Sid Meier's Games - Your Favourite?

Calindor · 1st August 2002, 1:49 PM

Something written by praiseB here got me thinking about this.

If praiseB can quite happily play almost a day's worth of CivIII, he must be a Civ addict like me.

What's your favourite?

Mine would probably be CivIII or Alpha Centauri. Every now and then, I'll pull these games out and quite happily spend the best part of a day or three playing them through.

Cal.

influx · 1st August 2002, 5:44 PM

CivII. The right combination of graphics/gameplay to make it addictive. Plus, it runs windowed, so I can browse the net/instant message/change tunes in winamp while conquering the globe

chaosx123 · 1st August 2002, 5:52 PM

Best Sid Meier game? SimGolf! I absolutely love it (even if it is a Sim game) :P

On the topic of Civ III, please explain why spearmen can destroy tanks. I never quite grasped that...

mark| · 1st August 2002, 6:55 PM

smac is pretty cool when you surround that miriam bitch with 20 planet busters...

EazyduzIt · 1st August 2002, 6:57 PM

You can't ask a question like this and expect people not to wrangle over which is their favourite.

Wrangling over, I am going to go with CivII. I've played that game from sunset to sunrise. There was a thread awhile back, which got lost in the "great forum crash", which pointed out that Alpha Centauri was not Sid Meier games, but designed by someone else and packaged with Sid's name on them

Dilbert · 1st August 2002, 7:00 PM

Nothing , and i mean nothing has ever coming close to the fun i had playing the original civ on my 286 way back when. i remember the day i bought that game. ohh my soo long ago.

Syphon · 2nd August 2002, 1:12 AM

SimGolf was fun(ny) to begin with..but after say..an hour, it was losing its fun

Caesar 3 was pretty fun.

Acid · 2nd August 2002, 7:40 AM

Civ 3 of course, great game! But now i'm in to neverwinter nights

Dirk · 2nd August 2002, 1:40 PM

Hmmm.
I'd rank Civ 3 at the top, with Civ 2 and SMAC in equal second. I felt that SMAC was too short, but thankfully it was designed the same way as the other civ games so that you could edit the game's end point to suit yourself.
I love the configurability of the game- don't like how something plays? Change it.
Great stuff.

Calindor · 2nd August 2002, 3:41 PM

The customisation that you can do in SMAC is something that I love too.

Want to build the uber-unit? You can. Tank, Chopper, Gravship, whichever.

Best thing was, of course, having orbital drop pods on Colony units - both sea and land, and have bases popping up everywhere.

Cal.

dink · 2nd August 2002, 3:55 PM

civ1 the original had me playing for about 6 years. never stopped loving that one. now i can't find it anywhere.

unix · 2nd August 2002, 4:14 PM

Civilization II & III

My other favourite (not Sid's game) is Transport Tycoon Deluxe

OPP · 2nd August 2002, 4:47 PM

colonisation was the shit ... never liked civs at all ..

I never did complete that game

IPfreely · 2nd August 2002, 5:47 PM

Some poll you've got there...

Sid Meier made the original Civilization and played a small part in the making of Civ2. The rest just have his name on it.

=BF= · 2nd August 2002, 6:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by OPP
colonisation was the shit ...

Me too .. wish they'd do a windoze version.

View Poll Results: Favourite Sid Meier Game?
Civilization/Civilization II	50	31.45%
Civilization III	53	33.33%
Alpha Centauri	26	16.35%
Other	30	18.87%
Voters: 159. You may not vote on this poll

1st August 2002, 1:49 PM	#1
Calindor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: brisbane.qld.au Posts: 2,240	Sid Meier's Games - Your Favourite? Something written by praiseB here got me thinking about this. If praiseB can quite happily play almost a day's worth of CivIII, he must be a Civ addict like me. What's your favourite? Mine would probably be CivIII or Alpha Centauri. Every now and then, I'll pull these games out and quite happily spend the best part of a day or three playing them through. Cal. __________________ I am not young enough to know everything. – Oscar Wilde. PSN: CasualJan

1st August 2002, 5:44 PM	#2
influx Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Subiaco Posts: 13,002	CivII. The right combination of graphics/gameplay to make it addictive. Plus, it runs windowed, so I can browse the net/instant message/change tunes in winamp while conquering the globe __________________ The Anti Bogan

1st August 2002, 5:52 PM	#3
chaosx123 Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Perth Posts: 1,817	Best Sid Meier game? SimGolf! I absolutely love it (even if it is a Sim game) :P On the topic of Civ III, please explain why spearmen can destroy tanks. I never quite grasped that... __________________ Banned from the Test Forum Club #2 :: My quote at bash.org :: Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try - Yoda

1st August 2002, 6:57 PM	#5
EazyduzIt Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Darwin - home to scoffee Posts: 2,573	You can't ask a question like this and expect people not to wrangle over which is their favourite. Wrangling over, I am going to go with CivII. I've played that game from sunset to sunrise. There was a thread awhile back, which got lost in the "great forum crash", which pointed out that Alpha Centauri was not Sid Meier games, but designed by someone else and packaged with Sid's name on them __________________ vv.txt \| ePenis Last edited by EazyduzIt; 1st August 2002 at 7:03 PM.

1st August 2002, 6:55 PM	#4
mark\| Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,705	smac is pretty cool when you surround that miriam bitch with 20 planet busters...

1st August 2002, 7:00 PM	#6
Dilbert Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: SE Melb Posts: 917	Nothing , and i mean nothing has ever coming close to the fun i had playing the original civ on my 286 way back when. i remember the day i bought that game. ohh my soo long ago. __________________ Question: Why did the chicken cross the road? Moebius: To get to the other... um. Err. Yes. Who do u serve? and who do u trust???

2nd August 2002, 1:12 AM	#7
Syphon Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Perth, WA Posts: 2,558	SimGolf was fun(ny) to begin with..but after say..an hour, it was losing its fun Caesar 3 was pretty fun.

2nd August 2002, 7:40 AM	#8
Acid Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 4,850	Civ 3 of course, great game! But now i'm in to neverwinter nights

2nd August 2002, 1:40 PM	#9
Dirk Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Canberra Posts: 1,456	Hmmm. I'd rank Civ 3 at the top, with Civ 2 and SMAC in equal second. I felt that SMAC was too short, but thankfully it was designed the same way as the other civ games so that you could edit the game's end point to suit yourself. I love the configurability of the game- don't like how something plays? Change it. Great stuff. __________________ OCAU's self-appointed physicist in residence Seti Classic 10,000 Club Folding@Home V2 500 Points Milestone Is there any tea on this spaceship?

2nd August 2002, 3:41 PM	#10
Calindor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: brisbane.qld.au Posts: 2,240	The customisation that you can do in SMAC is something that I love too. Want to build the uber-unit? You can. Tank, Chopper, Gravship, whichever. Best thing was, of course, having orbital drop pods on Colony units - both sea and land, and have bases popping up everywhere. Cal. __________________ I am not young enough to know everything. – Oscar Wilde. PSN: CasualJan

2nd August 2002, 3:55 PM	#11
dink Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brisneyland Posts: 7,513	civ1 the original had me playing for about 6 years. never stopped loving that one. now i can't find it anywhere. __________________ 10 years and counting

2nd August 2002, 4:14 PM	#12
unix Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Perth West-Aust Odour: Y Posts: 1,886	Civilization II & III My other favourite (not Sid's game) is Transport Tycoon Deluxe __________________ moo

2nd August 2002, 4:47 PM	#13
OPP Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,873	colonisation was the shit ... never liked civs at all .. I never did complete that game

2nd August 2002, 5:47 PM	#14
IPfreely Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,901	Some poll you've got there... Sid Meier made the original Civilization and played a small part in the making of Civ2. The rest just have his name on it.