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.

[tinybird]

#11855

I’ve played this a couple of times as an adult and it really holds up. it does some things that the later ones can’t quite accomplish. the intro and the palace building stuff and ‘we love the king day’ are unnecessary but so immersive and fun. I think they lost that playfulness in later ones even if the gameplay is technically better. plus, nuclear Gandhi is just funny!

[fastwinstondoom]

#11884

I started with Civ 2 so this will be a fun month I think! Cannot wait to lose my tanks to forified phalanxes and chariots 😀

[PWiecz]

#11886

I’ve played quite a lot of Civ 1, a bot of Civ 2, and almost none of later version. I don’t know how I’ve managed to learn how to play Civ 1 as a kid, not having a manual nor understanding English well.
I love simplicity of Civ 1, tge only thing that I may be missing is a notion of fire power from Civ 2, so there’s less risk of a battleship getting destroyed by a trireme. 🙂

[circletheory]

#11942

Civ 1 is definitely one of my favorite DOS games of all time. I still regularly play it, especially on long flights. It’s just one of the games that I never get tired of. I just finished a 4 hour session last week from my last flight, playing as the Romans and finally conquering the Americans for the last bit of land.

I first played this game back in 93 and I’ve been a fanatic ever since. It’s a game I grew up with and now my kids watch me play this game (they roll their eyes when I bring up my battle stories). I would love to join the show on this one — I have so much to say about this game (mostly positives but very few negatives). Please let me know how I can contribute to the podcast!

[Pix]

#11952

We’re always happy to get new people on, especially big fans on the games, so you can certainly come on the podcast if you like. I won’t be organising it until the tail end of July. I’ll send out an email nearer the time with all the details.

[secretchief]

#11953

Oh man! Can’t wait for this one. You guys have by the way become my go-to podcast whenever I need to zone out.

I met the Civ series with Civ 1 on Amiga around 1991 and it hit me instantly. Later I became first a strategy gamer, then studied history amd then archaeology, where I now sport a PhD on the Syro-Mesopotamian Bronze Age. So the whole thing might have just started with this game!

I followed the series closely through the years and – in the same vein – when I finally got a 486 I played Colonization for 16 hrs straight. When playing Civ 4, I couldn’t imagine a better Civ. Then came Civ 5 and I couldn’t imagine a better Civ. Then Civ 6, which I might have over 4000 hrs in. Then came Civ 7…. And I had to return in disappointment to Civ 6, haha. But I still remember Civ 1 with a lot of nostalgic love still.

As others mentioned above, please tell me if I can contribute in any way. I might send an audio at least, but when is the recording/deadline?

Cheers!