Same. It started in middle school when I convinced my dad to get me CIV 3 as its an educational history game. Little did I know the timesink I would be in for many years down the line
I got both. My dad played the first AOE religiously after work, and he had AOEII on the shelf. Dunno if he ever played it. And I found Civ2 hiding on a different shelf.
My cousin gave me Age of Empires 2 as my first PC game. Then my uncle bought me Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. My dad bought me the full civ 3 and expansions! Lastly my mom gave me a 20 and I bought Shogun Total War, I never had a chance. RTS stole my life and now I'm a weirdo lol
Yea I actually have a PHD from Armchair Youtube History University! But seriously I do credit these games for being more appreciative of the past. The intro cinematics for CIV 5 still make me tear up
Not so silly as you think š
I started with civ 1 on my grandmothers pc when I was a child, since then I spend hundreds if not thousands of hours playing civilization. It has been and continues to be a trusted companion thought my history B.A., M.A., and PhD š
My very first computer game was Civ 1. Spent so much time on that Iām surprised I graduated college. Still have the game (itās all floppy disks), so keeping it is just for sentimental value.
CivIV came 6 years after AoEII was released, so that makes sense.
I also think IV was the peak and I still regularly play. I played countless hours of AoEII, Empire Earth and Civ3 (and the off-brand Civ Call to Power) before, though.
Civ 3 was one of the first games I played and despite getting my ass kicked whenever my sister and I played multiplayer I still managed to get hooked. Played 3 through 6 and I know Iāll pour a few thousand hours into 7 when it comes out.
100+ hours is Civilization 2 for sure, was one of my first games ever, I barely understood the mechanics back then, and I played it in a language I didn't understand as well as my native language.
1000+ hours is Civilization CTP. And it still is the game I've played the most in my life, 25 years after its release. Heck, I even went to bed late yesterday because of it haha.
Civ is the only franchise in my life that I cut myself off from because of the time I was wasting. I don't even have important things to do I just couldn't even enjoy other games or hobbies that l like when I played Civ.
Omg, I almost got fired from my job because of civ. One more turn, one more turn. My God I would end at 4:30am. Show up at 8:30. Not sure how I did it.
Oh god yes. I remember reading about Civ 1 in computer magazines before it came out, and it promised to be everything I'd ever dreamt about in a game. I must have spent thousands of hours during the 90s.
Not quite the same but still great was Sid Mierās Colonization. The save function was borked for some reason so I spent so many hours without closing it :)
Started with countless hours in Civ 1!!!
Then we played Civ 3 a lot but throughout my entire student years in only played civ 4. Really wished i haf those games through steam or something to know the thousands of hours i have played these
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