Civilization V

Blackadar · 2010-11-30T10:13:21.000Z

Adam B:

I’m nothing if not a Civ V lover, but you’re asking me to compare it to my favorite strategy game of all time. No fair presenting me with that kind of Sophie’s choice.

+1

I like Civ V and still play it, but Civ IV with all the expansions is the best TBS game of all time IMO.

Lizard_King · 2010-11-30T12:04:35.000Z

I like Civ V a lot and it was my entry point into the series since I dropped off around Civ 2 or something. I’ve gotten a 150+ hours out of it, pre-patch. However, I would still recommend starting with IV, as it has been a brutal transition trying to back up to that and would likely have been a lot less painful the other way around, even if V had lost more of its initial luster because of that.

Janster · 2010-11-30T15:38:01.000Z

Sniff, doing a two player on Deity level, and the AI isn’t giving me a challenge on large maps :(

I remain hopeful…

Mike_Cathcart · 2010-11-30T19:48:56.000Z

I bought Civ IV when it came out and tried to get into it a few times over the years. I could tell it was great stuff but for some reason it never really clicked for me. Civ V clicked right away, mostly because the interface made it so much clearer what was going on, so now I finally understand what’s so great about Civ. After that I went back to try IV and I’m loving it because I feel like I know what I’m doing (even though I’m still not great at it).

I don’t know about this brutal transition LK is talking about. I came home from work today and played 5 hours of Civ IV and loved every second of it. They’re both great games but Civ V is much easier to get into for a newbie even if it isn’t as deep as Civ IV + expansions. I think you can’t go wrong either way, but I’d recommend Civ V.

Jason_Lutes · 2010-12-01T07:03:03.000Z

I notice a bunch of $2.99 Civ V map packs on Steam today. Anyone have any of these?From the descriptions it just sounds like 1 map, no scenarios. $3 for 1 map seems pretty steep to me.

Blackadar · 2010-12-01T07:07:11.000Z

Jason Lutes:

I notice a bunch of $2.99 Civ V map packs on Steam today. Anyone have any of these?From the descriptions it just sounds like 1 map, no scenarios. $3 for 1 map seems pretty steep to me.

Horse armor, round 2?

Chris_Nahr · 2010-12-01T07:11:19.000Z

That’s ridiculous. Note the map “pack” refers to the entire collection – each $2.99 item is just one map that anyone could create!

Nephrinn · 2010-12-01T07:27:05.000Z

Yeah, I could justify the $5 for a new civ because it contains new animations, voice work, and such. $3 for a single map or scenario is just outrageous though.

Dan_Theman · 2010-12-01T07:58:58.000Z

I think that for “realists” out there those maps might be enticing, but that’s about it.

MattB · 2010-12-01T09:08:35.000Z

Yeah, I was actually coming here to ask about these. Are these scenarios, ala the Mongols, or just a map?

caesarbear · 2010-12-01T13:49:56.000Z

Just the map.

Horse Armor.

Strato · 2010-12-01T13:59:18.000Z

Wow, that’s pretty bad. $2.99 for all 4. But paying that much each, gee, what a bonehead decision. Capitalism, Ho!

SlyFrog · 2010-12-01T14:30:44.000Z

Well, at least they got the game patched up good and solid before moving to the add-ons.

Miramon · 2010-12-01T14:39:43.000Z

Jason Lutes:

I notice a bunch of $2.99 Civ V map packs on Steam today. Anyone have any of these?From the descriptions it just sounds like 1 map, no scenarios. $3 for 1 map seems pretty steep to me.

Wow, shades of 3do. All the market will bear, I guess.

Telefrog · 2010-12-01T14:41:06.000Z

Speaking of which, those of us that preordered through D2D were promised a free DLC. Has that come out? Is it coming?

SlyFrog · 2010-12-01T14:47:16.000Z

Telefrog:

Speaking of which, those of us that preordered through D2D were promised a free DLC. Has that come out? Is it coming?

I’ll fall off my chair laughing if it turns out it’s one of the four maps.

Dan_Theman · 2010-12-01T14:54:28.000Z

SlyFrog:

I’ll fall off my chair laughing if it turns out it’s one of the four maps.

Yeah. It’s supposed to be two civs (and maps as well, iirc), but I have this sinking feeling about it …

Cold_Blooded · 2010-12-01T14:57:33.000Z

Telefrog:

Speaking of which, those of us that preordered through D2D were promised a free DLC. Has that come out? Is it coming?

Believe that was supposed to be Babylon, Mongolia, and the barbarian-riddled cradle of civilization maps that were released in the month or two after game shipped.

Preordered through Steam myself and have all of these already. Did not pay a dime beyond original game purchase.

Telefrog · 2010-12-01T15:12:00.000Z

Cold Blooded:

Believe that was supposed to be Babylon, Mongolia, and the barbarian-riddled cradle of civilization maps that were released in the month or two after game shipped.

Preordered through Steam myself and have all of these already. Did not pay a dime beyond original game purchase.

I don’t think so. My preorder from D2D came with Babylon as one of the bullet-point preorder bonus items. Another was Civ III digital edition. Yet another was for a different DLC with a civilization and maps. In fact, here’s the screenshot of the account page that still shows it on “preorder” status.

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Equisilus · 2010-12-01T15:14:16.000Z

I haven’t even used the one I got for free, so I hardly think I’d be purchasing any of these map packs. That’s just not the sort of thing that entices me.

[Edit] And yeah, the D2D deal is still to come. Babylon/Mongols was not it (since I got both those for free without the need for D2D).