I remember playing this way back when, and wanted to go back to revisit it a bit… and it was exactly how I remembered it (playing original on dosbox today).
It has plenty of interesting elements, maybe strategies, but overall I always felt progress was very slow despite using speedup and I just felt bored in the long run, as I waited for things to progress. I felt the same then as I do now. I might be more tactical and able to think about stuff better (and/or save scum a bit), but I can’t pick this up for a short or even longer session due to pacing.
Attempted both the world and roman campaigns, and it felt more like progress on the roman side, but it sure does like to reset you and say ‘go again’ a few many times.
Maybe a later series title helps against the pacing, but as a ‘world builder’ I always felt civ 2 to be better for getting things done, even if even that took a long time sometimes.
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