Let's Play Civilization 3 - [Civ 3: Part 1]

(Tiny Map / 4 Civs / Monarch Difficulty)
Civ3 is based around building an empire, from the ground up, beginning in 4,000 BC and continuing slightly beyond the modern day. The player must construct and improve cities, train military and non-military units, improve terrain, research technologies, build Wonders of the World, make war or peace with neighboring civilizations, and so on. The player must balance a good infrastructure, resources, diplomatic and trading skills, technological advancement, city and empire management, culture, and military power to succeed.
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[@nathandrake5544]

Ah, the good old days of unit stacking, corruption, and civil disorder. What's not to love?

[@DukeAugustine]

Nathan Drake I miss the old one, where mountains were natural defenses. Now you can walk on them...smh

[@frisianmouve]

As far as i know only the Carthaginians in civ5 can walk on mountains. And even then their units take damage doing it

[@leegsy]

I played this for about a year almost every day, starting a new game each time, learning how to play using the in-game tutorial mode. Almost 20 years later and I still suck at it.

[@jsutinlee]

Suede Civill's channel is amazing for tips. Has taught me so much

[@AG-oy4gh]

I remember when I was 15 and my manager at the pizza place I worked at gave me this game. Honestly changed my young life.

[@joshuavazquez5534]

Thats awesome i could only imagine

[@danyoutube7491]

Sounds like a good manager!

[@dimebagdio4204]

This is the game of my childhood

[@darccole]

same here would play it for hours at my friends house back when the game came out

[@tarkalim366]

indid meyt

[@danyoutube7491]

This is one of my favourite games from my early PC owning years, my early twenties, and during a miserable time in my third year of university it provided some relief from real life. The original Civ, which I played when aged 11, certainly gave me fond memories and I think each game in the series has a strong abillity to do that largely thanks to the great music.

[@PumpkinMozie]

I'm horribly addicted to this game even still.

[@Nookrium]

LyceusAmphipolis1 good to have ya back. I probably played Civ3 the least of all of them, I was such a Civ2 fanboy at the time I couldn't pull myself to play much of this one. It is a pretty well done game though, and it's been fun progressing through these to see the series evolve.

[@GuilleArgies]

The best Civilization of all.

[@igorterzic4315]

agreed

[@solidsnake0408]

Civ IV ! Civ III is bit to flat for my taste !

[@igorterzic4315]

Gabe Logan ?

[@solidsnake0408]

Igor Terzic ?

[@igorterzic4315]

Gabe Logan just thought a bit more detail would be nice

[@andreaschlapek9208]

Best Civ for me. I still love to play Civ 3 because of works on every Laptop and Notebook.

[@r00kie36]

Aye. If anyone is still interested in Civ 3 check out the Multiplayer Community on steam! We are getting more and more at the moment and new players are always great to spice it up ^^

[@jamesjohnstone3175]

lol who's watching this while their free game from humble bundle is downloading

[@smarttechboy4123]

James Frame i

[@ae903]

lol me claim free...watch n learn now

[@TheEamz]

yer and then maybe regretting it? not sure it's worth the space on my computer lol

[@jimaras157]

yeah... hope its good

[@AdolfStalin]

me

[@unitalieon6183]

I miss the good ol' game, I have been playing civ since I was a kid I remember when Civ 3 came out and it was the only game I would play. It was funner than hell.

[@filthyswit]

I would imagine hell is not very fun.

[@BurningUp99]

Civ III still has a certain level of charm to it ... just some of the things with the interface and the menus and so on are outdated. I actually sort of still like how the map looks it's more of a simplified strategic view and the angle and scale of the units in relation to the size of everything else on the rest of the map is just about perfect.

[@danyoutube7491]

I've returned to Civ 2 and 3 in recent years (unfortunately with Civ 2 it was using online an emulation site and it doesn't have the wonder videos or marvellous digitised council of advisors; apparently one needs an original CD version to be running for those features) having been very unsatisfied with Civ 6. 5 and 6 don't really feel like true Civ games to me. I always liked the aesthetic of Civ 2 a lot but I think Civ 3 is a better game, and I've logged more hours in Civ 3 on Steam than I have in Civ 6. Of course I played it a heck of a lot more in the early 2000s, right up until Civ 4 came out. With Civ III I remember being impressed with the extra abilities it gave to some units, such as the legionary being able to build fortresses. I think it was the first one which added workers as well. I didn't get a PC until 2000, so my playing time with Civ 2 first time around was very limited, and I also only had the Test of Time version, bought at a budget price, which I don't think had the cool advisors on, though I saw them on my brother's version. This meant that Civ III felt like my first proper Civ purchase since my brother had bought Civilization in 1992 for our Amiga, and I was very excited about the new intro and graphical style. I had similar excitement about Civ 4, but Civ 5 was a great disappointment.

[@RobtheRod]

Civ 3 was the best civ

[@gilgamesh4941]

started playing the series at civ 4. interesting to see what the predecessors were like

[@antred11]

IMO, Civ 4 (with the Rise of Mankind: A new Dawn mod) was also the best of the series.

[@LyceusAmphipolis1]

Yes, a new Civ series! Great video. I've never played Civ3 but, having seen your previous Civ series, I ind it really interesting to find out when Civ4 features were originally added to the saga.

[@medgm]

a tear trickled from my face as I remembered this game.

[@thegamingcasual]

I have very good memories. Playing this game with my friend using the hotseat multiplayer option.

[@Berg787]

Mega Nostalgia Trip Kicking IN!!!!!!

[@shamicentertainment1262]

Tobacco isn't a luxury, it's a necessity

[@orasis]

Was a fun game (I think it was the most fun of the series up until now), but, that corruption... my god.

[@MrLeiduowen]

I bought a more powerful laptop especially for playing Civilization III back in 2004. Then I played it nonstop for almost the whole day until I finished the game. The opening section was definitely the most exciting part until all the territory got split up between the parties. Later on the game started losing its steam, esp. supporting the overseas colonies was a major pain in the ass, and I finished the modern age up to the rocket launch only thanks to my willpower. Then I finally stood up and went to use the bathroom :D

[@MaestroTJS]

@@MrLeiduowen Civilization: expanding bladders the world over.

[@williamwallace4080]

This was my childhood. Started watching dad playing it and then he'd let me sit on his lap and join in. I've been playing it for 17-18 years probably (I'm 23)

[@BurningUp99]

Wow that's cool yeah I used to play this for many many hours back in the day. I had the boxed version on CD

[@seanb3226]

Glad I found an LP with someone who knows their stuff, :-)

[@Nookrium]

+Ruby Rose "Sort of" knows their stuff, lol. It's been a long time ;)

[@DrownedInExile]

Got to love that totally random combat.

[@danyoutube7491]

It's not totally random, but you aren't guaranteed to win if you have the stronger unit. It could be frustrating at times though, they should have toned it down a bit.

[@MusicalSeizureGuy]

I played Civilization II on the very first PlayStation... was one of my favorites along with the first GTA and Metal Gear Solid. For whatever reason I never heard about this coming out for the PS1. Years later I had (still together) a great girlfriend who had a computer. So I played Civilization IV, really loved that game. These days I got Civilization VI on my iPad. It’s great but completely different, plus turns take a lot longer than on a computer. Cool vid, will watch your series for this game.

[@trevorsurname8153]

To learn how to beat the AI, I spied on them to learn their build order. I think it was slightly different from Civ to Civ, or possibly due to other factors. From watching, I was able to create my own build order, that allowed me to keep up.

[@GIKAS123]

Your videos are great keep up the good work greetings from Greece!!!

[@Nookrium]

GREGG DIMITROLL Thanks!

[@matiasvilja7980]

nice to meet somebody who play this game at 2015 I play Right now this game -2016-

[@adobdebunkology5671]

Wow. This brings back memories.

[@demolazer]

Thank you for not playing painfully slow like some other LPers

[@JesusMartinez-ig1dg]

Hello Nookrium. I would like to know whether the Civilization shown in the video is the Steam version of Civilization 3 Complete. In such case, does such version work with no special configuration in windows 10? And finally, could you please tell me what operative system you use? Thanks in advance!

[@Nookrium]

+Jesus Martinez yes, this is the steam version. This was with windows 8, I've not tried 10 yet with this game so I'm not sure there

[@JesusMartinez-ig1dg]

But the most important: did it directly work with no special configuration, no suffering...? you get me...

[@Nookrium]

+Jesus Martinez yup, worked fine

[@hotdogfingerz9674]

I'm very late, but in case you're still wondering and still haven't purchased the game, yes, Civ 3 for steam does indeed run on Windows 10, without the need for configuration.

[@monolyth421]

Cool relaxing playthrough, I'll be watching more

[@fsdd7724]

Good ol' days when I used to play this with my friends and see who was better and all.

[@TheBloodypimp]

Always work for construction. You can then do library and still get it early.

[@ArnoutVI]

never played civ3 , but i watched your other LP about civ and those were great to learn the game

[@Nookrium]

+Arnout Van Impe I played Civ3 the least of all of them, It was so different from Civ2 that I didn't like it when it first came out

[@danyoutube7491]

@@Nookrium I struggled a bit at first because I think the world map was not as attractive, but it has some good gameplay features. I ended up playing it regularly until 4 came out.

[@AnimeErudite]

I played civ 3 when I was under 10 I just like making the palace I didn't really get what was going on so nostalgic I remember I kept using Rome it's all coming back the nostalgia I got pretty for in the game I really want to play it again

[@breylivec]

Cool vid I learned something from the previous civ games anyway like and sub

[@kc7978]

My dad has olayed this game ebery day all my life. He has over 50,000 hours ovee all the accoutns he has played on. I love olaying this with him.

[@JokinJoe]

I didn't find out about Civ until Revolution came around. People consider it bad, and looking back, it was limited and unbalanced, but I had a hell of a time with it and it opened me up to an amazing franchise. Then I explored Civ 4, 5, and now 6. It's one of my favorite franchises now. I love how you can always change it up by playing differently. If you want to conquer the world, or win culturally, or have a supreme navy... whatever you want to do. I tried playing civ 3, but it wasn't as enjoyable. Seems too simplistic to me, and the interface confusing and aged. But I don't have the nostalgia glasses like most of you do.

[@Charles_Anthony]

joe : Civ 3 is still a great game, but 4 is still the best. 6 is fun, but the AI is so bad. Always hating me for settling a city 3 tiles away from my capital!

[@danyoutube7491]

It's not pure nostalgia, I went back and played Civ III a couple of times within the last decade. At first I was a bit frustrated with the old interface, but a few years ago I got into it again having been underwhelmed and frustrated by Civ 6 and even though I've not played a Civ game in almost 2 years, Civ III is the one I played last and I've played that Steam version of it longer than I have Civ 6.

[@yusufbilgebaran6395]

This was my favorite civ until Civ V came out. What I miss most is the airfields and colonies you could establish. Why they didn't allow that in civ V is beyond me. Such a loss.

[@danyoutube7491]

Civ V was a big disappointment to me, it doesn't quite feel like a real Civ game (nor does 6) and I was soon wondering why there were great features from earlier titles simply omitted. It was as if they hadn't bothered to play earlier titles. As you say, those features were really interesting and more realistic than building a city in a location purely to get hold of a resource or to have an airbase in a strategically important location. In gameplay terms having a city in remote locations is also often inconvenient as well as feeling unrealistic.

[@xman666soad]

Biggest flaws in gameplay strategy. Not roaring every tile with your worker as soon as he moves into the tile, uses your worker for 3 turns but you were going to road any way, may as well be efficient. Speaking of efficiency, building normal warriors is better because -1) you produce them faster, 2) enemy AI civs don’t care about the type of unit only the number of units 3) expansion phase in the beginning is when you’re least likely to be attacked as long as you have 1-2 defensive units in your town (sometimes you don’t even neee them in your town just as long as they’re part of your fighting force is enough to deter ai

[@gideonleeflang]

I've played this game so much when i was young! :O

[@acquettadiperugia9826]

Nostalgia....I`m 30...but I will play another game of Civ III right now....¿is it ok? ¿or wrong? :D

[@tai-ve5fi]

¿is oke¡

[@ngastakvakis4425]

The random in this game is way too much for me to be able to handle. I read the manual and watched 10s of vids before playing this, but the RNG broke my spirit and I had to leave it all behind. I'm known by my friends to be unlucky anyway, and I wouldn't be surprised if my tank lost to a bronze age spearman.

[@igorterzic2951]

The conquest expansion made this game one of the best civs,it's actually not one of the favourite civs,but it did experiment a LOT for the time period and laid foundations for the newer titles

[@igorterzic2951]

Name Holder Disagree!The ai got a pretty big boost in c3c and combat was a little bit more balanced prefered it heavily to 2

[@ngastakvakis4425]

Well, you are saying it's better compared to 2, which doesn't mean it's good. Combat is objectively bad.

[@igorterzic2951]

N'gasta Kvakis combat was annoying sometimes but I wouldn't say it was bad

[@igorterzic2951]

N'gasta Kvakis are you saying 2 wasn't good then?

[@DyoKasparov]

Just noticed you also have civ2 and 3 series, this is sub-worthy ;d What are your plans with the channel? any series planned in the future/etc.?

[@Nookrium]

The next will most likely be a Civ 6 series, not sure when I'll get to that though.

[@alexreilly6121]

i'm 7 mins in and im fairly certain ive had about three seizures about how you play

[@alexanderhorspool1906]

when i saw him settle inland, i died inside. Look, its not always essential to make sure a city is coastal for those 2 or 3 coast tiles, but ffs, half of the workable tiles for the capital are useless now.

[@luizgabrielhehe]

I know this isn't exactly a tutorial (I'm looking for one since this game has none) but this video would be a great way to learn the game if you used more the mouse and less the keyboard shortcuts

[@CopperotonGaming]

this game stresses me out way too much

[@apudharald2435]

Also, you want to focus on the 8 tiles next to your city. Fish 2 tiles away is not really worth consideration. Too far in the future. Not relevant for half of your game. Also! If you want irrigation, you need to hurry up and start irrigating the wild to your cities starting from Egyptian irrigated fields.

[@danyoutube7491]

Cities don't take very long to expand from the original 8 tiles as I recall, all it takes is a bit of culture from things like a temple. Your maximum potential surroundings are certainly vital to consider because they will become relevant before very long, unless you are playing a game on a very small map and expect to win early or are playing multiplayer and expect players to be trying quick routes to beat their opponents.

[@RokerSMisisipi]

why do I get disorder reports in my cities so often? And how to grow my cities faster? I build a lot of workers, and it seems to backfire often, I don`t know why does building workers affect my cities so negatively???

[@quertbarbie62]

if you click on the angry citizen it will tell you why, it can range from too crowded to stop attacking parent city too crowded you should have some of the citizen be an entertainer/ police/ scientist etc you should garrison 3 units in, theres a lot of factor affecting the happiness of your citizen Workers will take 1 of your population, settlers 2, it could be pretty bad if you dont have a granary.

[@skinnydavenport407]

I'd try to get that elephant before the Egyptians take it

[@teytreet7358]

Oh boy. Terribly unlucky start roll

[@SylkaChan]

the sound stopped working on my computer for this game ( i have a new computer but i havn't hooked it up because i need to transfer data from the hard drive) after it used to work, can anybody help me?

[@Zamolxes77]

Dunno why you build warriors when you can build jaguars, even for defense. Double movement speed would be very tactical in a potential war with egyptians !

[@AGEFluffy]

Have you thought about doing collabs on civ 3?

[@Nookrium]

Not really, I would imagine a Civ collab would be difficult with such a long game.

[@AGEFluffy]

True

[@capie44]

This game keeps owning me and using me as if I am a woo-man. No matter how many cities I have, the AI contructs them faster and that fcking glitch allows (always) enemy to have a single spearman knock out four units (one a tank!) And receive a parade as I lose control of the city.

[@DeathToTheDictators]

That's ok if they have more cities, at first...just stay out of any wars (except when a neighbor is being overrun, then attack a weak enemy to gain an extra city or two) and slowly build up hundreds of units for a big epic battle in the later stages of the game (when you're no longer being horribly out produced by your rivals). I play on deity and that's almost the only way to win (that, or somehow getting lucky with a bunch of resources/luxuries early in the game, to gain huge wealth and win with a tech/space race victory).

[@janmoschinski8991]

you can build mines on grassland

[@liontamer2810]

My civ 3 disc broke😣but now I have civ 5, I still can't decide which one is better.

[@filthyswit]

3

[@desoztoppieter9895]

I was a civ3 addict, played it all the time for like 20 years , but now I had to upgrade to windows 10 and cant get it to work, I am on withdrawal...

[@umchind]

I have Windows 10 and just bought the game last week. Got it off Steam and it works fine.

[@desoztoppieter9895]

@@umchind Is it the version that is like 7 dollars you bought?

[@umchind]

@@desoztoppieter9895 Yep, pretty cheap because it's so old. It cost me CAD $5.49

[@paliginia]

rap god

[@d7lpz]

I fukin played this with my uncle all the godamn time

[@WinstonBuford]

THE most vague game ever. you have to have at least 100 hours of gameplay just to be able to play the game in the 1st place.

[@orasis]

If it took you a hundred hours to figure out a game that was rated for children... what does that say about you?

[@tuckerbergeron3175]

Bro instead of rushing literature rush philosophy, then use your free tech from getting philosophy to get literature

[@khaledabdulkarimful]

Two words :GET ARCHERS !!!!!!!!!

[@apudharald2435]

Khaled Abdul Karim against EGYPT ( chariots ) ? You mad, bro? And that is without mentioning that you have those enslaving jaguar warriors. Get the whip cracking and trigger that Golden Age on the double quick, before the Egyptians do it.

[@gregkirby9059]

if you picked name leemur you get like 100,000 gold

[@ThunderlipsJoe2]

MAN i DO NOT remember civ 2 and 3 looking so terrible. I remember the silly videos in civ 2 for advisors/etc but man other than Test Of Time i blocked out all memory of civ 2 and 3. I had Gold Editions of all of these. I remember how big a change Civ 5 was, i feel like the only Civ i remember after 1 & test of time must have been 4.

[@AdolfHitler-nm2tf]

how do I deal with crowded cities

[@shadowgermory]

i think build a road?

[@jacobaskew2686]

click on the citizens and they become entertainers the entertainers make one content citizen happy or one angry citizen content.

[@orasis]

Eventually corruption becomes unmanageable... that was a major flaw in 3. Just like over-abundant strat-resources were in 4.

[@apudharald2435]

orasis go Communist, ja? Republics and Democracies exist to be steamrollered.

[@orasis]

No corruption?

[@AIonzoG]

How the freak does a barbarian kill an elite?! lol

[@Nookrium]

***** That is an excellent question!

[@ngastakvakis4425]

The random in this game is way too much for me to be able to handle. I read the manual and watched 10s of vids before playing this, but the RNG broke my spirit and I had to leave it all behind. I'm known by my friends to be unlucky anyway, and I wouldn't be surprised if my tank lost to a bronze age spearman.

[@filthyswit]

Just uncheck the "keep random seed" in the options when creating a new game. This will allow you to re-do any battle if it's too much BS to handle. Same goes for goody huts! Hope this gets you back in the game.

[@madbeba647]

how can I get civilization 3 to work on Windows 10 ???

[@D3LTAG1RL]

From good old games

[@godfathergaming8731]

I'm using OBS and I can't figure out how to record this fucking game >:( plz help

[@Nookrium]

+Gaming With Godfather I use obs, with some games using window capture and game capture don't work, so I have to just use monitor capture and adjust the crop if it's windowed

[@godfathergaming8731]

Oh wow thanks for the help ! ^-^

[@TalkavGayawatha]

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