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From: "Lane \"Stonehowler\" Waldby" <wichitajayhawks@msn.com>
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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: motherfucking CIVILIZATION VI Platinum
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 14:37:35 -0500
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Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:39:50 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:28:41 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My favourite Civ game though isn't even technically a Civ game, Alpha
>>> Centauri.
>>
>> Civ in space. Close enough.
>>
>> I wonder where Alpha Centauri sits for Civ fans if you included it in
>> the mainline series. I remember it being very well received at the
>> time. I think I would have liked it a lot myself but I never got
>> around to playing it.
> 
> Hmmm. My rankings probably don't match most Civ-fans, but I'd put it
> in third place, between Civ2 and Civ4. But I'm the oddball who loves
> the original 1991 game most of all the versions.
> 
> My Civilization Rankings:
> 
> 	Civilization 1 (1992)
> 	Civilization 4 (2006)
> 	(Alpha Centauri) (1999)
> 	Civilization 2 (1996)
> 	Civilization 5 (2010)
> 	Civilization 3 (2004)
> 
> I left out "Civilization 6" (2016) because, as mentioned in an earlier
> post, I can't really remember much about it. If pressed, I'd probably
> slot it between Civ3 and Civ5. "Civilization 7" (2025) is similary
> excluded simply because I haven't played it yet.
> 
> "Alpha Centauri" (or, as I often think of it in my head, "Alpha Civ")
> had a lot of things I liked about it. The fact that it wasn't set on
> Earth was a very welcome change; the new setting and ideas were quite
> well implemented. But the gameplay (and to some degree, the visuals)
> just weren't quite as engaging. In some ways, the game was just TOO
> alien for me to immerse myself in like I did with the other games in
> the series. So, yes; I loved it because it was different, and hated it
> for the same reason ;-P
> 
> But I'd like to give a shout-out to "Civilization Revolution", at
> least the IPad version; although a cutback and very obviously
> made-for-mobile game, it captured the feel of Civilization quite well.
> It's much shallower than the other Civ games, but it's made so you can
> finish a campaign fairly quickly (in a matter of hours, not days or
> weeks). It would probably get a spot between 2 and 5.
> 
> 
> 

I think you forgot Civ IV: Colonization.  Colonization is an old game 
that I believe pre-dates Civilization I. I mention it mainly because I'm 
looking for mods for this game (it ships with none).

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