 

[W|M]

Yep, Freecol, which only has some graphics changes and extra civs.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Civ III before they ruined it with all the last changes was my favorite. Unfortunately, I either threw away the CDs when I got Civ 4 or I misplaced them. I tried buying the "new" Civ 3 that you can still purchase, but it just isn't the same.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Why yes, I'm currently engaged in an arguement about whether Civ IV or Civ V is better right now.

Well the problem there is that IV and V are both inferior to III

 

[azzaman333]

The only one I still play is Civ4:BtS 3.19.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Well the problem there is that IV and V are both inferior to III

Why do you say so? Civ V I see, but why is Civ IV worse?

 

[Lay_Lay]

Civ 5 is a legitimate game now. So 5

 

[Eat_Up_Martha]

Civ 5 never grabbed me. Still play Civ 4 fairly regularly.

 

[Gooblah]

Civ4 was my first and only Civilization experience. The terrible reviews of Civ5 turned me away from it.

 

[shadowplay]

Civ4 + BTS, but I played Civ3 heavily in it's day. I've actually never played Civ2... I feel so left out. Civ5 left a whole hell of a lot to be desired...

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Why do you say so? Civ V I see, but why is Civ IV worse?

Because its absolutely terrible

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

Civ II is still my favorite. Haven't played in a while though.

 

[Luckymoose]

Haven't played Civ in a long time.

 

[Takhisis]

Again?

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[MagisterCultuum]

Civ III was the first civ game I played. It would still be my favorite if I had not discovered that Civ IV has vastly superior mods. Because of Civ IV mods I haven't bothered with Civ III in years. I generally only play my own modmods of FfH, although recently I've been playing more Dune Wars.

I bought Civ II really cheap the year before Civ IV came out (actually I think it was one of several cheap computer games mom got me for Christmas that year). I never actually finished a game though.

I bought Civ V and at least started a couple dozen games, but never really got into it. I found it more annoying than fun. It seems to increase the bad kinds of micromanagement while decreasing its usefulness. I really hate not being able to end my turns early without always giving orders to all of my units and cities. Also, the last time I looked the selection of mods was not yet very impressive.


I haven't played any Civ in the past week, because my laptop's AC adapter stopped working. I found and ordered a cheap replacement online, but probably won't arrive for another week. In the meantime I have reclaimed my old laptop. (My dad was using it for a while, but since he returned and moved his desktop home from the office he has no use for it.) I deleted all the games (except the basic ones like solitaire of course) from it when I got my new laptop about 19 months ago, and don't want to bother reinstalling them again. (This week I've mostly just played Free Cell.) It still works fine for basic internet use, but the screen sucks. The brightest it will go is still pretty dim and there are about 140 one pixel wide vertical lines of random colors obscuring much of the screen.

 

[Perfection]

Definitely Civ Rev.

 

[Truthy]

Definitely Civ Rev.

You're trying to start an argument.

 

[SG-17]

Civilization III and a little bit of Civilization Revolution. I never liked Civ4 and my computer can't run Civ5.

 

[History_Buff]

Alpha Centauri. It's the one that's held up best for me. I still play it now.

Though my number of hours is probably highest on Civ II. Likely due to two scenario packs: Red Front by Captain Nemo, and The Struggle for Europe, by Marko Urm. Both of those stretched Civ II about as far as it could possibly go, to great effect.