So I've started playing Civ 3 again....

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Spooner

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Man, I love this game. Put in 4 hours building up my English regime, but found out I'm stuck on a small island.

I need some damn boats!
 
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Spooner

Lifer
Jan 16, 2000
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Originally posted by: dighn
better grab more land or resources is gonna kill you later
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i've got a bunch of grapes, horses, diamonds and stuff

What do the iron ore, coal, and all those resuorces look like again?
 
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So

Lifer
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They are hidden until you get the technology to reveal them on the map.

The best two Civ3 sites out there [imho] are:

Civfanatics
and
Apolyton

You'll find lots of FAQ's and strategies at these places, and they have lively forums, where I'm sure you can get better answers.

[I still play civ3 too, but I also still suck at the game (I only play at monarch level)]
 
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dighn

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Aug 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: Spooner
Originally posted by: dighn
better grab more land or resources is gonna kill you later
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i've got a bunch of grapes, horses, diamonds and stuff

What do the iron ore, coal, and all those resuorces look like again?
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iron looks like a pile of scrap metal

coal looks like coal :D

without coal/oil/aluminum ur gonna die
 
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NakaNaka

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oh man I remember when I was so into Civ 3, where I would lose hours of my life without even blinking. Over the summer, once classes are over, I'm going to pick up Sim City 4, and find Civ3 around the house and get back into PC Gaming. Oh man, I can't wait. Only a few more weeks.
 
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So

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Quixfire
Originally posted by: dighn
Originally posted by: Quixfire
Is Civ3 like Rise of Nations?
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worse graphics and less tactical stuff
and it's turn based
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Thanks, I think I'll stay with Rise of Nations.
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You have to give Civ a chance -- rise of nations is modeled after Civ. The Civ series is the grandaddy of all strategic scale strategy games.

Civ3 is much much more intricate than I understand Rise of Nations to be.
 
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dighn

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yeah it's a good game. different from your typical strategy games. it's about diplomacy, civilization building etc. you can win the game without fighitng at all. of course you can win by warring but it's gonna be different from your typical rts. imo rts is more fun if you ar elooking for combat
 
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Mday

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modern armor, and settler establish as many cities as possible. usually 4 pairs with a transport... build airports asap, expand asap. your army gets there in no time. assuming you have motored vehicles.

civ3 and ptw were the last games i bought. and i play games that i bought.
 
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Sid59

Lifer
Sep 2, 2002
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Rise of Nations is pretty hard. I gave it only an hour last night and got a headache. gotta find more time to play through it.
 
iamwiz82

iamwiz82

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nothing has ever been able to take the place of civ 1, IMHO. Sid Meier is a genious. I think i played every one of his games back in the day. Railroad tycoon, Colonization, Silent Service, Pirates! Gold... ahh... memories
 
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Malladine

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Pah. Civ is way too samey. Good for the first dozen hrs, but after that it all too often degenerates into "conquer mode."
 
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