Civilization V Coming This Fall

[nageov3t]

I fought so hard against the urge to work from home this morning so I could play Civ on my desktop while "working" on my laptop. lol.

 

[JoshGuru7]

So far it's really good. The two biggest changes I've found so far are the graphical improvements (huge upgrade) and the restriction of putting multiple combat units on the same hex. It's sorta like Civ meets Battle Chess - very neat in earlier ages with smaller number of troops but we'll see how it works with 50 tanks and helicopters in the modern era.

 

[tedrodai]

dumb question here, does steeam works mean its like the orange box? Basically buy the game anywhere and steam allows you to re-download in the future if you choose. I have a feeling I could put this aside and revisit it years later. Please no talk about if steam goes out of business and such.

Uh...Yep! (sorry for such a short post)

 

[paperfist]

dumb question here, does steeam works mean its like the orange box? Basically buy the game anywhere and steam allows you to re-download in the future if you choose. I have a feeling I could put this aside and revisit it years later. Please no talk about if steam goes out of business and such.

Yes it is a Steamworks game, so no matter where you buy it from it's a Steam game.

 

[CPA]

So far it's really good. The two biggest changes I've found so far are the graphical improvements (huge upgrade) and the restriction of putting multiple combat units on the same hex. It's sorta like Civ meets Battle Chess - very neat in earlier ages with smaller number of troops but we'll see how it works with 50 tanks and helicopters in the modern era.

The reviews I have read made it sound like a siege-like tactic is more inviting now due to the hexagons and the inability to stack.

 

[nageov3t]

really looking forward to seeing the combat in action.

my previous civ strategy had always been to mass produce whatever my most advanced unit was, create 1-2 stacks of doom, and stampede through hostile territory until I ran out.

 

[Homerboy]

really looking forward to seeing the combat in action.

my previous civ strategy had always been to mass produce whatever my most advanced unit was, create 1-2 stacks of doom, and stampede through hostile territory until I ran out.

You and me both!

 

[KMFJD]

Fuck sake, i have to register this through f'n steam and then dl a 1gb fucking patch? fail fail fail

/not a big deal if you have a decent connection
//slower than dailup at times...

edit - no 1gb patch for me for some reason

 

[zinfamous]

really looking forward to seeing the combat in action.

my previous civ strategy had always been to mass produce whatever my most advanced unit was, create 1-2 stacks of doom, and stampede through hostile territory until I ran out.

haha, yeah. it worked quite well.

 

[nageov3t]

one thing I can see being annoying (and doesn't make a lot of sense) is your population happiness going down whenever you annex a city.

seems like a heavy handed way of keeping the number of cities in a typical empire low.

if America marched up and annexed Montreal, I'd be like fuck yeah.

 

[BoberFett]

Well I picked up a copy of Civ5 at Best Buy on my way home today, but I've got a lot of other things I should be doing. What to do...

 

[Dankk]

Preloaded it yesterday. I've been at school this morning, and now I'm at work, so I've had no time to check it out. Gotta wait four more hours. Agh.

 

[nageov3t]

Well I picked up a copy of Civ5 at Best Buy on my way home today, but I've got a lot of other things I should be doing. What to do...

you're already posting in a Civ 5 thread, you know what you're going to be doing

 

[lupi]

Not only is fast paced combat limited by stacking, but also that thing where you can only produce as many resource tied units as you control resources. Unless they've massively upped that number, the bliztkrieg is gonna be a walking mans combat.

 

[KMFJD]

edit - I whine too much....

 

[nageov3t]

Not only is fast paced combat limited by stacking, but also that thing where you can only produce as many resource tied units as you control resources. Unless they've massively upped that number, the bliztkrieg is gonna be a walking mans combat.

I know I read that referenced in regards to cavalry (ie: you can only build as many cavalry as you have horses) but I'm not sure how it'd apply to units that don't require resources.

 

[minmaster]

guys, run a verification of game files and it keeps telling you that 1 file didn't pass the test. but redownloading that file (just over 20mb) and then running the test again doesn't fix it...

 

[acheron]

finally got home and have been playing. unsurprisingly I love it so far. still in ancient times right now as Rome.

 

[murphy55d]

Better or worse than Civ 4? Overall?

 

[iCyborg]

This 1 unit per hex thing - does it apply to units defending cities as well?

 

[Wag]

The game is great. I don't generally like these types of games and I'll be picking this one up for sure.

 

[nageov3t]

This 1 unit per hex thing - does it apply to units defending cities as well?

yup, but to balance it out, cities also have independent health (and can bombard enemy units) as opposed to earlier civs where a unit-free city was just a free take-over for any random civ/barbarian.

 

[minmaster]

wow i miss the old interface very much... little things like mouseover on a worker showing how many turns left to finish his improvement... so many little things that i miss now!

 

[Wag]

Can you rotate the map? If so, how?

 

[nanobreath]

aieee.

Civ V doesn't play nice with multi monitor set up. Even in full screen when you scroll to the edge of the map...you just scroll on over to the adjacent monitor. So I cannot scroll to the right by just flicking the mouse to the right edge of he screen! Annoying.