Just got back from EB Games with it - saw that it recommends 512 MB RAM, so I made a quick stop at *shudder* Best Buy for a memory upgrade but they DONT CARRY PC-133 MEMORY - so I'm installing it now with minimum memory req's (256 MB).

w00t

What are the specs on your desktop?

You should consider the game an excellent means of teaching children the city names of ancient Sumeria.

On a whim I just went over a picked up a copy of the Special Edition at my nearby Gamestop.

Loading now, but most likely won't be able to play until late this evening.

I despise you... May your capital city forever be attacked by raging barbarian hordes. :p

I picked it up at lunch and just installed it on the laptop.

Man, Amazon.com hasn't even shipped my copy yet.

Though I'm going to be out of town all weekend, and it won't matter, this still bugs me.

Same here, Amazon hasn't shipped ANYONE's copies from what I've read. I think I'll go out and buy it and cancel my Amazon order.

Given that I didn't play Civ III that much and only got decent at Civ II, I expect that my capital city will have lots of unwelcome barbarians pounding on the gates. :)

In grade 8, part of my History class was actually playing the game and recording what techs you needed to advance. Such a fun day when you knew it was off to the computer lab to play some Civilization (the first one). :)

If/when ya get a chance, mind sharing how well it performs on your laptop? I might actually leave the house a few times the next few weeks if it runs on my laptop and is not limited to my desktop machine.

And please do tell us if the AI is any good...

Definite performance issues on the laptop. Graphics problems, specifically. When I zoom in, the whole screen goes black. Zooming out, I can see the greens and tans of the grasslands and plains. :(

I can live with the screen going black if the AI is good.

Okay, just got back from buying the game. I'm going to limit myself to 1 hour per day, though. I do a lot of binge playing of Civ, then when I get back to the game, I lose the feel for what I had been doing. If I play just an hour a day, I'm likely to stay immersed for a longer amount of -- hey, what am I doing talking to you jerks?

Wow, I wasn't expecting 2 CDs. Oh, and the guy before me got the last copy of the Limited Edition. Did I miss out on much by not getting that?

You missed out on the enhanced AI

The preorder edition had the different box (the "bible box"), a hot-key guide (in color), a tech tree poster, and a spiral bound manual.

There is no Pumpy Tudors pic on this page yet.

:D

This cracked me up for some reason. Who cares if i can't see anything, just as long as the AI is good damnit!

edit - Skydog beat me to it, should've stuck with the simplistic smiley.

I'm not going to post a Pumpy Tudors pic, but I will post a pic of a former co-worker in this thread soon, just for kicks.

I just snorted Coke out of my nose. Too bad I wasn't drinking anything at time.

So if you don't zoom in all the way, is it ok? :D

I'm sorry, I am thisclose to making another AI comment, but I'm going to hold back. I know it's getting old for everybody, but it hasn't gotten old for me yet. I'll just keep them in my head for now.

im just going to say wow, the AI during installation is AWESOME. It basically did almost everything for me, a few clicks and it, the AI, knew exactly where to put everything.

I havnt played the game yet because the AI during the installation was so good, I decided to see if it was AS good during removal. I am pleased to announce that it is and I will now enjoy the AI during installation again.

Thank you

I'm tired of making the comments, but I'm not tired of reading 'em yet.

Not for me -- I had to physically type out the directory I wanted to put it in! Stupid AI.

In that case...

PING: Skydog

Does the AI get better if you zoom out?

I have a small driver update available. Trying that now.

Several people are reporting this at Apolyton and Civfanatics, though.

Laptop is rebooting as I type.

This would have been much funnier if you had written:

Due to hurricane aftermath and its effects on shipping, I was told by 3 different stores that it won't be available until at least Thursday and possibly as late as Saturday. Oh well, at least I have this weekend off to hopefully enjoy this once I get it :)

So the laptop was a no go originally? Yikes... I got the same graphics card VRam numbers you got!! Though AoE III demo worked fine and had the same reqirements, dammit!

So where's the Alright Boyz thread for Civ?

Everyone must be too busy playing or staring at the black screen.

Super Fog-of-War

that was funny and wasn't lost on me.

Anyone else getting a "failed to initialize renderer" error message when they try to launch the game?

Seems to be working fine on desktop. Still black screen on laptop. Multiple reports of same issue at Apolyton and at CivFanatics. I'm not going to fool with the laptop any more for now.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...hreadid=140619
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=133108

I hear there are problems with ATI cards on Poly, but not with your chipset. Hmm... hoping it'll work with mine!

Took a break from work and worked through 20 minutes of the tutorial. Didn't play enough of Civ III to compare this to that, but on the surface of things there seem to be significant differences and enhancements.

No clue on the AI yet, as the only enemy I've encountered is a pride of lions. The Civ IV lion AI is on the spot, though.

Sounds like an AI problem...

That settles it, I'm heading out to buy the game.

I've heard high-end ATI cards only. Mine is a 9800 Pro, and my game works fine.

20 minutes and that's all you came up with. I read that in 3 seconds on their press release. Now get back to playing and write a real report damnit. :p

its good

Why is Canada behind one day??? I want to play today damnit! Can someone let me romote into their computer so I can watch you play for the next 3 hours?

in case anyone misses me, i will be spending the evening kissing my wife's ass to get her to let me by the game on the way home from work tommorow(unless i can con her into going to get it for me after dinner, in which case you most likely wont hear from me for several days.)

Just picked this up. Got lucky as Gamestop had 4 left, no strategy guides left tho. :(