Let's Play Civilization II Part 2: A Learning Experience

Better encoding, worse civilization.

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[spart111]

Hey man Civ. II is the best game EVER!! may i suggest trying go discover Bronze Working sooner, so you can fortify a Phalanx in every city 4 defence. then get the great library and later Leonardo's Workshop( u must fist disover Invention) ... Then build it, and wala ... every time u discover a better unit that can b upgraded ur Phanlax will turn into it!!

[SlackerKite]

I've actually never been a big fan of the war part of the game, I definitely like kingdom building but I have a few rules about when I will attack a kingdom. I attack

1) When they're specifically getting in my way

2) Manifest destiny

Still, I did make sure to do Leo's Workshop if only for the reason you recommended, but by my two rules generally these aren't a problem until later so I try to wait before I phalanx it up. But, still, pretty useful tips!

[Kain5th]

Graphics don't make the game

[jumpmansbro]

I disagree; it's easy to make a 3-word sentence. Like this:

You're an idiot.

"You're" is a contraction of the subject and the linking verb, "an" is an article, and "idiot" is the predicate nominative.

[TheSultan79]

what i would do when building wonders i would research the trade tech and then build caravans and that would help speed up the construction of wonders if you did not already know

[TheSultan79]

when i would play this game i would always choose a communist government and try to make the best ever

[TheSultan79]

@Kain5th i totally agree with you man

[heyheybp]

also, the lighthouse is very important because it allows you to travel to anywhere you want with ancient ships. You'll have maps that everybody wants to trade for. The great war is one of the worst improvements to build, because you only need walls on your border cities, and walls are easy to build. You should switch to an aqueduct so that your city can keep growing. When there're more people. Future productions will be faster. (Wow, I remember much more of this game than I expected...)

[heyheybp]

You can be more awesome if you research ships right after you realize that you're on an island. Trading technologies with other civilizations is very important. It's much easier than researching them yourself. It'll also allow you to build more cities on other continents, thus increasing your total income for scientific research.

[eskildbs]

@hungaryanhyker haha, interresting q:

[MrNightcall]

for me it was, comunism at mid game.. lets kick some asses broski

[hungaryanhyker]

hmm, I just noticed, that leather skin at 04:03 is the skin notch used in minecraft

just an observation...

[aldoreshgaramok]

Leonardo's Workshop is so game-breaking. I can see why they got rid of it in later Civ games (or rather, nerfed it massively.)

Great Library rocks too.

[tomcatvelociraraptor]

i have a question? how do you record a game such as this, without using a camera and making it all fuzzy and crappy? does your webcam does it? if so, then how?