06-23-2011, 11:53 AM | #601 |
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I bought this game and I've purchased all the add-on nations, but I'm wondering if any of the other DLC is worth purchasing.
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07-01-2011, 03:01 PM | #604 |
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One of the diappointments for me with Civ IV was the knowledge that the AI played by different rules from the human (for example the AI only had to spend a fraction of what a human had to pay when purchasing unit upgrades).
Does Civ V have this same problem?
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08-01-2011, 11:24 AM | #606 |
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Anyone else experienced this problem? I've never had a problem with the game launching, but suddenly today, it's crashing on the opening video. I found out how to skip the video, but it's still crashing. Any suggestions?
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09-23-2011, 08:01 AM | #607 |
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I just purchased this on the last Steam sale a week ago, and so far I'm having a ton of fun. I'm nearing the end of my second game and having fun conquering everybody that ticked me off. I go after the City-State of Venice because some other folks were calling for their head, and that pisses off Bismarck and the Japanese who declare war. It takes a while, but I fend off Bismarck and start steamrolling the Japanese, who are way behind techinically. Cannons and riflemen move through their crossbows and cavalry, and I get to infantry and artillery in time to finish them off. Along the way another City State or two gets uppity, so I annex them.
Bismarck is at war with Arabia on my border, he gets them down to their capitol but can't finish the deal. By this time I have tanks, so I move in and finish off Arabia, since they have all these annoying City States in their pocket for a diplomatic vote. This ticks off Bismarck who decides to try me again. Ceasar has had enough and declares war on Bismarck, so while Ceasar and his cannons / riflemen keep Bismarck busy on the eastern frontier, I roll my tanks, infantry, artillery, and now bombers in from the south and west. That's where I stand now, 2 civilizations down, 1 on the run and going fast. It feels more streamlined than Civ IV and I love the hexes. Still getting used to maneuvering armies around when they can't stack, you can't have two units swap positions in the jungle, for instance. And the UI is a bit slow, will show me "Next Turn" before I can click on it, it's hard to find units you can move (ones on Alert don't seem to show up in the step through arrows, and the military dialog list is modal so you have to keep bringing it up), and it seems like multi-turn move orders interrupt silently at the drop of a hat (someone ends up in the end spot, or blocks elsewhere along the track, even though they'll be out of the way in time). But I'm dealing with those annoyances and having fun not having to micromanage as much as in the past.
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02-16-2012, 07:28 AM | #609 | |
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Civ V Expansion Pack Announced
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02-16-2012, 07:34 AM | #610 |
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It's like they are adding all the good stuff they left out from civ 4 back in. Personally, I'll probably pick it up.
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02-16-2012, 08:26 AM | #611 |
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Wow, I did not expect that both religion and espionage would be added to Civ5. I really hope they are implemented much better than their awfulness in Civ4. Looking forward to this.
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02-16-2012, 08:36 AM | #612 |
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Day one buy/download here. I went back to Civ IV because the game really is superior (esp. the AI), but there are some huge elements in V I love. If it can bring it anywhere near BTS, that'll be awesome.
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02-16-2012, 11:43 AM | #613 |
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Damn. There goes more of my money.
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02-16-2012, 12:35 PM | #614 |
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It's amazing how different and better CIV IV got once it was really "done" via expansion packs, hopefully we'll see the same thing here.
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02-16-2012, 12:39 PM | #615 |
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Espionage I could easily live without, unless it's a drastic shift away from prior Civs. I don't really a single iteration of it that wasn't obnoxious.
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02-16-2012, 01:15 PM | #616 |
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I've avoided this one altogether due to the must use download system of sales.
If I'm paying THAT kind of money for a game I want the discs and manual and everything else that ought to be with it. |
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02-17-2012, 08:58 AM | #618 | |
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Absolutely. While I do miss a good manual for certain games (like Civ) I do not at all miss having to deal with CDs and installing games. I can't remember the last game I didn't buy via download. Hell, I've bought and downloaded games off Steam that I already own in hard copy just so I wouldn't have to deal with the CDs anymore. (E.g., Civ IV and all of the expansion packs).
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02-17-2012, 10:03 AM | #619 | |
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+2 I don't miss having stacks of CD's, manuals, and boxes from PC purchases. Just sign in and play any one of over 100 games I have now on Steam. Most of them for far cheaper than I would ever have paid under a normal retail setting. Also don't have to go from store to store looking for those cheap deals. |
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02-17-2012, 10:09 AM | #620 | |
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"Civ 5" is actually a bad example because you can by a boxed version. You just have to register it through Steam. I fought using Steam for a long time too but "Civ 5" and "New Vegas" were the games that broke my will. I'm still not thrilled with Steam. I don't think the average home internet connection is up to the task of downloading large games (It took me about 10 hours to download Batman: Arkham City). Otherwise, its a tolerable experience. |
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02-17-2012, 10:09 AM | #621 | |
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Not to mention the auto-updating and patching.
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02-17-2012, 10:15 AM | #622 | |
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Agreed. If I'm spending money on a game I don't want to deal with the hassle of having a CD lying around and needing to find a place for/keep track of everything. I'd much rather have download service where everything is just a click away. Not to mention having my settings and saved games stored online, it was awesome when I got my new computer to just need to redownload or copy over the game files and have everything right there for games with Steam Cloud. |
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02-17-2012, 10:30 AM | #623 |
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Ah yes, that and several other features that make Steam so great. Auto patching, saved games and settings saved in steam cloud, integrated friends list that lets you invite or join your friends easily, plus the new features for Skyrim with one click install and auto updating. A printed manual would be nice for some games, but the PDF works well enough usually. Though most games don't have a decent manual nowadays anyway, printed or digital. |
02-17-2012, 12:26 PM | #624 |
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This game makes me sad - I bought it, played through one set, and realized that I was just bored by it - the lack of units on the screen and the overall nuking of diplomacy just made this game so simple that I lost interest. If its gotten a lot better I'm open to trying again, but it just seemed such a step down from IV.
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02-17-2012, 12:29 PM | #625 |
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It took a while for me to get into Civ V, but once I did I enjoyed it. I don't think it matches Civ IV, which is a game I played for many years.
But after playing "Civ V", I really have no desire to go back to Civ IV and its "stacks of death". The end game for Civ IV was just too brutal.
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02-17-2012, 12:55 PM | #627 |
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Did they ever add Pitboss to Civ 5?
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02-17-2012, 12:57 PM | #628 |
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Gonna cross post this here in case there are others that don't own this like I do. Gamestop (formerly Impulse) has Civ 5 for $7.49.
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05-25-2012, 08:34 AM | #630 |
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In anticipation of the upcoming expansion Gods & Kings, Valve has announced the following:
Kick off the weekend by playing Civilization V for FREE starting now until Sunday at 1PM Pacific Time. You can also pickup the entire Civilization V franchise this weekend only at 75% off the regular price! Sale ends Monday, May 28th at 10AM Pacific Time. So if you haven't tried the game, now's a great chance to while away the weekend getting in as many hours as possible before the sale ends! |
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05-25-2012, 08:52 AM | #632 | |
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I am very much looking forward to this expansion.
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05-25-2012, 11:22 AM | #633 |
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Should i buy Civ V or Civ V GOTY edition?
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05-25-2012, 04:42 PM | #635 |
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Any of the DLC up to this point worth a purchase?
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05-28-2012, 05:53 PM | #637 |
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Steam has the pre-order up for Gods & Kings for a 10% discount ($26.99).
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05-28-2012, 07:35 PM | #638 | |
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Purchased. Thanks for the head's up, Bucc.
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05-28-2012, 09:08 PM | #639 | |
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Just reading back through this thread (fun read!) and this caught my eye (posted on Day 0). Not only has Civ5 improved greatly in 1 year but they kept improving it after that. Now with the unexpected expansion pack coming, it will provide more depth and variety than we ever thought possible since the first release. 2/3 of my gaming time still goes to Civ5 and looking forward to G&K despite some misgivings about religion and esp. espionage (which I will likely turn off). |
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05-30-2012, 12:42 PM | #640 |
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Crud. I meant to buy this over the weekend but forgot. Now the price is back up high again. Does it go on sale pretty often?
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I keep getting this error every time I create a new game:
Faulting application name: CivilizationV.exe, version: 1.0.1.511, time stamp: 0x4ee9bec8 Faulting module name: CvGameCoreDLLFinal Release.dll, version: 3.0.3.0, time stamp: 0x4ee9bc13 I did a search for that file name, but didn't see anything legit. This seems to be a common problem, but more so after playing the game deep into 200+ turns. I USED to have the problem where the game would crash 3-4 turns in...now, I can't even get it to load a new game. I've gone through all of the help steps here too, but to no avail: How to Fix Civilization 5 Crashes and Freezes? | Unigamesity This sucks, I want to play my game lol |
06-01-2012, 10:18 AM | #643 |
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I was super excited for the new expansion, so I picked up a couple of the DLC civilizations. However when steam tried to download them it crashed and now when I try to run steam it gives me an error saying that I need to connect to the internet. It seems to be a semi-common error that not a lot of people have been able to fix. =(
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06-01-2012, 07:44 PM | #645 |
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Sadly, my Mac isn't quite powerful enough to run this, so it's Civ4 for me. It's a decent consolation prize.
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06-12-2012, 02:36 AM | #646 |
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One week until Gods and Kings is released!
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06-12-2012, 01:42 PM | #647 |
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Figured out how to play with my wife on our LAN with one copy of the game... plus it helps that my work got me a laptop that is powerful enough to run the game. Finally playing again and having a lot more fun this time!
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06-12-2012, 01:54 PM | #648 |
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This is neither here nor there but I play in game reviewer, Bill Abner's, OOTP league and we have the guys that were the lead designers on each of the last 3 Civ games playing in the league - Soren Johnson for Civ 3 and 4 and Jon Shafer (Civ 5). It's nuts. I told Abner that the next team that needs an owner needs an invite sent out to Sid.
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06-12-2012, 01:55 PM | #649 |
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Thought people would enjoy this, a Civ II game that's been going on for 10 years:
Reddit r/gaming link
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