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Alexander's Horse
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I think its possible people might continue with both, subject to how good Civ III is.

Are you getting bored with Civ II after 5 years?

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finbar
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I'll buy and try Civ 3. If it's demonstrably better, I'll move on to it. Keeping Civ 2 on the HD for games with those who continue with Civ 2 for whatever reason.

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Ming
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Civ II still amuses me... If CivIII sucks, I know what I will be playing
Alexander's Horse
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One issue is whether Civ III will be windowed or not. If you need to use icq or aim, or like to do other stuff, maybe you'll stay with Civ II.

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Father Beast
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American Fork, UT USA
Feb 2000
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Are you kidding? I still play civ1!
cpoulos
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NY NY USA
Jan 2001
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It's a tough call. If it's a bust like the call to power series, or a disapointment like ToT, then I won't change at all. But I think that the civ franchise would die in that event. I don't think it can take another negative hit to it's reputation like Ctp 2. If it is what a lot of us hope for, then Civ-2 will go the way of the dinosaur for me, just as civ-1 did and the old Avalon Hill Civilization did.

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drake
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Oct 2000
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II is good until something better comes along. A game like this has a hard time getting old, as every game played is never the same as the one before....
Six Thousand Year Old Man
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Toronto, Canada
Aug 2000
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Well, I thought I would stop playing CivII when CtP came out, and also when ToT came out. And I didn't, basically because I couldn't understand CtP, it kept crashing, etc... ToT I do play, but it's basically CivII with better graphics, as everyone knows.

I'll give up CivII if CivIII is a better game, it runs well, and if I *like* it better. It could be a better game with a smarter AI, fewer cheats, more options and so on, but if it was too complicated to learn, I probably wouldn't play it. What can I say, I'm lazy...

And, of course, it's not as if I whip the AI's butt everytime I play on Deity! CivII still holds challenges for me, when I do get the chance to play.

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El Hogfather
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Oct 2000
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I have spent too much time making mod packs for Civ II to stop playing it!
Ecthelion
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Mar 2000
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CIV2 didn't stop me playing CIV

CIV3 won't stop me playing CIV2

CIV3 won't stop me playing CIV

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paiktis22
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Athens Greece
Oct 2000
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It all depends on how good or bad (blasphemy!) Civ III will be.

I trust Meier so I'd say that after CIV III comes out I'll play CIV II very rarely just for the nostalgia trip..!

East Street Trader
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United Kingdom
Jun 2000
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Yeah. I had one nostalgic return to Civ but it only lasted one game. I have taken a long break from Civ2 on two or three occasions but each time a nostalgic return reignited the passion and led on to another bout of obsessive play.

From what has been said and shown already I know that I will play Civ3 exclusively for a longish while after it comes out but it will need to be either as close to Civ2 as Civ 2 was to Civ or an awsomely good game in its own right to break this cycle.

I have a huge respect for the developers of both Civ and Civ2 but I think they were also lucky here and there. SMAC is a very fine game but somehow the very fact that it is more polished and has less quirkyness in the gameplay means that it doesn't grip me quite in the way Civ2 does.

So my guess is that Civ3 will be excellent, but an element of luck will determine whether it's gameplay manages to displace Civ2. I'd bet that, in the end, it won't.

Dhalsim
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England
Feb 2001
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Well, hopefully, it will.

Sorry to revert to the game of my fathers, but.....

Stopped playing SF2ce, when SF2 Turbo came out
Stopped playing SF2 Turbo when Zero came out etc etc

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AustralianJeremy
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Apr 99
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I agree - if Civ3 is to Civ2 what Civ2 was to Civ1, then I'll move up to Civ3 and stay there. In fact, if SMAC had been the same game but in Civ2 clothing, I'd probably have done it already (SMAC being Civ2 with better diplomacy and borders, but the same game style). I just hope they know what they're doing. If they CTP-ify it, I'll cry into my beer. (Even though I don't drink beer. I will buy beer especially for the occasion.)
Eyn
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Lyon, FRANCE
Jan 2000
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@event
If Civ3>Civ2
THEN
Civ2=uninstall
ENDIF

I hope Civ3 will stop me to play Civ2...

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