I just played a game on Moderate against one computer on an Arena sized map... very very fast-paced fighting. The bastard had seized most of the territory early on, though, and won sheerly because of territory... he kept smashing through my cities, and I didn't have the resources to battle him in open combat. VERY fun game... I hope to get the full version today.
As I said, I've played a few 8-person games on Big Huge maps... insane, man. Just insane. I set it on diplomacy and we're a go. Once it gets to the end, there is BITTER fighting going on. One game comes to mind... I was Egyptians, since I only have the trial right now, and hadn't been paying attention... suddenly I realized it was the Information Age and everyone but me had nukes. Fortunately, I'd been using all my resources to upgrade, and got a missile shield. Only one nuke hit me... then I built six missile silos and the rest was history. I was VERY careful with my nuking, however... I only used 6 nukes, actually. All ICBMs, true enough, but still not quite enough to tip the scales of Armageddon. I would've used more, but by that time all the comps had developed missile shields anyway. I used my nukes strategically, only using one right before I invaded... managed to barely come away with a victory. |