Re:The Game of Everything, Part 1: Making Civilization
by toast0 on Friday March 16, 2018 @02:51PM
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On the square grid, you can move in 8 directions, moving diagnoally is pretty important to max your vision in the early game.
Re:The Game of Everything, Part 1: Making Civilization
by dangerbird2 on Friday March 16, 2018 @03:48PM
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The square grid actually gave eight directions of movement, but introduced the problem of diagonal and parallel moves being different distances
Re:The Game of Everything, Part 1: Making Civilization
by distances on Friday March 16, 2018 @08:29PM
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Yep, and I think the hexagon is thus quite superior both in logical sense and aesthetically.
Re:The Game of Everything, Part 1: Making Civilization
by hinkley on Friday March 16, 2018 @03:11PM
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4 is the last one voiced by Leonard Nemoy, isn’t it?
Re:The Game of Everything, Part 1: Making Civilization
by dangerbird2 on Friday March 16, 2018 @03:49PM
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The only one voiced by him.
Re:The Game of Everything, Part 1: Making Civilization
by fjsolwmv on Friday March 16, 2018 @03:55PM
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Nimoy did all the vocals on Civ 1
Re:The Game of Everything, Part 1: Making Civilization
by dragonwriter on Friday March 16, 2018 @05:40PM
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> Nimoy did all the vocals on Civ 1
That's true in the same sense that it's true thst I did all the vocals on Civ 1.
Re:The Game of Everything, Part 1: Making Civilization
by da_chicken on Friday March 16, 2018 @04:38PM
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That's a joke, right? Civ 1 is old enough that it shipped on 5 1/4" floppy disks. Or did he help with a remake I'm not aware of?
Civ 4 is the best version of "classic civ", so if you want a modern take on 1, 2, or 3, go with Civ 4.
Civ 5 was dramatically re-developed. Instead of a square grid (4 possible movement directions for a unit) they moved to a hex grid (6 directions!). And they removed unit stacking, so you don't have these army hoards on single tiles that can wipe out everything in their path. They changed a lot and I think it was for the better - a lot of quality of life improvements. It plays much better than 4 while still retaining the classic civ "just one more turn" feeling.
Civ 6 is too much. It's got too many features and too much user interface. It feels like a chore to play some times. The music is better in Civ 6 than 5, but nothing beats Civ 4's Baba Yetu.