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Foamer on 18 February 2010

Oh fuck, there goes the Autumn, Winter and next Spring.



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ultima on 18 February 2010
famousringo said:
I like the hexes, but I'm not sure I like the emphasis on graphics I'm seeing.

I wouldn't mind if they adopted a few ideas from Civ Revolution. I particularly liked the streamlined land development and exploration rewards.

No, no, good sir, the more micromanagement, the better.



           

Barozi on 18 February 2010
Kasz216 said:
Cool... though, honestly i'll probably wait to get it. I've hardly gotten any fun out of Civ4. Which... is sad since Civilization 2 is probably one of my most played games. I used to play it every day in one form or another for 3-4 years.

Exactly how I feel. I would still take Civ II over III and IV any day.

At least this time the graphics look fine. I've hardly met another game series where the graphics take a step backwards. Civ IV looked horrible and way inferior to Civ III IMO.



nordlead on 18 February 2010

I had Civ 2 (and loved it), and then got Civ 4 and loved what the did with Civ 4. I'm not too keen on hex tiles due to always playing Civ with square tiles, but I'm willing to give it a shot if really is an improvement on 4. I guess the benefit of hex tiles is that you can't go "through" an enemy line, but Civ 2 wouldn't allow you to move from 1 side to another side of the same enemy which allowed you to create diagonal barriers.

EDIT: don't know how many people read the article, but they are adding units that can attack from behind the front lines, which sounds awesome.

EDIT 2: official website - http://www.civilization5.com/




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famousringo on 18 February 2010
ultima said:
famousringo said:
I like the hexes, but I'm not sure I like the emphasis on graphics I'm seeing.

I wouldn't mind if they adopted a few ideas from Civ Revolution. I particularly liked the streamlined land development and exploration rewards.

No, no, good sir, the more micromanagement, the better.

In that case, I hope they design the game so that there's a mode that's fun for me to play once technology hits around 1900 levels, and a mode for people like you who get lots of little units and commands to fiddle with from the get-go.

I would always love Civ 4 right up until machine guns start showing up. Then the game just got bogged-down and tedious with too many damn unit types.



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WyldRage on 18 February 2010

Between Elemental and THIS (not to mention Starcraft II, Diablo III and others), this is going to be a great year.

PC GAMING IS BACK!

Now, if they announce Alpha Centauri II, I'd just die of happiness.



Senlis on 18 February 2010
nordlead said:

I had Civ 2 (and loved it), and then got Civ 4 and loved what the did with Civ 4. I'm not too keen on hex tiles due to always playing Civ with square tiles, but I'm willing to give it a shot if really is an improvement on 4. I guess the benefit of hex tiles is that you can't go "through" an enemy line, but Civ 2 wouldn't allow you to move from 1 side to another side of the same enemy which allowed you to create diagonal barriers.

EDIT: don't know how many people read the article, but they are adding units that can attack from behind the front lines, which sounds awesome.

EDIT 2: official website - http://www.civilization5.com/

That is awesome.  I always thought it was retarted that to attack with catapults, you have to directly engage it with the enemy forces.




 

joesampson on 18 February 2010

Sweet....



ultima on 18 February 2010
famousringo said:
ultima said:
famousringo said:
I like the hexes, but I'm not sure I like the emphasis on graphics I'm seeing.

I wouldn't mind if they adopted a few ideas from Civ Revolution. I particularly liked the streamlined land development and exploration rewards.

No, no, good sir, the more micromanagement, the better.

In that case, I hope they design the game so that there's a mode that's fun for me to play once technology hits around 1900 levels, and a mode for people like you who get lots of little units and commands to fiddle with from the get-go.

I would always love Civ 4 right up until machine guns start showing up. Then the game just got bogged-down and tedious with too many damn unit types.

Hey, that's what the mods are for! You can probably find a mod like that for Civ 4 as well.



           

Kasz216 on 18 February 2010
Slimebeast said:
Kasz216 said:
Cool... though, honestly i'll probably wait to get it. I've hardly gotten any fun out of Civ4. Which... is sad since Civilization 2 is probably one of my most played games. I used to play it every day in one form or another for 3-4 years.

How come?

I don't know.  Each game has improved the formula... yet I seem to get less and less fun out of each game. 

Real hard to explain honestly. 

Either way, i'm going to have to drop by the fanatics forum and pick up a couple mods and try my luck when i'm more in the mood.