What Civ civilization is best?

[DrWeird]

Counting their traits and unique units?

[skooooo]

1. Do people still play that game?

Has it been updated over time, or does it still look like it did in 1995?

[brainshrub]

2. Hell yes.

It's like crack for me. When I start a game of CivIII, I cut myself off from the world for at least three days.

[SheilaT]

5. thanks for the new

bumper sticker idea War is not an energy policy. Yes!

[brainshrub]

6. That IS my bumper sticker!

My conservative co-workers hate it.

Fuck 'em! I'm their boss. Bwhahahahahaha!

[SheilaT]

19. Where did you get it?

Or did you have it made up yourself? I love using makestickers.com myself.

[mrboba1]

22. 3 days?

Try a week!
:hangover:

[DrWeird]

3. Much better looking.

Mostly the same game with a few really good updated elements.

For example, in order to build certain units you have to control territories with the natural resources capable of building those units. Kind of reminds me of Diamonds "Guns, Germs, and Steel."

[DS1]

12. How a game looks should be irrelevant. There are plenty

of pretty games out there that are boring as shit.

Civ II is timeless, too bad they fucked it up with Civ III.

[Ms. Clio]

16. Civ II was absolutely the best--I was addicted to it for two whole years

[NWHarkness]

4. Chinese

Fast growth and exceptional scientific progress.

[Zomby Woof]

7. Japanese

Because I can create samurais.

[PVnRT]

8. Cossacks, motherfucker

Russia all the way.

[Supply Side Jesus]

9. hmmm....civ.....hmmm......

haven't played that in a while.

I always like playing the Romans...money and war baby....

[UpsideDownFlag]

10. ..."americans"? we're not a civilization. we're part of the broader

Western Civilization.

[UpsideDownFlag]

11. or did you mean nationality?

[PittPoliSci]

13. While I chose American, I like the Celts in the second one too.

They give you good stuff to start out with, but lack in overall scientific development speed.

[Guy_Montag]

21. That's a bit cheeky...

us Celts have invented/discovered a rather a lot of useful odds & ends.

adhesive postage stamps
anaesthitics
antisepsis
artificial diamonds
reaping machine
Bank of England
latent heat
Brownian movement
chemical bonds
penicillin
decimal point
first cloned mammal
golf
hypodermic syringes
percussion powder
logarithms
breech loading rifle
pneumatic tyres
the steam engine
telephone
TV
& of course
whisky

[DoveTurnedHawk]

14. Agricultural Is a Must

Accordingly, based on the choices available, I'd go with the Dutch, unless you're on a Pangaea in which case Mayans would probably be better.

DTH

[Ediacara]

15. In Civ 3, it's either the Egyptians or the Persians....

All others have workers that are too damn slow.

The Egyptians are superfast workers, but their unique unit blows, the Persians aren't quite as fast, but their practically invincible swordsman kick the ass of any and all ancient units.

[leftofthedial]

17. Persians or Japanese

are good.

[Magrittes Pipe]

18. Persians

I also like the Babylonians, though. They build temples fast, so you can mollify your ignorant masses more easily. :evilgrin:

[Bossy Monkey]

20. As of Civ 3 without any expansion packs, the French

Don't have any of them, so I didn't get to play as the Dutch, Koreans, Ottomans, etc.

[dr.strangelove]

23. I'm playing with Germany today, but I usually use Russia

[Surf Cowboy]

24. Been kicking ass with the ZULU Nation!

:kick: