Sid Meier on The Screensavers

buzzbat · October 10, 2002, 20:53

Anyone catch The Screensavers today? Sid Meier and Jeff Morris (thanks vmxa1) were on there... not really anything new except (i think) new screenshots posted on their website... the url is http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/s...364705,00.html if you missed the show tonight you can find it on 10 p.m. tonight and tomorrow at 2:30 a.m. Eastern.

vmxa1 · October 10, 2002, 22:09

Man you beat me to it. It is Jeff Morris. BTW Sid said PTW will be in early Nov, not Oct 29.

Tuberski · October 10, 2002, 22:53

What is the Screesavers?

Tuberski · October 10, 2002, 22:54

nevermind. I should really learn to follow links.

ThaddeusAlexander · October 10, 2002, 23:02

WOW! that pic of hte guerilla unit is awesome! And whats the flamethrower dude?????

Cheers
~Thadalex

Athitis · October 11, 2002, 05:02

WOW. The Guerilla is indeed beautiful! And the flamethrower is suposed to be an "american flamethrower" (?). It is propabily a WW2 unit...but could it be a second UU???????????

ThaddeusAlexander · October 11, 2002, 14:05

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Originally posted by Athitis
WOW. The Guerilla is indeed beautiful! And the flamethrower is suposed to be an "american flamethrower" (?). It is propabily a WW2 unit...but could it be a second UU???????????

You're right its prolly for the WW2 scenarios ... i didn't even think of that .... i can't wait regardless!!

Civ3 PTW PARTY TIME!

buzzbat · October 11, 2002, 18:44

Hopefully it is american second UU :P
WWII senario should kick ass...

ThaddeusAlexander · October 11, 2002, 18:47

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Originally posted by buzzbat
Hopefully it is american second UU :P
WWII senario should kick ass...

Yeah since the americans should really be in the game in the first place

Cheers
~Thadalex

ixnay · October 11, 2002, 20:20

I like that guerilla. He's kind of creepy since he has no face, though.

RomanGod · October 12, 2002, 05:32

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Originally posted by ThaddeusAlexander

Yeah since the americans should really be in the game in the first place

Cheers
~Thadalex

*sigh* Seeing as how we americans have a pretty good tech record, and saved europe in WWII, I think we deserve some slack.

WarpStorm · October 12, 2002, 06:58

And of course Firaxis is American, as are the biggest sales base for the game.

And of course this has beeen said in at least a hundred other threads.

Please don't rehash all those threads here.

rob.derosa · October 12, 2002, 10:33

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Originally posted by RomanGod

*sigh* Seeing as how we americans have a pretty good tech record, and saved europe in WWII, I think we deserve some slack.

Only after it had ben overun by Nazi forces, and dont make out it was entirley because of the americans the we won the war.

jdd2007 · October 12, 2002, 10:37

bull. usa had as much of an effect on today as the babs, persians and iroqouis put together

rob.derosa · October 12, 2002, 10:47

Whoops, finnally realised what you mean

jdd2007 · October 12, 2002, 10:53

i wasnt just replying to you.

anyway, lets keep this on topic.

ThaddeusAlexander · October 12, 2002, 12:44

Eeek, all I wanted to do was joke ABOUT those thousands of other posts.

I agree they shouldn't be in the game because they're just a colony like Canada or Australia. Heck you don't see me complaining why my country isn't in the game. Personally, I don't care! I think they should add the 'States and Canada to the WWII scenarios but thats about it.

Cheers
~Thadalex

(ps Russians won WWII)

Hagbart · October 12, 2002, 12:45

Yeah the units are probably WW2 units. And please keep this on topic.

Athitis · October 12, 2002, 15:16

I think the Guerilla unit is weak. I read somewhere that they require replacable parts to be build and have an ADM factor of 6.6.1.........they might have another ability however, not yet revealed to public.

PS: Give as more UU!

Perhasp 2 for each civ.
Greece (for example) could have Hoplites and Tsoliades ( a musketman with an additional movement point) and Germany could have Panzers and U-Boats (a sub with a greater attack factor). Sounds good, doesn't it?

PS2:..........too bad that's folly.

SMIFFGIG · October 12, 2002, 16:48

I think the flamethrower unit is silly due to the too basic combat system in Civ3. I mean a unit on screen represents 100. So a Hoplite represents 100 hoplite infantry. Your hardly going to have a sqad of 100 flamethrowers. Silly IMO, and about the combat system if it where like CtP2 the flamethrower unit would be ok with other troops but not so good on its own, like archers bad on there own but really good as backing long range troops in a group. This isnt possible in civ3 as each unit attacks one by one (which is an awful system IMO far far to basic). Like in civ3 you send archers in on there own as attack troops, i mean this is just stupid, where as in CtP2 you send them with an assortment of troops Flankers, attackers etc

And about what Athitis said about 2 UU's per civ. Before Civ 3 came out i thought each civ would have a unique unit for each era, i think that would be cool. One UU throughout the whole of human time is abit minimalist to say the least.

Tassadar500 · October 12, 2002, 18:45

I cant wait to play the WWII scenario in PTW. Im going to destroy germany and those evil natzis

:P