Civilization V

delta0 · 8 Nov 2013 at 15:39

I do play on prince most of the time. That is getting a bit too easy now for me. I typically go for science victories.

shamus21 · 12 Nov 2013 at 10:49

I find prince a lot more easy on civ 5 than what it was on civ4

Imy · 27 Nov 2013 at 23:06

I've got the base Civ V game but no DLCs/expansions. Is the Gold Edition upgrade worth getting for £5?

LukieBoy007 · 27 Nov 2013 at 23:09

Imy said:
I've got the base Civ V game but no DLCs/expansions. Is the Gold Edition upgrade worth getting for £5?

It will most likely go down to £2.50 if you wait. And yes, it is worth getting. If you see the DLC Brave New World cheap as well, then I advise you get that as it adds a lot to the game.

Imy · 27 Nov 2013 at 23:24

Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't realise it was missing some DLC.

In that case I'll wait a bit - thanks.

Defiant306 · 27 Nov 2013 at 23:48

Gamefly has Civilization Brave New World Expac down at £6.79

HungryHippos · 28 Nov 2013 at 00:10

theonejat said:
Me and two friends are doing exactly the same. Picked up CIV:V Gold + G & K for around £7.49, hopefully pick BNW up for £4.99.

Bawheidbob said:
Been hanging off playing this one until i get BNW as I heard it adds quite a lot of good ideas.

As mentioned above hopefully pick up a deal in the run up to Christmas. I have plenty to keep me going just now as it is

Available for £5.43 (£6.79 before code) now from Gamefly:

http://digital.gamefly.co.uk/#!/download-sid-meier's-civilization-v-brave-new-world/5006003

Discount Code: GFDNOV20UK

Question for you guys actually. I didn't realise it but turns out I have Civ 5 + Gods and Kings in Steam already. I am also purchasing BNW at the moment.

Does any of the extra DLC from Civ 5 Gold Edition really help me anymore. I don't have it and wondering whether BNW just contains the content I need to get on with the game

4p · 28 Nov 2013 at 16:32

http://www.amazon.com/GOLD-Brave-World-Online-Game/dp/B00ELJROFA

I can buy that can't I since it's just a key? Works out at £12.50!

jim5000 · 28 Nov 2013 at 17:50

Eulogy said:
Available for £5.43 (£6.79 before code) now from Gamefly:

http://digital.gamefly.co.uk/#!/download-sid-meier's-civilization-v-brave-new-world/5006003

Discount Code: GFDNOV20UK

Question for you guys actually. I didn't realise it but turns out I have Civ 5 + Gods and Kings in Steam already. I am also purchasing BNW at the moment.

Does any of the extra DLC from Civ 5 Gold Edition really help me anymore. I don't have it and wondering whether BNW just contains the content I need to get on with the game

The last steam sale had Civ V gold edition for £2.50 - this included all DLC except the Gods & Kings and Brave New World addons. None of the DLC is game changing (just extra races, maps and wonders), but keep an eye out incase the same offer crops up again in this or the winter sales.

Euphoria · 28 Nov 2013 at 19:57

I have civ v with expansions dlc the lot the only one I am missing is the latest brace new worlds and not too sure, is it worth it ?

Defiant306 · 28 Nov 2013 at 21:44

Its worth the price currently, wasn't worth the £18 I paid for it lol

MouthBoy · 28 Nov 2013 at 22:12

I think I have paid for all of the DLC twice (once for me and once for the better half). I have only 400hrs racked up on Civ V and I do go through phases of playing it a lot and then not playing it at all. I completely love the game, although I do question some of the AI choices. The base game was missing something that G+K did try and add, but I now think that with BNW the game feels a lot more complete. There is enough to do now and many ways to win. Before I would just either win via science or conquest. I'd rarely try to go for culture as you had to really keep your city numbers small, but now you can actually grow and still win cultural victories.

Personally I say that if you enjoy the game, I would buy the main DLCs.

shamus21 · 29 Nov 2013 at 06:13

I find that after BNW DLC that cultural victories have become very easy.

JeditOjanen · 29 Nov 2013 at 13:02

shamus21 said:
I find that after BNW DLC that cultural victories have become very easy.

Move the difficulty up, then. Culture victories can be tough on higher difficulties because you can get sniped for key wonders like the Parthenon.

Imy · 1 Dec 2013 at 18:23

LukieBoy007 said:
It will most likely go down to £2.50 if you wait. And yes, it is worth getting. If you see the DLC Brave New World cheap as well, then I advise you get that as it adds a lot to the game.

You were right - it went down to £2.50! So I went to buy it but it wouldn't let me. Apparently I already own it.

Doh!

LukieBoy007 · 1 Dec 2013 at 19:07

Imy said:
You were right - it went down to £2.50! So I went to buy it but it wouldn't let me. Apparently I already own it.

Doh!

Ah it's only £2.50 though

HungryHippos · 1 Dec 2013 at 20:25

Getting the Gold Edition upgrade now as I had the base game, and the two DLC Expansion packs, but not most of the civilization DLC.

Deehjay · 1 Dec 2013 at 23:20

Anyone got any tips for newbies? Played my 2nd game (got about an hour into my first game before we called it) against bots with some friends in a good 3-4 hour sesh. Was playing as Washington and I thought it was going really well until the later phase of the game (I believe we are on around turn 170) I had a lot of worked and ended up just deleting the majority of them since they were costing me a lot of gold. I had a lot of farms built and trading post and before we saved my gold income was around +60 per turn, but I was like 90 points behind one of my friends, and was below all of the AI's.

MouthBoy · 1 Dec 2013 at 23:44

Deehjay said:
Anyone got any tips for newbies? Played my 2nd game (got about an hour into my first game before we called it) against bots with some friends in a good 3-4 hour sesh. Was playing as Washington and I thought it was going really well until the later phase of the game (I believe we are on around turn 170) I had a lot of worked and ended up just deleting the majority of them since they were costing me a lot of gold. I had a lot of farms built and trading post and before we saved my gold income was around +60 per turn, but I was like 90 points behind one of my friends, and was below all of the AI's.

Kind of weird advice to say, but drop the difficultly down and just complete a game, maybe against just 4 AI. You will then learn what comes in the later game so you can plan ahead when you want to put the difficultly back up. Also, don't just spam workers. I find that if I have about 4 cities I only need 2-3 of them. Later game I only have about 1-2 for future tech.

Deehjay · 1 Dec 2013 at 23:57

smeaney said:
Kind of weird advice to say, but drop the difficultly down and just complete a game, maybe against just 4 AI. You will then learn what comes in the later game so you can plan ahead when you want to put the difficultly back up. Also, don't just spam workers. I find that if I have about 4 cities I only need 2-3 of them. Later game I only have about 1-2 for future tech.

Yeah I will do. Is there like a proper tutorial or anything in the game that I can play? The first time I played I just went straight into a game (I don't even know how you actually win) and same with the second time.