I have discovered Civilization!

[Razentsu]

Hah, Civilization III grabbed me in the same way. The Civilization games are some of the most addictive games out there. Their addictiveness is actually kind of dangerous.

I remember one match that lasted me over 8 hours. T_T

Sweet cheese, 8 hours? Did you both agree to take breaks and use the bathroom?

Well, I was able to take breaks freely since I was playing CPU players. I'm sure the game would have taken longer if it involved multiple human players. XD

Or maybe we would all give up before too long.

But yeah, Civ games typically take an eternity and a half to finish.

 

[I Have No Idea]

Hah, Civilization III grabbed me in the same way.

Civ 2

it wasn't until Civ 4 that I started to lose many nights playing

Lately it was Civ5.

Mine will also be the Civ games.

It seems this thread is fast turning into a Civilization Addicts Anonymous club.

 

[ReadyAmyFire]

CivNet. Anyone remember that? Took me ages to work out why I was losing my triremes on the way to America.

In terms of getting sucked into a franchise though it was Medieval II: Total War. Still love it. *installs*

 

[gorfias]

C&C Red Alert 2 did this to me years ago! I still fire it up now and again, and revisit some of my old saved skirmishes! There is one where I took out the enemies base using only Tesla Coils (That were in a chain spreading from my base to theirs!) That was a fun match!

I got a collection of C&C including Red Alert 2 for under $20 and will try it soon.

I have Civ 4 that I got for only $10 with an expansion pak. I've tried it. Seems hard but I hear it is addictive and need something to help me kick the stupidist, cheating, glitchy thing I've ever accidently gotten addicted to: www.kabam.com 's Thirst Of Night. It is soooooo stupid. And addictive. It tricks you by giving you lots of rewards at first. Later, it doesn't take up much of your time. Go in, click on a few things, get out. But, without help from their support, I've lost about 3 week's worth of guys due to glitches.

So I thought I'd try Civ 4 (5 is still about 5 times as much money, so, to give something a try, go to the past). From what I read, I won't be disapointed.

BTW: It (Civ 4) came with a 189 page PDF of instructions! Sounds like rocket science!

 

[TD5160]

X3: Albion Prelude. I had tried the X games before, and had trouble getting into it. But this time around, I've been thoroughly addicted to the game. Got millions to my name, just got my first station, and some of the best Argon ships in the galaxy... Now to hijack a UFO

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I also remember when I first discovered Civilization. The first game in the series I had was the the spin-off game Civilization: Call to Power and was it powerfully addictive; I love me some cyborg ninjas. I always wanted more of the mad futuristic technologies to cross over into the main Civ series but sadly that hasn't happened. However that didn't quell my enjoyment of Civ III, IV and V which still rob me of many hours if sleep.

On topic:

As for another game that grabbed me instantly was Deus Ex. I was primarily a console gamer at the time and had never heard about Deus Ex until the ps2 port was announced in an article. It just so happened that a few days later I was in the local PC World store and noticed the Deus Ex game of the year edition in the bargain bin for £10. I bought it, thinking what the hell I can try this out, despite not knowing if my computer could run it. Luckily it did and it turned out to best purchase I could have ever made.

Now if you will excuse me I now have to go and install Call to Power, Civ IV and Deus Ex again.

 

[I Have No Idea]

If you have not already get the Beyond the Sword expansion which will up the fun x 1000.
Get the latest patch 3.19 which has several bug fixes. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=323831
And get the BUG Mod which will help out with the crappy UI the game has and make more visible information you already have that the game tries to hide from you. (needs the above patch to work) http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=274636 I recommend just downloading BUG. BAT and BULL can be a bit glitchy @ times.

I bought the Civilization IV Complete Set on Steam, so I got ALL the expansions *squeals with excitement*

But about those bug fixes, would they work with Mac OS? Because that's what I'm playing on, so I'm not sure if those mods would be compatible. Would you know?

 

[Rastien]

My first experience with a Civ game:

 

[TheTechnomancer]

LoL really caught me when i first started. Also playing my first ever Command and conquer, that was one of the few strategy games I had found by then that was better than PC Lego Rock Raiders.

 

[Joe McGahan]

Get the expansions if you don't have them and play to your hearts content. Weeks, months down the line when you feel even a twitch of boredom, looks for free fan made mods. It's a deep rabbit hole of awesome, my personal favorite being Fall From Heaven 2. A fantasy rebuild from the ground up.

Also Master of Orion 2 got me good. Still play it from time to time years later.

 

[3asytarg3t]

Yes, civilization was definitely one of those games that grabbed me. Quake 2 and the creation of the online competitive clan environment was another one of those moments. More recently, I ignored Total War for years, picked up Shogun 2 and still haven't stopped playing it. Oh, and speaking of never stopping, I still play X-Com.

 

[BlackStar42]

Civ 4, Medieval 2: Total War and Europa Universalis 3. If anyone out there hasn't used them, I highly recommend the mods Rhye's and Fall of Civilization for Civ 4 and Stainless Steel for Medieval 2. Anyone know any good mods for EU3?

 

[number2301]

Hah, Civilization III grabbed me in the same way. The Civilization games are some of the most addictive games out there. Their addictiveness is actually kind of dangerous.

I remember one match that lasted me over 8 hours. T_T

Sweet cheese, 8 hours? Did you both agree to take breaks and use the bathroom?

Well, I was able to take breaks freely since I was playing CPU players. I'm sure the game would have taken longer if it involved multiple human players. XD

Or maybe we would all give up before too long.

But yeah, Civ games typically take an eternity and a half to finish.

Yeah 8 hours really isn't long, I completed my latest game after 15 hours with this [http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/594719743099436711/90608AD18352531C89E3D5EB00EB09C985017225/]

 

[Bad Jim]

I have discovered many games. I have discovered UFO Enemy Unknown aka XCOM UFO Defence. I have discovered Morrowind. I have discovered Hostile Waters. Seriously, do play that. I have discovered Elite 2 : Frontier. I have discovered Minecraft. I have discovered the Total War series. I have discovered Supreme Commander. I have discovered Portal 2 with it's hundred thousand custom maps. Unreal Tournament also had lots of great user maps. I have discovered Psychonaughts. I have discovered Grim Fandango. I have discovered GTA San Andreas. I have discovered that this list could go on forever.

 

[manaman]

Hah, Civilization III grabbed me in the same way.

Civ 2

it wasn't until Civ 4 that I started to lose many nights playing

Lately it was Civ5.

Mine will also be the Civ games.

It seems this thread is fast turning into a Civilization Addicts Anonymous club.

I'm not addicted. I can stop whenever I want.

 

[BENZOOKA]

Good for you.

I'm very excited for the Gods & Kings expansion. As I was for Civ V. And Civ IV, as well as its expansions, especially BtS, before that.

The best strategy game franchise ever.

 

[ImperialSunlight]

I love civ, I started with Civ III and it was fantastic.

Otherwise?

I discovered Demon's Souls a few days before its NA release, and I was excited the moment I saw it. It looked PERFECT. And it was.

I also stumbled upon ACII, having no prior experience with Assassin's Creed. It was definitely the perfect game to start that series with, as it didn't have the crushing flaws of the original, nor the... lack of inspiration... in its sequels.

 

[Darknacht]

Number four, to be precise. And sweet bejeezus is it addictive. I cannot believe I haven't tried this game out sooner. Just the sheer fun of making and expanding an empire is awesome. My Egyptian empire will conquer the world!

*ahem*

So to give this giddy post some discussion value, has there ever been a game discovery for you that has grabbed you by the face and did not let go? Just any game you heard of and tried out, or just stumbled upon by chance. Sound off!

Europa Universalis 3 and Victoria II are like Civ but with more detail and history, they are so addicting.

Civ 4, Medieval 2: Total War and Europa Universalis 3. If anyone out there hasn't used them, I highly recommend the mods Rhye's and Fall of Civilization for Civ 4 and Stainless Steel for Medieval 2. Anyone know any good mods for EU3?

Death and Taxes is great.

 

[I Have No Idea]

I also stumbled upon ACII, having no prior experience with Assassin's Creed. It was definitely the perfect game to start that series with, as it didn't have the crushing flaws of the original, nor the... lack of inspiration... in its sequels.

Yeah, I hope Ubisoft doesn't milk poor Connor like a cow after ACIII comes out.

 

[chimeracreator]

I also stumbled upon ACII, having no prior experience with Assassin's Creed. It was definitely the perfect game to start that series with, as it didn't have the crushing flaws of the original, nor the... lack of inspiration... in its sequels.

Yeah, I hope Ubisoft doesn't milk poor Connor like a cow after ACIII comes out.

Aww, but if he turns out to be a well written and interesting character, they could have him also take part in the French Revolution... it was only six years after the American Revolution finished after all.