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Alright boyz, here we go!!! Civ 5 first impressions & tips thread!
Let's get it started (finally) for the latest edition of Civilization, arguably one of the greatest computer game series around. For those of you lucky enough to play it Tue morning, the rest of us will be waiting for your first impressions.
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I'll be playing at 10am tomorrow morning. Should be able to get some multiplayer impressions later Tuesday and Wednesday as well for those that are interested in that.
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Do we have a Steam ID thread on here? I couldn't find one with a quick search.
I can't wait for tomorrow morning, I should have most of the day free to play this. |
D/L'ing the $60 Steam Edition now... Steam ID is Broth32
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will let everyone know. i got an early copy...
its sweet so far.. okay, i'm kidding, i don't have a copy yet. |
Starting this thread when you can't actually play the game yet should be a boxing. :mad:
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No shit. You can't start the thread unless you've played the freaking game! |
I went ahead and got the Deluxe version from Steam since that did include the soundtrack.
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That's ok, I started the Civ4 thread just before it was released. |
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Retroactive boxing! |
this is Bullshit. Making me think the game came out early. Kiss my ass Josh Grobin!
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I'm curious. I have a 24 hour Walmart near me. I wonder if I could get 'em to sell me the game after midnight? :)
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I don't see why not. Even Steam users can download/install all of the files, that's no different than installing from a DVD. Both will be activated at the same time. Perhaps it's the other stuff on the DVD that they don't want you to have until Day 0?
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Yeah, I don't think having the game at midnight is going to let you play it early anymore than the rest of us who downloaded can play it before 10am tomorrow.
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What else would be on the DVD, though? |
If you get the Special Edition, you would have access to the soundtrack CDs, which they may not want you to listen to until release.
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Thought this came out the 26th. Gonna be awesome....
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They might sell you the new Selena Gomez CD, though...:p
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First impression: the retail copy comes with the tech tree wall poster. Yay!
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Sweet! I'm going to be hitting up Best Buy before I head home from work today so I can have it tonight. I either missed or lost the tech tree out of Civ IV, so this is good news! |
All of you guys at home today that get to play this in about 43 minutes can all go to hell!
I hate you! |
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For sure. I figured with the emphasis on saving dead tree in this version it wouldn't be there, but when I opened it up...a glorious tech tree map was right on top. |
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How about those of us who are going to get to possibly fail miserably in an attempt to play this in about 43 minutes? Hatred, or empathy? |
Icon still won't work.
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Countdown clock is gone. Icon not working yet. I'm guessing they'll be hammered for a few minutes.
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Unlocking! 25%!
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Yeah, I was on the phone with my wife as she was trying to cancel a reservation online and the steam thing popped up, so I guess it's working. But so am I... :(
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Ah, I logged back out and logged in again and now it's unlocking.
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LOL......HUGE banner add on the front of Steam saying 'Play Now'.
I've noticed that Civ V has been on top of the sales chart every day despite lots of deals for super cheap games. Amazing how many copies Sid sells. Make a good game and people will come. |
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Yeah, that's what I did. logged out, clicked the icon, and now up to 37% unlocked. |
So much for 'you will be able to play immediately.' Assholes. :D
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Yea, the same thing happened with Dragon Age, damn thing took almost 2 hour to "unlock"
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They must have some NSA caliber encryption on this thing.
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I think 'decrypting' is code for 'installing.' The download last night must've been the install file, and since it requires 8 gigs of space post-install...
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IT'S DONE! I'll see you in two weeks, world!
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You go to hell. You go to hell and you die. *gets behind his 42%, huffs, and puffs* |
Reading my tech tree map while I wait on the final 51%. Anybody curious about the policy trees? :D
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Here we go...please run, please run, please run...
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Pffffff. Obviously a Civ noob. Everyone knows a Civ game runs for just over 6,000 years, not two weeks. |
The good news: the game WILL run on this decrepit machine.
The bad news (or extra-good, depending on your perspective): I think I need to stay logged out of AIM/Y!IM, etc, to minimize outside disruption which might cause the game to lock up or freeze. But I can run it! |
Free shipping = maybe get it by Friday? :(
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You've given hope to us all. But on a separate note: I'm hating all of you right now. Stupid work. :mad: |
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The game defaulted straight to the minimum settings, for what that's worth. Also defaulted to a 'small' map and the shortest game duration. Not sure if changing either of those would screw with my experience. And, obviously, it doesn't look nearly as pretty as it will when I do get a new machine. |
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How does it look in the strategic view? |
Updating Steam took about 30 seconds, now it is verifying the Civ files, slowly: 20% in 2 minutes. Probably lots of uncompressing going on.
Now it is crawling: 1% every 15 seconds. |
First impression?
Steam is crap Still trying to get it to launch. |
Will my Steam do all of this unlocking and shit even though I'm not there?
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Screw England
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I believe so. My wife told me that steam was doing something on its own when she was on the computer. |
Validating took about 10 minutes, now it is downloading the remaining files (expansion, soundtrack, patch?). That will take 20-30 minutes, it appears.
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