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[PuppetSlave]

I'm telling you guys, I have my finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist: over the past few days I've been getting people to install FreeCiv (an open-source version of Civilization) and now, as if ordained by the Gods-atop-Mt. Olympus-themselves, Civ4 is on sale for stupidly little money.

You're welcome.

Please do Dragon Age next.

 

[Spwn]

Bought the Civ IV complete during the holidays and haven't regretted. Buy it, people! Even Civ III is great fun.

 

[speculawyer]

My name is Speculawyer and I have a Steam problem. I bought Civ III for no reason other than to have it. I have no plans of playing it. :lol

 

[Affeinvasion]

Welcome to the machine...

 

[Prophet Steve]

No more money.
Probably a good idea since my exams are coming. Never played Civilization before.

 

[Lasthope106]

a : every pc gamer has to play a Civilization game at some point in their life.
b: every pc gamer must own Civ IV.
c: every GAF pc gamer must own Civ IV.

a + b + c = x

x: You MUST buy CIV IV Complete if you are reading this!

 

[Prophet Steve]

a : every pc gamer has to play a Civilization game at some point in their life.
b: every pc gamer must own Civ IV.
c: every GAF pc gamer must own Civ IV.

a + b + c = x

x: You MUST buy CIV IV Complete if you are reading this!

Well, it will come on sale again sometime.
Right?

 

[Spwn]

My name is Speculawyer and I have a Steam problem. I bought Civ III for no reason other than to have it. I have no plans of playing it. :lol

You don't have to make a plan to play CivIII. It's one of those games that you play when you notice that "I have to wake up tomorrow morning at 6am, it's 9pm and I'm not sleepy. Maybe this will do the trick. Wait. It's 4am now? How in the..."

 

[vazel]

I agree with a. But I wouldn't blame someone for still only having played a previous installment, these games do have endless replayability.

 

[Truespeed]

My name is Speculawyer and I have a Steam problem. I bought Civ III for no reason other than to have it. I have no plans of playing it. :lol

You're not alone. You're just part of a very large collective that buys Steam games but never installs them.

 

[Prophet Steve]

You're not alone. You're just part of a very large collective that buys Steam games but never installs them.

Or installs them but never plays them, sigh.

 

[hamchan]

My name is Speculawyer and I have a Steam problem. I bought Civ III for no reason other than to have it. I have no plans of playing it. :lol

I was also considering buying it even though I own Civ4 and have no desire to drop down a level. It's just so cheap...

 

[graywolf323]

My name is Speculawyer and I have a Steam problem. I bought Civ III for no reason other than to have it. I have no plans of playing it. :lol

I would have made a Steam group for us addicts by now but they won't let me have Steam in the name :lol

 

[speculawyer]

I was also considering buying it even though I own Civ4 and have no desire to drop down a level. It's just so cheap...

Yep. I have Civ IV. But Civ III was just $1.25. Half a box of cereal. I can eat that in one sitting.

 

[Wallach]

Great. I just bought Civ III too after hearing it's only $1.25. I probably won't ever play it either (I won't even see the full content of Civ IV most likely, much less Civ III).

 

[Minsc]

Great. I just bought Civ III too after hearing it's only $1.25. I probably won't ever play it either (I won't even see the full content of Civ IV most likely, much less Civ III).

Don't forget to pre-order Civ V while you're at it! :lol

 

[Wallach]

Don't forget to pre-order Civ V while you're at it! :lol

Seriously, are they trying to steal my life or something? I have to do things sometimes! Damn it!

 

[Truespeed]

The completest in me must now find Civ 1 and 2.

 

[Blizzard]

Since the update Steam keeps hanging on launch every time

Any ideas? Win XP box

There was a Steam update today? The eternal generic answer is "try deleting clientregistry.blob", but you may have already tried that.

 

[platypotamus]

I'm really tempted to double dip on the Civ IV collection here just because it was one of the last PC games I bought on discs and I was just thinking about how much I don't want to reinstall those discs on my new PC and deal with the hassle.

Mods (FFH and Planetfall) work with Steam version, right?

 

[nexen]

My name is Speculawyer and I have a Steam problem. I bought Civ III for no reason other than to have it. I have no plans of playing it. :lol

I already own this on disc. I probably will never play it again. I hate DRM of all forms and think that DD is the devil. I still bit.

It was a $1.25...

 

[Hawk SE]

Bah, I am in-between paydays.

Is there any GAFer will to gift CIV IV Complete?

I have never played this series before. I figure the time is right...

 

[Trouble]

I need a reason not to buy Civ IV. Help me out here, willpower is fading.

 

[Volcynika]

Bah, I am in-between paydays.

Is there any GAFer will to gift CIV IV Complete?

I have never played this series before. I figure the time is right...

PM me your Steam associated email and I'll hook you up if no one has by the time I get home (around 6PM CST United States of course)

If you're in EU just let me know before you're out for the night if someone helped you out.

 

[John]

I will probably never play Civ III, but it's a DOLLAR.

 

[Vastag]

Mods (FFH and Planetfall) work with Steam version, right?

I have only tried FFH2 and it works perfectly

 

[Hawk SE]

PM me your Steam associated email and I'll hook you up if no one has by the time I get home (around 6PM CST United States of course)

If you're in EU just let me know before you're out for the night if someone helped you out.

Wow thanks a lot!

I owe you. PM'd you info. I'm in Cali, so you're 2 hours ahead of me.

 

[thetechkid]

Try deleting your .blob

Thanks a lot.

 

[erpg]

Took some effort, but I convinced myself not to buy CIV. My reasoning was that I'm 3/20 for games completed since the Holiday sale. But I'll definitely make time once Civ 5 comes out.

Makes me feel dirty to say no, but I haven't even finished Chaos Rising, which I was hugely hyped for and bought day 1. Damn my minuscule gaming schedule.

 

[Stallion Free]

I'm telling you guys, I have my finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist: over the past few days I've been getting people to install FreeCiv (an open-source version of Civilization) and now, as if ordained by the Gods-atop-Mt. Olympus-themselves, Civ4 is on sale for stupidly little money.

You're welcome.

You really are goddamn amazing. I grabbed the sale when I saw it this morning knowing that you were above me (geographically), smiling down on me. It felt good.

 

[Nabs]

I'm telling you guys, I have my finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist: over the past few days I've been getting people to install FreeCiv (an open-source version of Civilization) and now, as if ordained by the Gods-atop-Mt. Olympus-themselves, Civ4 is on sale for stupidly little money.

You're welcome.

Thanks bus.

 

[Schmattakopf]

Does anyone still play Civ3 multiplayer?

What?! But i was gonna buy Chaos Theory....damn you Steam!

Works out better this way. Just wait for Chaos Theory to go on sale.

Spoiler

My Steam OCD was going to try and convince you to wait for a Chaos Theory sale anyway.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Jesus wept.

 

[fresquito]

Isn't CivIV 5$ at D2D?

I bought it last week there. It's half the price.

 

[Max]

What's so good about Civ IV? Serious question. I have no idea what the hell it is, though if I had $10 i'd probably get it just from seeing everyone here going buck wild about it

 

[Nabs]

Isn't CivIV 5$ at D2D?

I bought it last week there. It's half the price.

it's $10 at D2D.

 

[Servbot #42]

Does anyone still play Civ3 multiplayer?


Works out better this way. Just wait for Chaos Theory to go on sale.

Spoiler

My Steam OCD was going to try and convince you to wait for a Chaos Theory sale anyway.

But i don't wanna wait until Chaos Theory is on sale because that would take years, i have never seen the splinter cell games discounted except maybe on the holiday sales, i prefer spending 10 bucks for the convenience of playing the game right now. Anyway this doesn't matter anymore because of the crazy Civ 4 complete sale, what a bummer

 

[MNC]

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh 10 bucks


so cheap yet so expensive for impulse







uuuuuuuuuuuuuh

 

[wolfmat]

What's so good about Civ IV? Serious question. I have no idea what the hell it is, though if I had $10 i'd probably get it just from seeing everyone here going buck wild about it

A lot of things are good about it. Read a review. Here's some: http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/civilization4

 

[Affeinvasion]

So what does Civ IV do that is different from Civ III? I need some convincing GAF.

 

[Kamaki]

Is anyone looking to 4 pack Shattered Horizon? Been looking into getting that game recently.

 

[MrNyarlathotep]

So what does Civ IV do that is different from Civ III? I need some convincing GAF.

religion and better espionage.

 

[Affeinvasion]

I need more...

 

[Salsa]

nice time to dont have any more money on your credit card D:

 

[Psy-Phi]

I need more...

It's $10.

10 measly dollars for so much game it's not even funny.

 

[kamspy]

So I bought Civ4.

Do I play it in a specific order? Will the expansions be playable through the general Civ4 .exe?

 

[ipukespiders]

Does Civ IV work with windows 7?
Does it run in widescreen 1920x1080?

 

[Psy-Phi]

So I bought Civ4.

Do I play it in a specific order? Will the expansions be playable through the general Civ4 .exe?

Just play Beyond the Sword. Or Warlords. I can't recall if playing either with both installed makes for cumulative overall additions/changes. But playing Beyond the Sword is your best bet IMO. Unless you want to play vanilla Civ 4. BTS has more of just about any circumstance in the game. More civilizations, units, more disasters, more research, corporations, more espionage, just more more more. It's a great addition.

Warlords being more war oriented is nice if you want to fight though. Or if you want more war oriented game. It too has more civilizations, more units, more special people, but I didn't play it all that much.

 

[Boonoo]

Does Civ IV work with windows 7?
Does it run in widescreen 1920x1080?

yes (win7 x64) and yes

 

[DodgyGeezerFella]

So whats Civs multiplayer like ? Just you and others building cities at the same time ? Can games be saved and resumed ? (Im a complete Civ noob, but interested, last 1 i played was Civ 2..... on the PS1 )