{"id":797,"date":"2005-10-29T19:16:28","date_gmt":"2005-10-29T22:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=797"},"modified":"2005-11-03T23:12:36","modified_gmt":"2005-11-04T03:12:36","slug":"civilization-4-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=797","title":{"rendered":"Civilization 4 (II)"},"content":{"rendered":"

F<\/span>inishing one game of Civ4, I did another try and ended up with an ‘endless’ black map. I gave up at 1200 AD: the blackness, it hurts<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n

What the heck: it’s a bug<\/a>. Over at Apolyton some are convinced that this is a videocard issue<\/a><\/em>. No, it isn’t, witness the screenshot I had posted earlier and the fact that the game I played did not end prematurely (Civ 3 generally had to tendency to ‘hang’). (Oh yeah: I won that game on points beating the Germans, who apparently all had turned to Judaism. My bunch of Atheists, however, weren’t able to sack the puny Indians.)\n<\/p>\n

In the CivFanatics link above, there’s a good description what the bug exactly is and how to get around it. Next game: I’m dreaming of a clash between Taoism and Christianity.\n<\/p>\n

Add 1:<\/strong> There’s another proof that the game was rushed out: the game comes with two disks: disk one is the install disk, disk two (presumably) is the ‘play’ disk. Guess what: to play the game you actually need disk one.<\/small>\n<\/p>\n

Add 2:<\/strong>Another weirdy: there’s a long disclaimer about the use of religion in the game’s manual. Two paragraphs, concluding with: “We mean no disrepect to anyone’s beliefs. We’re game designers, not theologians”.
\nHey, did you know it’s really<\/em> hard to stop religion in the game? Civ 5 should at least add the religion gene factor<\/a>.
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Add. 3:<\/strong> Re: add.2: The introduction sequence of every game details the start of life on earth according to the principle of evolution<\/a>. Game rates: ESRB Everyone 10+ Violence. Watch for labels soon saying “this game is based on a theory, not a fact”<\/a>.
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