# Civ 3; the End
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [April 4, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923 "2008-04-04T14:31:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/1 "2008-04-04T14:31:39Z")
I like playing Civilization 3 for the Mac. In fact I am marginally compulsive about it. No more! I have broken my addiction!
That’s right, the new Mac update I just downloaded does not support Classic\* and so Civ 3 will not play. Not. At. All.
Damn.
\*It’s a Mac thing, you wouldn’t understand.
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### Author:  [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/2 "2008-04-04T14:59:30Z")
There’s always Civ IV.
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### Author:  [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/3 "2008-04-04T15:02:51Z")
You could always decide to go Windows to retain your beloved Civ 3…
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/4 "2008-04-04T15:16:17Z")
Do not blaspheme the Cult of the Mac!
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### Author:  [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/5 "2008-04-04T16:07:42Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]
Do not blaspheme the Cult of the Mac!
[/QUOTE]
He doesn’t. The only use I have for a PC is as a game platform 😃
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/6 "2008-04-04T16:41:07Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]
Do not blaspheme the Cult of the Mac!
[/QUOTE]
It’s perfectly acceptable for a MAc user to purchase a PC for a specific gaming purpose, if (As in this case) it is necessary as a platform for a game that will not work on your Mac. Providing that is why you buy it, it’s no different from buying a PS3 or a Wii so you can play games that only come on those platforms.
And you can buy a PC for very little money that will run Civ3. It’s worth it to play such a magnificent game.
Give it to your addiction. You know you want it.
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### Author:  [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/7 "2008-04-04T16:57:50Z")
I played the hell out of Civ3, but CivIV is a much better game that avoids some horrible gameplay experiences from Civ3. Migrate to CivIV and don’t look back.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/8 "2008-04-04T17:05:11Z")
But… the drones _need_ you! They look up to you!
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### Author:  [@Robin\_Goodfellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin_Goodfellow)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/9 "2008-04-04T17:09:39Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]
Do not blaspheme the Cult of the Mac!
[/QUOTE]
Do not, then, blaspheme the Cult of Civ. 😉
_chants_ One more turn! One more turn!
[Your salvation, sir.](http://www.amazon.com/Aspyr-11250-Civilization-IV/dp/B000FEYG7O)
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### Author:  [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/10 "2008-04-04T18:02:45Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]
But… the drones _need_ you! They look up to you!
[/QUOTE]
At least now that he can’t play Civ, he can finally get around to reading “The Unbearable Lightness of Hovercars”.
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### Author:  [@Fuji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/11 "2008-04-04T18:06:08Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]
But… the drones _need_ you! They look up to you!
[/QUOTE]
No, no, no - that’s the Cult of the **S** MAC, not the Cult of the Mac.
Focus, people. Focus.
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### Author:  [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/12 "2008-04-04T19:30:37Z")
There is also FreeCiv.
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### Author:  [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/13 "2008-04-04T19:38:57Z")
I used to love Civ3 but there are a lot of annoying things about it. Civ 4 with the expansions is a pretty balanced and fun game.
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### Author:  [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/14 "2008-04-04T20:11:35Z")
civ3 was the only bad civ game. It managed to break every single fun aspect of civ2.
Civ4 is a major step up from civ3. Don’t waste any more time not-playing civ4! Go get it immediately, if there is a Mac version!
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/15 "2008-04-05T02:03:51Z")
I have it. Need to find it in the pile.
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### Author:  [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/16 "2008-04-05T11:47:24Z")
I loved Civ III, flaws and all. But I’ve been converted - Civ IV is a magnificent game.
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### Author:  [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/17 "2008-04-05T11:49:38Z")
I thought Civ III was ok, replayed it recently but I prefer Civ II. I ain’t play Civ IV yet, haven’t got a decent enough computator for it to run.
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### Author:  [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civ-3-the-end/443923/18 "2008-04-05T12:04:51Z")
Civ 4 is even better if you delve into the world of mods - I’ve touted it before and I’ll tout it again: [Fall from Heaven](http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=148075&highlight=fall+from+heaven) and it’s bigger, badder and hugely better but more complex brother [Fall from Heaven 2](http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=171398&highlight=fall+from+heaven) . Magic, demons, vastly different civilisations, hugely innovative gameplay, religions that actually have an impact on the way the game plays - I could wax lyrical for a long time but I won’t, just try them.