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Old September 17, 2001, 15:46   #1
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CivIII - Endless?
Just a quick question. Does anyone know if you'll be able to play forever in CivIII (as in CivII). Will a box pop up after you win asking if you want to keep playing?
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Old September 17, 2001, 15:49   #2
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I'm positive that will be the same as Civ2. Even though, I don't have any real proof to actually prove my previous statement.
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Old September 17, 2001, 15:53   #3
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Don't see why not. It would be quite a letdown to be just about to wipe out an archrival when the spaceship lands - and not be able to finish the deed.
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Old September 17, 2001, 20:36   #4
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i hated that box. made the gameplay so unimportant after, what was it... 2020? ;]
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Old September 17, 2001, 20:40   #5
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oh come on. the nuclear holocaust alwways happens around the 1800s.
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Old September 17, 2001, 22:28   #6
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oh come on. the nuclear holocaust alwways happens around the 1800s.
True, True!!!

I always got a nuke around 1600 and 1700!!!
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Old September 18, 2001, 03:32   #7
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Re: CivIII - Endless?
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Just a quick question. Does anyone know if you'll be able to play forever in CivIII (as in CivII). Will a box pop up after you win asking if you want to keep playing?
I think the replay value of the Civ genre is much more important than the ability to proceed meddling FFS without gain nor purpose.
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Old September 18, 2001, 04:15   #8
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I think the replay value of the Civ genre is much more important than the ability to proceed meddling FFS without gain nor purpose.
I agree with you that every new game one starts has to be fun.. without repetition (other than the obvious ).

I don't understand tho what you mean by 'FFS' or the without or gain statement. Could you please explain for me what you mean by it?

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Re: CivIII - Endless?
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Just a quick question. Does anyone know if you'll be able to play forever in CivIII (as in CivII). Will a box pop up after you win asking if you want to keep playing?
I hope so.
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I agree with you that every new game one starts has to be fun.. without repetition (other than the obvious ).

I don't understand tho what you mean by 'FFS' or the without or gain statement. Could you please explain for me what you mean by it?

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Ahem, it is shorthand for the not very elegant expression "for f*ck's sake". In other words, playing just without reason; all has been researched, all buildings built, all enemies at least rendered powerless, and the final score is already given. It just seems a futile exercise to me to play on after that endpoint.
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Old September 18, 2001, 07:00   #11
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I play until the extremely powerful AI (I let them get big for a challenge) stops coming after me after I split their empires in half over and over again. Or until I capture so many cities that the game is just trying to bring the cities up to speed.

I hate only having 6000 years (In retrospect I see how stupid that sounds. ) of recorded game time. I wish the powergraph would keep going anyway.
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Old September 18, 2001, 07:40   #12
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This was in SMAC; I see no reason why it won't be in civ3.
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