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« on: May 26, 2008, 03:25:30 pm » |
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Man playing diplomacy made me want to get into more of the fun conquest games, HOI is ok, but I still don't grasp it enough... So I dug out my copy of Civ 4, and dusted her off... anyone play this thing online or with friends? trying to find some good scenario's for it.. Beyond the sword had some varying WWII ones, trying to find the american civil war  |
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Kolath
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« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2008, 03:29:43 pm » |
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IMO, the best Civ4 mod is Fall from Heaven 2, an original dark fantasy mod that adds a huge amount of content and makes for a rich and strategic game. It has won a bunch of modding awards. And was so polished that Firaxis included a FFH2 scenario with the Beyond the Sword expansion pack. Info at the mod website: http://kael.civfanatics.net/About.shtmlMore information available on their forums: http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=190The current version requires the Beyond the Sword Expansion, but there are old versions that are compatible with vCiv4. Beyond that, I enjoyed Rhys and Fall of Civilization. I have yet to try out the WWII scenarios. |
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| salan
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« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2008, 03:43:41 pm » |
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maybe we should try em multiplayer |
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| salan
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« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2008, 03:47:22 pm » |
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this fall from heaven one is odd, trying to get my head around it |
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« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2008, 04:05:01 pm » |
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CivIV sucks, because the friend who likes it the most always takes 15 minutes for a turn... which is annoying as hell when I do my shit in 15 seconds.
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Kolath
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« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2008, 04:13:15 pm » |
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CivIV sucks, because the friend who likes it the most always takes 15 minutes for a turn... which is annoying as hell when I do my shit in 15 seconds.
So play simultaneous turns with a time limit of 2 minutes. |
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Kolath
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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2008, 04:18:44 pm » |
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this fall from heaven one is odd, trying to get my head around it Let me try to summarize... You take the basic Civ gameplay of building cities, researching techs, improving land, and fighting with units. Then you add magic, which is that certain units get abilities that are spells like casting a fireball that hurts everything on the tile or summoning a forest, which places a forest on the tile or casting various temporary buffs to your units. Then take each faction that has very different gameplay mechanics. E.g. the Calabim are vampires and their units gain XP and strength from consuming the population of your own cities. Or the Loljasalfar (Wood Elves) can build farms and villages on forest tiles and get other bonuses in forests. Finally, add in 6 powerful religions that each grant access to special units and spells. And BOOM! There is Fall from Heaven 2! |
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| salan
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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2008, 04:22:39 pm » |
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the wwii mod is awesome, i'd say its almost as indepth as the HoI:2 but with an easily understandable game underlying it
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« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2008, 06:38:21 am » |
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Meh, dont have it, worth it=?
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« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2008, 07:27:30 am » |
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HOI2 is much better, and it's not Turnbased. Turnbased on multiplayer is usually horrible.
I'll teach you HOI sometime Salan, once you get the hang of it you'll simply LOVE it, trust me.
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« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2008, 08:04:03 am » |
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Seeing how much he is in Diplomacy; Yeah, but salan dont just chicken out mid game when nothing is decided...
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« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2008, 08:21:00 am » |
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He'd probably quit playing the moment Germany annexes France  . |
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« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2008, 08:35:25 am » |
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Nah when luxemburg loses its postition as biggest europen power or when austria gets annexed.
WTF Germany annexed luxemburg, dude they have like +1 IC now, the cards are played, i am outplayed!
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| salan
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« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2008, 11:41:44 am » |
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hahah, naa i had 3 of you pounding on me, there wasn't much hope. So i offered torjado all my territory to mess with englands backstab!
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« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2008, 05:06:38 pm » |
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ooooo i have it its quite fun
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Thtb-Ally
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« Reply #15 on: June 02, 2008, 06:27:08 am » |
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Slan is being a asshole in Diplomacy  Damm you! |
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« Reply #16 on: June 02, 2008, 06:29:14 am » |
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I only have Civ4 up to warlords  |
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Thtb-Ally
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« Reply #17 on: June 02, 2008, 06:30:38 am » |
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Btw; In diplomacy; I have 1 destroy left now if i select a unit and click destroy will the unit be destroyed or can i destroy a ENEMY unit?
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| salan
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« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2008, 11:08:25 am » |
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thtb make a damn diplomacy thread, you thread highjacker!
Hmmm Zinser myself and Kolath are going to play some Beyond the sword at some point sooner or later, if anyone else wants to get in on some 3 minute real time turn action, your more then welcome to say your interested and we can figure out a time when we can all hook up.
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« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2008, 04:29:48 pm » |
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Civ 4 is a pretty decent game. The only problem I have is that I can't stand some of the multiplayer games. You really have to get your friends to play otherwise you'll always at least have one guy who goes AFK... on a turn based game.
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