Civilization 5

aaronsharkey

I am considering Civ 5 but I am not sure if someone can help me, I absolutely loved civilization revolution on the xbox and I loved it, Is it worth getting?
Thanks

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Mickeroo

aaronsharkey wrote: »

I am considering Civ 5 but I am not sure if someone can help me, I absolutely loved civilization revolution on the xbox and I loved it, Is it worth getting?
Thanks

If you like revolution there's no reason you won't like 5.

Myrddin

Civ 5 dwarfs Revolution in terms of detail, you'll love it

Mickeroo

EnterNow wrote: »

Civ 5 dwarfs Revolution in terms of detail, you'll love it

I was in the same situation as the OP having only played Revolution before and it seems much more in depth alright, but the basic mechanics are the same so because you kind of know the score from Revolution it doesn't take long to get the hang of it.

Really great games, spent 11 hours playing the tutorial scenario earlier this week

Zillah

It's much more complex than Revolution, which is not necessarily a good thing. I certainly like it that way, but it won't suit a more casual attitude. I've had a lot of fun with it anyway. The expansions are pretty good, especially the newest one; Brave New World, which adds a whole bunch of new things, including more politics in the late game and a revamped cultural victory mechanism.

Myrddin

Mickeroo wrote: »

I was in the same situation as the OP having only played Revolution before and it seems much more in depth alright, but the basic mechanics are the same so because you kind of know the score from Revolution it doesn't take long to get the hang of it.

Really great games, spent 11 hours playing the tutorial scenario earlier this week

Ah yeah, Revolution is still Civ alright, but heavily condensed. It still gives a good basis & starting point

OP Civ V was part of the Steam flash sale yesterday morning

pixelburp

Civ5 is highly recommended, but only with the expansions (the first being 'Gods & Kings', the second, 'Brave New World' only came out the other week). The default game without them is OK, but it lacks a lot of polish and the G&K expansion really kicked it up a level. Haven't tried the new DLC yet so can't comment on it, but I believe it improves the game further.

As mentioned, it's not a casual game & requires a lot more from the player to juggle its complexities - it's also hideously addictive and with a game like Civ5 there's no such thing of "just playing for an hour" It does reward persistence and once you get to grips with the learning curve you'll not look back.

Now is the best time to try it & the DLC, as they're floating around the Steam Sales atm...

aaronsharkey

EnterNow wrote: »

Ah yeah, Revolution is still Civ alright, but heavily condensed. It still gives a good basis & starting point

OP Civ V was part of the Steam flash sale yesterday morning

I know I wasn't around I missed it

Gbear

I have literally spent over a month of my life playing Civ 5.

How depressing is that?:o

It's very easy to binge on and play 100 hours in a couple of weeks.

aaronsharkey

Thanks guys really appreciate it

Dothehustle

and its on the daily sale today for 7 .50

Pushtrak

The gold version is up, too. Think it was a tenner. I don't think Brave New World will go back on sale. Think I heard somewhere it was a mistake it going up at a reduced price. I've set it to download, but my connection is crap. I'll leave the download going over night and see where it is then. Looking forward to playing it. I played the demo a few times now.

DeSelby83

Is civ 5 like total war in a way with all the diplomacy and skill tree research. Iv never played a civ game but iv recently got back into total war shogun and quite enjoy it

Branoic

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Is civ 5 like total war in a way with all the diplomacy and skill tree research. Iv never played a civ game but iv recently got back into total war shogun and quite enjoy it

There are similarities to the strategy portion of the Total War games, but there's nothing along the same lines as the real time battles you find in TW. The Civ games are all turn based grand strategy, and much more in-depth than the strategy elements of TW. Where the only way to play the TW games is via combat (I guess the clue's in the name!) the Civ games allow multiple very viable ways to win - military, diplomatic, cultural, scientific. You could play an entire game spanning the breadth of human history without once fighting a war, if you wanted.

Varik

Got the Gold version, brave new world seems like it should be 1/10 what they're charging for it.

I'll wait till the next sale.

Manach

Took a while to get into the play cycle, but once playing awhile it is seriously addictive.

ShadowHearth

Well, I continue on my legacy. Picked up my game from last week. I am American who is hated by every single nation.
Just had Ethiopia razed to the ground and Germans are next. Polish and persians are completely on other side, but I am already bringing in forces there, just to be on safe side as I got really nicely backstabed in my last game. Not doing that mistake again! :pac:

Spunge

Try playing paradox games, dunno wtf is goiing on. played for hours havent even moved anything or done anything just reading all the ****ing panels. and looking at the map views.

Turtwig

Spunge wrote: »

Try playing paradox games, dunno wtf is goiing on. played for hours havent even moved anything or done anything just reading all the ****ing panels. and looking at the map views.

You need wiki for those.
Foolishly once tried to play as Ireland in Hearts of Iron II. Total disaster.

C14N

I started playing some Civ 5 lately an love it. I quite enjoyed Civ 4 but bought it about 5 years too late so I never got that into it. I have to say it is highly addictive though. I used to dislike the turn-based nature of the game but you soon realise that when you end up with as many units and cities as you do later in the game, it's a much nicer way to play just because it takes out so much of the stress and lets you know what's going on at all times.

Pushtrak

I love this game. There are a few things I'd have liked to see tweaked that cropped up and I thought "that should be different" but I kinda forget them now. I'd make a list and talk about them, but when playing the game, making lists of stuff like that isn't a priority. You have things to do :P

Anyway, anyone else having issues with the achievements not unlocking? I know that I should have a lot of the ones done, but just as a for instance, the winning the game as Russia. I got the cultural victory, but see I don't have it unlocked. That's just one example of many.

Turtwig

Pushtrak wrote: »

I love this game. There are a few things I'd have liked to see tweaked that cropped up and I thought "that should be different" but I kinda forget them now. I'd make a list and talk about them, but when playing the game, making lists of stuff like that isn't a priority. You have things to do :P

Anyway, anyone else having issues with the achievements not unlocking? I know that I should have a lot of the ones done, but just as a for instance, the winning the game as Russia. I got the cultural victory, but see I don't have it unlocked. That's just one example of many.

So your laptop can handle it then?

cadete

I finished my first game yesterday and im afraid to start another, hours seem like minutes, it is so addictive just a great game
I finished it with a science victory i think with the mohican and it didnt unlock either, but no matter, well worth the money, think i paid like 8 euro for the g&k version a few weeks ago was on the bargains thread

Pushtrak

Jernal wrote: »

So your laptop can handle it then?

My laptop probably could, but its feckered at the moment. It has an i3 processor but the graphics card is better than the i3 integrated from what I remember. My PC is an i5.

Gbear

Pushtrak wrote: »

Anyway, anyone else having issues with the achievements not unlocking? I know that I should have a lot of the ones done, but just as a for instance, the winning the game as Russia. I got the cultural victory, but see I don't have it unlocked. That's just one example of many.

If you're playing with mods acheivements are disabled, or at least they used to be.

C14N

Has anyone played the 1066 scenario? I was playing as the Danes taking over England and the goal is to build 6 Shire Courts (which can only be constructed at least 8 tiles from London) followed by a larger building (which can only be constructed in London).

I was playing it but I ragequit when I noticed that although I had spent ages conquering and had finished 5 of the 6 shire courts, the counter was stuck on "1/6". Is this an error or is it some kind of common problem? I spent hours on this scenario so it's just really frustrating to have this happen.