Civilization V

[pgp_protector]

I really need to pay more attention, Just found out Civ V came out

(Anyone playing it yet & what do you think of the new version? )

 

[Cabal]

I just found out there's a DirectX 9 version. So my computer can actually run it.

Thank you Sid Meier, I think you may have just ruined my Ph.D.

Played literally about 40 turns in the demo as I need to get some sleep (early-game is about the only time I can escape the lure of the Civ ) and some of it's good. Combat is quite different, but in a good way, and it gives you a breakdown of combat stats if you mouseover an enemy unit within range, and you don't have to stuff your city full of units in order to avoid losing it, they have HP and ranged attacks. Interface is much sleeker, very easy to access reminders to queue up a new research project or production item is good. Culture is now coupled to the government/values types, so you can unlock a small tech tree of upgrades (some are mutually exclusive, e.g. freedom and autocracy can't be used together) but each unlock/tech tree upgrade increases the cost of the next one. Not a bad amalgamation of the two from Civ 4, without all that evangelism nonsense

What I'm not liking so far is they nerfed the city screen. It just feels...wrong, like there's tons of info missing. They've stripped it back to pretty much the resource map and a very short production list and governor options. Happiness is now a civ-wide stat rather than a per-city stat.

I think they've gotten the best bits of Civ in it - but I'll be honest, I'm enough of a nerd that I love the micromanagement and that seems to be quite cut back. I'm pretty sure I've had games of Alpha Centauri where I have so many bases and yet micromanaged all of them to the extent that I was taking about half an hour per turn. Had the most awesome economy ever though I'm not sure what in Civ 5 would top that for me.

 

[pgp_protector]

Enjoying it so far.
First game ran about 3-4 Evenings, my 2 year old system handles it well.

I Miss the Short Movies though, sorta nice seeing the Rocket take off, or the Buildings get put together ect...

 

[Cabal]

Yeah - lack of movies is not good. Civ 4's were disappointing standard CGI enough. Not having them altogether is a real bummer.

I dunno, this is the first Firaxis strategy game in a long time that I actually don't like. Been playing Civ 4 and AC this week, much more my thing still.

 

[Breetai]

I'm still on Civ II and III. IV kind of disappointed me. I even like CivI more!

 

[Morphane]

I'm still having fun playing Civ 4.

Civ 5's Giant Death Robot has kind of put me off. I love sci-fi, and really loved Alpha Centauri, but the GDR doesn't belong in Civ - I think. I guess I'll play Civ 5 one day, but StarCraft II is next on my list.

I wish Firaxis had made a good Master of Orion style game, or even Alpha Centauri II, instead of yet another Civ.

 

[Saving Hawaii]

Hmmm... I just played through a round of the demo. This is definitely a game that I shouldn't buy, no matter how much I want it.

 

[Sketcher]

I wish Firaxis had made a good Master of Orion style game, or even Alpha Centauri II, instead of yet another Civ.

SMAC II would be awesome, if they weren't going to kill the feel of the original with the more cartoony direction their recent games have taken.

 

[Saving Hawaii]

Ei ei ei... some strange compulsion forced me to buy this terrible game. It's installing right now. So much for school. I'm doomed.

 

[MARKedByChrist]

As an incredibly well aged Civ player, Civ 5 is pretty darn good, but my computer barely met the minimum requirements, so I had to play with all of the video options turned down, enabling me not to see how great the game really looked. And then eventually, the game started crashing, a lot. So I went back to Civ 3 Complete and stayed there. To me it's the best entry in the series.

 

[archerjenner]

I have just played a demo of it and really the designer has worked both on the current Civilization and on expansion for the previous game in the series. I came to know that 2K Games and Firaxis have announced arrival of Civilization V.

 

[Blackwater Babe]

In my opinion, every Civ game has been better than the last. I havn't played Civ 5 yet, but might get it this weekend. My only concern is that I hope it bucks the trend and doesn't require a continuous internet connection to run it.

 

[Blackwater Babe]

Any of you guys play Sid Meyer's Alpha Centauri? For my money, its probably the best of the one's I've played, Its certainly a member of the civilisation family, even though its from a different planet.

I'd give my eye teeth for a SM's Alpha Centauri II.