Your Biggest Obstacle to Game Play??

[Keaka26]

Towards the later parts of the game, I find myself wanted to get back to the games sooner. I know everyone says they like the early expansion parts of the game more, but I have more fun with the more modern units, and faster troop/improvement production. But yeah, more entertaining late game.

 

[Fanatica]

I'm with you. I like how the game picks up in tempo after the discovery of steam power. Early game certainly has it's own unique challenges, but I like playing on a large map after most of the land is under someone's control and the selection of units increases. Of course I'm often at war with numerous countries at about that stage, which can lead to some all nighters and that can make breaking off in the middle of a major conflict difficult when it's time to go to work.

 

[hawai_74]

married w/2 children this is really what i wanted, but it's bad to play at CIV. I play about 2 hours a week

 

[benben]

Originally posted by Fanatica
Getting back on topic, I was wondering how many of you find that you lose interest at a particular point in the game. Sometimes if I feel I don't have enough time to truly immerse myself into game play for several days, I tend to not play. Then at other times, I will just leave the game on for days and play during any small break such as during a tv commercial, or while on hold on the telephone. Any thoughts?

When my processor can't seem to handle the game anymore, like taking forever for a turn. I would either rush through the game picking the shortest/easiest win or just abandon the game.

Having to control stack of tanks and arties is also no fun at all, I would frown whenever I think of bambarding heavily fortified cities with 40+ arties..

 

[Fanatica]

Originally posted by benben
When my processor can't seem to handle the game anymore, like taking forever for a turn.

I can sympathize with you. Sometimes the computer lag can be 5 or 10 minutes for me. (Even longer on a very large map late in the game.) I've been filling in the wait time with office work and paying bills, etc. Can't wait until I can purchase a new computer with more speed and ram that can be dedicated to the game. (both game play & design)

 

[Keaka26]

Jeez, I play on:

Athlon XP2400+ (2.0 GHZ)
512MB PC2700 ram
GforceFX 5600 Ultra

And theres no lag, a little delay at the end of the game between turns (computer thinking/moving?) and its only about 5 seconds...

But now you guys are scaring me, Im getting a laptop that I'll probably play on, its a Compaq laptop:

1.33 Ghz Athlon XP 1500+
16MB onboard ATI video
256mb ram

Is this going to be able to play Civ 3 okay?

 

[Fanatica]

@Keaka26
I don't know about your laptop suitability.

Presently I'm using a 1 GHz board & 256megs (133MHz) ram.
I'm not sure what makes the lag ...
I'm hoping for a 3.0 Ghz with 1 gig ram and 256 meg video card.

 

[illphil]

Parents bugging me to get off the computer

 

[Keaka26]

Best solution to the parents is to move out.

By the way, I think the work/school category should be split on the poll. Because they are 2 very different things.