Popular Game Civilization Comes To Facebook

http://mashable.com/2009/10/22/civilization-facebook/

by kloncks • 17 years ago

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rms2• 17 years ago

Good. The biggest problem with most Facebook games is that there is little to no actual gameplay. Has anyone here actually played Mafia Wars? It's not a game.

chaosprophet2• 17 years ago

Finally someone who agrees with me. I forced myself to play mafia wars for about an entire month, simply to find out what was there in the darned game and still I couldn't get myself to think of it as a game.

However, I don't think Civ would be a major success on Facebook. Most people on facebook like playing games that are simple and do not require you to think too much (ex: farmville). However, I'm still rooting for civ, simply because I'm also developng a turn based strategy game for facebook and it would be nice to see this category of games become popular on facebook.

rms2• 17 years ago

I've been considering applying for a job at Zynga so I've also been playing Mafia Wars and Farmville. The latter is a little better. Both epitomize the idea of click/reward perfected by the Diablo series, but the end game of Mafia Wars is laughably boring, it's no different than the early and mid game. Actual PVP for domination of control points seems like a straightforward addition but I guess they don't need to mess with something so popular right now.

I believe Zynga has publicly acknowledged that in the long run their games will need to have more actual game play.

ErrantX• 17 years ago

A few of my friends raved about it (Mafia wars) - so I gave it a go..

After enjoying some proper online mafia games it felt like a wet blanket to me :P

Sthorpe• 17 years ago

farmville is a great game. m(o.O)m

maukdaddy• 17 years ago

sigh The last thing I need is another place where Civ can tempt me to waste my time ;) They already have me on PC & console. I've avoided iPhone thus far, but might not hold out forever.

unalone• 17 years ago

I'm going to pretend you never said Civilization is available on the iPhone, because I enjoy doing schoolwork and not being expelled.

misterbwong2• 17 years ago

Civ on the iPhone sucked away two weeks of my life. It's a great port and reminds me more of Civ2 than the newer ones. I'd recommend the download on your winter break ;)

mildweed• 17 years ago

http://www.civilizationrevolution.com/iphone/

matasar• 17 years ago

For me the only really dangerous one is Civ IV, which I play until bedtime whenever I start a game, whenever I start a game. Thankfully I have enough willpower to avoid starting a game most days.

Civ IV is an incredibly well made game, just amazing.

warfangle• 17 years ago

I really enjoy the Beyond the Sword expansion. My only complaint about it is the AI tends to not be incredibly smart on certain issues; for example, if there's a choke point between my civ and a civ that's warring with me, and my city is sitting square on that choke point - they'll send armies of 4-5 units every ten or so turns, instead of building some galleys (or galleons if it's that far along) and circumventing. They also don't seem to like to build more than 4-5 catapults/trebuchets per army, and for a well-entrenched city you need more than that.

I can beat it pretty constantly on Noble, but as soon as I dial up to prince the computer player cheating gets out of hand. Maybe I'm just not good enough at finding efficient research paths.

NikkiA2• 17 years ago

So, that's humanity finished then. And to think the 2012-ers were so very close, just 2 years out from 'all human productivity ceasing and mankind dying from starvation within 3 weeks'.

s3graham• 17 years ago

Crap, I might have to finally give in and sign up.

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