Finally, an excuse to play this

[Martli]

#10889

I’ve been meaning to play civilisation for a while now. I’ve spent waaaaay too much of my life playing Civilisation IV (and more recently, VI) and have been meaning to go to the original for some time now. Looking forward to this one.

[Tijn]

#10911

Civ I is probably the one I’ve played most. There isn’t a Civ I haven’t played, but I’ve been less into the series as it developed over time.

I don’t think the later games in the series are worse than the first ones, probably quite the opposite, but I’m just really into how basic the first game was.

Civ 1 is really just a dressed up war game and everything that’s not about crushing your enemies is not worth doing haha

[SpaceGameJunkie]

#10913

Heh, my jump-in point was Civ 2, so I’ll be interested in playing this one as well.

[butterburp]

#10936

Me four! I was also late to the Civ party. I think the first one I played was 4. Might have bought 3 somewhere along the line, but didn’t play it until much later.

Slightly off-topic, LGR did a retrospective on Sims 1 after many years. He concluded that while it was revolutionary for the time, it’s simply too limited to be much fun now. I wonder if Civ will feel the same way, after we’ve been spoiled by the later games. Or maybe the basicness that Tijn describes above will hold up well.

[red.hexapus]

#10938

I remember playing CIV 1 a lot on my first PC, looking forward to replaying it after so many years.

[TheOmega]

#10958

I did play Civ1 a bit, together with Colonization. But the main one I’ve played over and over and still return to from time to time is Civ3.
Unfortunately that’s a Windows game, you know, that new OS.

So, Civ1 it is.

[Evil Taco]

#10965

I played Civ 1 back in the day, one of the DOS games I first saw over somebody’s shoulder, which alone would make it a certified classic.

I played Civ 2 and Civ 3 as well, and then I did a longturn multiplayer game of Freeciv (plus some single-player as well). I’m kind of civved out.. but firing up the original game does have its appeal.

[sanildefanso]

#11517

Really looking forward to this one. I played a whole lot of both Civ V and VI, with a little IV before that. Several years ago I tried out the original game and actually got sucked into it bigtime. It’s got the one-more-turn energy in spades, and feels really stripped down compared to the sequels.

[Mr Creosote]

#11684

I think calling Civilization “basic” is really doing it an injustice. This game blew the competition away complexity-wise in its day, with maybe the exception of a few SSI wargames. There are so many systems inside which are interlocked, interdependent… sure, later parts added more. Though adding a bit more is not nearly as big a deal as coming up with the foundation.

When I’m in the mood for Civilization these days, I play the first or the third. Part #2 just did nothing meaningful, “more of the same” without purpose (maybe small exception, the addition of unit hitpoints). The third actually did some thinking. #4 spoiled it all with its ultra-slow gameplay and the graphics engine from hell, destroying all overview. Didn’t play the spyware ones after that, but from what I read, they actually reduced complexity again, didn’t they?

[Tijn]

#11685

Oh yes, I never intended to call Civilization a basic game! Just that the first one in the series has the least extra features compared to the later entries.

To me, Civ 1 plays most like a war game, while I feel they tried to steer away from that with each next game, by adding things like religion and culture.