Re: CRAP Poll: Favorite Era of Gaming

On 9/9/2024 1:29 AM, Xocyll wrote:

Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the
porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
 

On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 17:55:15 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>

I gave up on the Civilization when III went way too politically correct
and had massive armies that had just conquered half an enemy empire flip
and join the enemy empire because of "culture".  Fornicate that.

>
Yeah, when cities flip, you should NOT lose your troops. Very
annoying, I agree. They did eventually add the option to turn off
culture flipping.

 Isn't that sort of thing at least semi realistic though?
 The Roman Empire was famous for conquering people and inducting their
warriors into the legions to fight for them elsewhere - the double edged
sword of "you are far from home" and "we have a legion guarding your
women and children."
 

The Roman legions did not conquer most of Europe and then all flip and join the peoples they had just conquered.
The mechanism wasn't an attempt to be somewhat realistic, it was a "War is bad, peace and love are the only way" philosophy rammed down the player's throat.
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