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I always preferred Colonization to the Civ series, and keep wondering why I am apparently in the minority. Civ, and also SimCity, always felt as if they would
by matt4077 8y ago
I always preferred Colonization to the Civ series, and keep wondering why I am apparently in the minority.
Civ, and also SimCity, always felt as if they would progress along more or less the same trajectory of growth, with little actual choice for the player as long as they broadly stayed within the bounds of what the designers considered typical gameplay.
In Col, I loved building these intricate industrial networks and trade routes.
Now that I’m writing this, I’m wondering if Colonization possibly came too close to the Soviet idea of central economic planning for the taste of the audience.
- sadris 8y agoSame. Though the AI since hexagonal tiles is so bad I've signed off Civilization series. Why they haven't contracted to that Google subsidiary to use machine learning to improve the AI of the game is a mystery.
- Semaphor 8y agoIf you play Civ V on Windows, you can get the Vox Populi mod for vastly improved AI.
- Semaphor 8y agoI love Civ V (and loved Civ 2 back then), somehow I never played Col. Just installed Civ IV Colonization and the weekly build of FreeCol :)
- smacktoward 8y agoYou can get the original Colonization DRM-free from GOG for $6: https://www.gog.com/game/sid_meiers_colonization https://www.gog.com/game/sid_meiers_colonization It's worth it -- the Civ IV DLC version didn't really capture the magic of the original, and FreeCol has been a work-in-progress for a long time. The '90s graphics of the original can take a little getting used to, but the gameplay is still extremely solid. I keep a copy on my laptop to play when I'm stuck waiting around in airports.
- pragmatic 8y agoMy favorite game to restart constantly, second only to Civ itself.