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Originally posted by Microprose Veteran@May 8 2005, 08:04 PM
Mr. Picard,
You are entitled to your criticisms of the great Sid Meier of course.
Personally, I've never had that "This is all WRONG" feeling whenever I played a Sid Meier game. Perhaps a "hm, he could've done this better" but anyway...
The point is, people like I (intelligent, favor strategy over action) actually like even enjoy playing games made by the great Sid Meier.
So yeah, Colonization has a lot of weak points, but still, playing it in Viceroy mode is a helluva lot of fun!
Alpha Centauri: what about the story line? It's just Civ on a different planet. But the visuals were more interesting (actual 3-D surface) and the sci-fi-storyline wasn't bad either. And I must admit: it's a damned hard game and the AI is better than in any other Sid Meier strategy game I've played.
Civ III: still haven't played this at the hardest level, but it's a great, great game. It made me even almost feel sympathetic to the USA's quest for oil in the Middle East...
My point is, these games may be intended as simulations of real situations, but at the core they are games. And damned good games!
And let's not forget the great, great game "Pirates!" on the humble C=64!
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I agree with all,except for civ 3.It was better than average, but it hasnt got that SOMETHING that forced me to play all other Civilization,ColonizationAlpha.Centauri or Pirates games second,third,fourth.... time again.
Btw what happened to Peter Molyneux(dont know about spelling)???
He was one of the most original game creator I know....