Civilization V
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Heh, well I have just loaded up and I must say, it look great! Will have to play tomorrow properly but seriously looks good. Oh and it seems to autogauge the graphics to the highests on my spec in rig so its easy to run.
Right...sleep now!
Right...sleep now!
Chill, it will probably sort its self out.
I'm sure I could chill if this was a Sunday afternoon. The fact is it should be a simple operation, yet I've sat up for no reason at all now other than to be angered. Will spend work tomorrow tired and annoyed.
Seems it's the retail copies being screwed over as well. Obviously Steam are punishing us. As I said, 3 days well spent... Fingering themselves.
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Mine works. Played for half an hour....... seems good. Decided to quit and go to bed before "one more turn" syndrome kicked in.
lol, happened to me, one more turn at 2am, now 3:30am. 234 turns in, great game, loving it.
Can see some hours being sunk in to this bad lad.
lol, happened to me, one more turn at 2am, now 3:30am. 234 turns in, great game, loving it.
Can see some hours being sunk in to this bad lad.
Same, it's scary
169 turns in at my first game, been playing for 3 hours straight I think.
So far I regret choosing the 2nd lowest difficulty level and playing on ''normal game speed'' and a ''small'' map, I've wiped out the Chinese with ease and now have 8 or 9 cities and 2 allied city states. I'm in the Renaissance, apparently my military advisor says I should declare war on the next civ because I can easily overrun them.
The UI seems a step forward in places, and a step back in other places, picking techs to research was easier in civ4 and queuing orders up for units isn't possible any more (correct me if I'm wrong?), the queuing and managing the production of a city is also a bit of a hassle imo, was easier in civ4...
The 1 unit per hex is sometimes annoying, and sometimes nice as it indeed requires more thinking instead of dumping 30 units in a stack and thundering down the enemy empire.
The game is more ''balanced'' and micromanaging your arse off isn't as rewarding as it was in civ4, stuff like improving land, optimal city locations and specialization, etc don't matter that much in civ5 as they did, of course it's still very important but not as important as it used to be.
I'm happy culture actually pays off, I often found in civ4 that except for border ''fights'' over land, culture was pointless and only annoying when during war.
I expect to win this game in about 200 turns the way this is going, next time I'll play on Prince, Epic, standard or large size I guess because the standard settings are a tad too easy, even though the game is very different, civ4 regulars will have no problem getting into it without all that advisor crap or the tutorials.
Just a recommendation to you guys who played civ4 a lot, don't jump in at any difficulty lower than prince, it'll be too easy
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So far I regret choosing the 2nd lowest difficulty level and playing on ''normal game speed'' and a ''small'' map, I've wiped out the Chinese with ease and now have 8 or 9 cities and 2 allied city states. I'm in the Renaissance, apparently my military advisor says I should declare war on the next civ because I can easily overrun them.
The UI seems a step forward in places, and a step back in other places, picking techs to research was easier in civ4 and queuing orders up for units isn't possible any more (correct me if I'm wrong?), the queuing and managing the production of a city is also a bit of a hassle imo, was easier in civ4...
The 1 unit per hex is sometimes annoying, and sometimes nice as it indeed requires more thinking instead of dumping 30 units in a stack and thundering down the enemy empire.
The game is more ''balanced'' and micromanaging your arse off isn't as rewarding as it was in civ4, stuff like improving land, optimal city locations and specialization, etc don't matter that much in civ5 as they did, of course it's still very important but not as important as it used to be.
I'm happy culture actually pays off, I often found in civ4 that except for border ''fights'' over land, culture was pointless and only annoying when during war.
I expect to win this game in about 200 turns the way this is going, next time I'll play on Prince, Epic, standard or large size I guess because the standard settings are a tad too easy, even though the game is very different, civ4 regulars will have no problem getting into it without all that advisor crap or the tutorials.
Just a recommendation to you guys who played civ4 a lot, don't jump in at any difficulty lower than prince, it'll be too easy
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Then the problem is at your end, the fact you considered waking up mega early when you knew you had work just to INSTALL a game makes me think you have addiction issues
Addicted to something he hasn't played yet? yup nice one.
Not only do you completely avoid the point/issue you go an insult him.
Me <3 my lovely map i got for Babylon (Mountain pass blocking Alexander and oda, and three nice city states). I only need 2-3 bowmen to own anything that the two crazy warmongers send my way.
Try playing it yourself, its an awesome map (requires Babylon though):
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=382273
Try playing it yourself, its an awesome map (requires Babylon though):
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=382273
A word of caution to all - NEVER trust Alexander. He will often try to ally with you to conquer someone else, and will keep on going through every Civ he can. Once its just you and him left, if he has gotten too powerful you are dead and wont stand a chance. He is completely brutal and will try to conquer everyone.
Oda on the other hand is much more respectful. He usually wont declare on you if you have enough military, and if he does and you beat him, he will become very friendly and shouldnt attack you again.
I'm really going to have to ditch Alexander from my games, he is just insane, like Shaka from Civ IV except he is more careful and will try to take other civs out one at a time.
Oda on the other hand is much more respectful. He usually wont declare on you if you have enough military, and if he does and you beat him, he will become very friendly and shouldnt attack you again.
I'm really going to have to ditch Alexander from my games, he is just insane, like Shaka from Civ IV except he is more careful and will try to take other civs out one at a time.
Surely thats a good thing, he's a challenge. Though it does sound like his AI is pretty well done if he can sneakily take out every civ.
Addicted to games in general that he would get up early doing something he knows will make him perform worse at work for the sake of installing a game? The phrase get a life is probably too mild.
No he cant!
The actual AI war tactics are crap, they just kamikazee everything they have at you, and all you have to do is shoot it all down with archers. Hence the Babylon, Chinese and English unique units are the most powerful in the game to the human player against the AI.
What they do is ally with someone else to do it, all the warmongers will always form pacts of secrecy first which increases the hostility of both Civs in the pact towards the other. Once another civs reputation is low enough.
On one Island in a previous game, I had me, Siam, China and Greece. Siam got china into a pact and both declared on me, so I took the cheap way out, reloaded and got china to go to war with Siam instead. With 2 vs 1, the 1 loses, and Siam got wiped easilly (I took 2 cities, China took 1).
Then Alexander asked me to go to war with China, who had two cities in my territory so I accepted to take them. I took two chinese cities, and alexander too their other two, wiping them out.
Then it was just me and Alexander left. Three turns after China are wiped, he turns against me, declares war, and marches in with around 20 companion cavaly + hoplites. GG, game over
.That was before i had learnt how to use archers properly. Now I cant ever see myself playing anyone other than Babylon or England. Englands longbows are crazy powerful.
But also in the hands of the AI. There was someone complaining on the Civfanatics forums that his rifles were getting owned by Englands 3 range Longbows. Those things are crazy powerful until you get to artillery:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=382504
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Expectations of launch was one of the very reasons I didnt sit up , especially in light of having work today. Thus I have the benefit of being at work today and not being tired or annoyed