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My favourite Sid's game of all time is still the original Colonization. So much depth, replayability, and overall fun. To me it's always been superior to Civ be

by keyle 10y ago

My favourite Sid's game of all time is still the original Colonization. So much depth, replayability, and overall fun. To me it's always been superior to Civ because it's a clear road to independence.

partycoder 10y ago
I was playing Civ IV: Colonization just today (through Wine). It is not the same, but better than nothing.
- mw42 10y ago
  You can get the original (running in dosbox) from gog.com for a couple of bucks. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I preferred the original too.
  - jodrellblank 10y ago
    You can run it in an emulator in-browser from Archive.org for free: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Sid_Meiers_Colonization_1994 https://archive.org/details/msdos_Sid_Meiers_Colonization_19... Although it's a 300MB download, so I haven't tried. Not all of their emulations work perfectly.
  - partycoder 10y ago
    There is also freecol http://www.freecol.org/screenshots.html http://www.freecol.org/screenshots.html
smacktoward 10y ago
Credit where it's due: while the original Colonization (which I agree was brilliant) was sold under the "Sid Meier's" label, its lead designer was actually a colleague of Meier who would go on to become a celebrated designer in his own right, Brian Reynolds (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reynolds_(game_designer) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reynolds_(game_designe...).
- sp3000 10y ago
  Brian Reynolds doesn't seem to quite get the credit for the impact he had on the PC gaming scene. He was the lead designer of Civ 2 (in my opinion, the best one), created Alpha Centauri, and later made Rise of Nations. I wish he stuck to deep, strategic computer games instead of working for Zynga after he left Big Huge Games (Mark Pincus was such a big fan of Rise of Nations he hired Reynolds as Chief Game Designer).
  - TheGRS 10y ago
    Really love the guy's work, he has a lot of credits. What really saddens me is that Rise of Nations had such a bad follow-up that they never continued the series. RTS games always seem to have a tough time it seems, but I'm really loving that turn-based strategy games have made a huge comeback in recent years.

by keyle 10y ago

partycoder 10y ago

I was playing Civ IV: Colonization just today (through Wine). It is not the same, but better than nothing.

mw42 10y ago
You can get the original (running in dosbox) from gog.com for a couple of bucks. Maybe it's just nostalgia, but I preferred the original too.
- jodrellblank 10y ago
  You can run it in an emulator in-browser from Archive.org for free: https://archive.org/details/msdos_Sid_Meiers_Colonization_1994 https://archive.org/details/msdos_Sid_Meiers_Colonization_19... Although it's a 300MB download, so I haven't tried. Not all of their emulations work perfectly.
- partycoder 10y ago
  There is also freecol http://www.freecol.org/screenshots.html http://www.freecol.org/screenshots.html

smacktoward 10y ago

Credit where it's due: while the original Colonization (which I agree was brilliant) was sold under the "Sid Meier's" label, its lead designer was actually a colleague of Meier who would go on to become a celebrated designer in his own right, Brian Reynolds (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reynolds_(game_designer) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Reynolds_(game_designe...).

sp3000 10y ago
Brian Reynolds doesn't seem to quite get the credit for the impact he had on the PC gaming scene. He was the lead designer of Civ 2 (in my opinion, the best one), created Alpha Centauri, and later made Rise of Nations. I wish he stuck to deep, strategic computer games instead of working for Zynga after he left Big Huge Games (Mark Pincus was such a big fan of Rise of Nations he hired Reynolds as Chief Game Designer).
- TheGRS 10y ago
  Really love the guy's work, he has a lot of credits. What really saddens me is that Rise of Nations had such a bad follow-up that they never continued the series. RTS games always seem to have a tough time it seems, but I'm really loving that turn-based strategy games have made a huge comeback in recent years.