Anyone play Civilization IV?

[mattybass]

I just played the tutorial and a quick game, what a complex game!! But seems like a lot of fun... can it be played online??

 

[bcleez]

Hell yeah. Watch out its addictive... Civ 5 should be coming out soon so, I would wait on it because Civ 5 is going to be leaps and bounds ahead of Civ 4. Sid Meier games are great...

I am waiting on Civ 5, so can't play you online... but you don't need to even play online, they have tons of scenarios that will keep you busy for hours... plus each culture has certain benefits and special units

 

[mattybass]

Yeah I'm already getting hooked, bad news. And it isn't like I actually 'paid' for Civ IV. I'm interested to see what is in store for Civ V.

 

[Purple-Days]

I played a very blocky version, Sid Meyer's Civilization... Then played a later version (II, I guess?) it had some nice video that the DVD allowed over CD format. The third version started to bore me, not that it wasn't a challenge, I just moved on. It's a totally educational thing. You can't walk away unchanged, but as suggested it can get to be an obsession. Civ and Gran Tourismo, it was an early retirement diversion. Rule the wold and drive like James Garner or Steve McQueen. Fun.

 

[mattybass]

I almost fell into the WoW trap on a trial... I recognized early how addictive it could be and proceeded to throw it in the garbage. Probably one of my better decisions...

 

[bcleez]

The cool thing about Civ 5 is going to be the Hex movement. So from each square you can move in 6 directions. Civ 1-2-3 had some real odd movement where you would like dance with the enemy.

Sim City was a ton of fun to..

Geez Gran Turismo Lol... I remember doing some of those races that were like.. 200+ laps and took HOURS even when you had like 10 laps on everyone and had to just keep going for some dumb award.

 

[flanman]

never got into the civ games, really should give them a try after hearing such good things about them...

if you guys like puzzle-ish games, you should check out portal. steam is actually giving away free copies right now for i think another week and a half.

 

[mattybass]

Portal is a really good game! Somebody made an interesting flash 'port' of it too... obviously not the real thing but it's pretty cool.

 

[bcleez]

"are you still there?" poor robots....

 

[DevoTheStrange]

Portal is a really good game! Somebody made an interesting flash 'port' of it too... obviously not the real thing but it's pretty cool.

you can get portal for free off of steam until may 24th

 

[mattybass]

Portal is a really good game! Somebody made an interesting flash 'port' of it too... obviously not the real thing but it's pretty cool.

you can get portal for free off of steam until may 24th

PC only? I'm a Mac guy over here. I already own it for PC anyway.

 

[flanman]

Portal is a really good game! Somebody made an interesting flash 'port' of it too... obviously not the real thing but it's pretty cool.

you can get portal for free off of steam until may 24th

PC only? I'm a Mac guy over here. I already own it for PC anyway.

newly for mac too

 

[mattybass]

Haha wow what a coincidence, this promotion was to promote Portal on Mac!!

Sauce:
http://store.steampowered.com/freeportal/


Sometimes, timing is impeccable.

 

[sour]

I've been playing Civ IV. I don't like it as much as Civ Revolution which is a bit newer and for PS3 / Xbox 360. Civ IV is still very good though.