Civilization V - Civ: causing all nighters since 1991 - Games

One week to go. I can't wait.

If I hate 99% of strategy games (mostly RTS though) is there still an off-chance that I might like this? I've always wanted to get into strategy games but never could.

Pick up Civilization IV and try it. I've never met someone who has played it and wasn't immediately hooked.

[QUOTE=OutOfExile2;24808415]If I hate 99% of strategy games (mostly RTS though) is there still an off-chance that I might like this? I've always wanted to get into strategy games but never could.[/QUOTE] I don't like RTS' very much at all, but civ iv is one of the best games I've played in a long time.

Nukes in Civ IV were disappointing. I hope in Civ V it actually obliterates the city instead of just lowering it to level 1.

[QUOTE=Rammaster;24810553]Nukes in Civ IV were disappointing. I hope in Civ V it actually obliterates the city instead of just lowering it to level 1.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=howling techie;24585882] Nukes can now completely destroy cities, unlike in Civ 4. [/QUOTE]

I'm not really sure whether or not to buy it. I mean, I loved Civ4 but I eventually got bored of the turn based style of gameplay. What I really want is for them to make a rts version of the game.

[QUOTE=Firefox42;24811528]I'm not really sure whether or not to buy it. I mean, I loved Civ4 but I eventually got bored of the turn based style of gameplay. What I really want is for them to make a rts version of the game.[/QUOTE] Closest you get to real-time combat and Civilization is Total War.

Finished preloading Civ 5 woo

Cracked and pre-ordered it. One week to go! :buddy:

[QUOTE=howling techie;24811012]Nukes[/QUOTE] Sweeeeeet.

[QUOTE=LordApocca;24811833]Closest you get to real-time combat and Civilization is Total War.[/QUOTE] Excuse me? [img_thumb]http://www.oyun-indir.info/oyun_resim/Rise%20of%20Nations00.jpg[/img_thumb]

Rise of Nations is sort of like if you mixed Civilization II with an RTS, it's an awesome game.

I already have it. It's pretty fun but I still want a Civ rts.

[QUOTE=LordApocca;24811833]Closest you get to real-time combat and Civilization is Total War.[/QUOTE] Rise of Nations is like Civilization in RTS, you got pretty much the same time periods, and the combat is kind of similar if you look at it in the rock-paper-scissors kind of way where in CIV it's spears>horses>melee>spears and archers are good at defending, when in RoN if I'm not mistaken it's heavy infantry>light infantry>archers>heavy infantry. Both also have almost the same world wonders, several ways to win a game, diplomacy etc. [editline]01:29PM[/editline] ninja'd but I gave more details.

[QUOTE=Mac2468;24808568]Pick up Civilization IV and try it. I've never met someone who has played it and wasn't immediately hooked.[/QUOTE] I have Civ IV, I played one campaign before I got sick of the damn thing. Rather boring. In terms of good world games Hearts of Iron is better, that and Total war games. The only thing Civs has for it is the fact that it goes through the ages. But RoN has that, also.

[QUOTE=Jake Nukem;24820203]I have Civ IV, I played one campaign before I got sick of the damn thing. Rather boring. In terms of good world games Hearts of Iron is better, that and Total war games. The only thing Civs has for it is the fact that it goes through the ages. But RoN has that, also.[/QUOTE] Translation: I couldn't beat Settler.

[url]http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9553042[/url] [url]http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9553920[/url] Game play from the 2k live stream yesterday.

[QUOTE=XplodingNoggin;24823189]Translation: I couldn't beat Settler.[/QUOTE] The Civ games aren't exactly hard to master.

Easy to learn, but hard to master.

Meh, uberstacking isn't overly hard to do.

I loved the Total War games, is there a chance that I would love this? I've never played a Civ game before, and I'm looking to get into it.

[url]http://www.filefront.com/4384700/Sid-Meiers-Civilization-IV-Demo/[/url] Can always try that.

[QUOTE=Frozen;24839524]I loved the Total War games, is there a chance that I would love this? I've never played a Civ game before, and I'm looking to get into it.[/QUOTE] Well if you are into real time strategy battles like in the Total War series and love the massive armies fighting eachother you'll be disapointed. You won't see any fancy gigantic armies fighting eachother. Still the game is great and the world map and the UI looks nifty.

I can't decide if I should buy this, or Final Fantasy XIV. I hate the Q4 Gaming Season. It's the time I go bankrupt.

[QUOTE=Rammaster;24840095]I can't decide if I should buy this, or Final Fantasy XIV. I hate the Q4 Gaming Season. It's the time I go bankrupt.[/QUOTE] Final Fantasy XIV Looks dreadful. Get this :)

[QUOTE=junker|154;24839657]Well if you are into real time strategy battles like in the Total War series and love the massive armies fighting eachother you'll be disapointed. You won't see any fancy gigantic armies fighting eachother. Still the game is great and the world map and the UI looks nifty.[/QUOTE] Seems good enough. I liked the campaign map of Total War.

4 days until US launch 7 days until international launch Did anybody else get this update recently to the steam client? [quote=Steam Client Updater]A Steam client update is now available. To apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates...". The specific changes include: Steam Added support for Civilization V charity promotion (not visible until Civ5's launch)[/quote] Oh yeah 13 minutes of gameplay: [url]http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/16/civilization-5s-epic-13-minute-gameplay-walkthrough-video/[/url]

New Joystiq Review, and it's good news: [url]http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/17/civilization-5-review/[/url] [img]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/06/review-five-stars.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=howling techie;24882051]New Joystiq Review, and it's good news: [url]http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/17/civilization-5-review/[/url] [img]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/06/review-five-stars.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I like the changes, the "closer to Revolutions" part scares me a bit, but this being PC exclusive I'll trust them. Day 1 buy.