Game News Civ V free to play this weekend

[Whisky]

Tags: Civilization V; Firaxis

Civilization V is going to be free to play this weekend starting Friday and ending Sunday at 9:00 PM GMT.

The full game will be available at 75% off as well.

 

[Ulminati]

It's also not worth purchasing at 75% off.

 

[Absalom]

Is it really selling that bad? That said, I don't think I care enough to play it for free, honestly

 

[Irenaeus]

I'll wait for more expansions to take it to Civ 4 level.

 

[General Maxson]

I'll wait for more expansions to take it to Civ 4 level.

I'm thinking your waiting is futile.

 

[MicoSelva]

I've only recently switched from Civ3 to Civ4. Civ5 needs to mature a bit more to be noteworthy IMO.

 

[Irenaeus]

I'll wait for more expansions to take it to Civ 4 level.

I'm thinking your waiting is futile.

They'll never reach Civ 4 level, is that it?

 

[Hellraiser]

They'll never reach Civ 4 level, is that it?

Considering how severely dumbed down city management was in Civ V and how butchered some eras got (classical era took like what, one discovery to end?) I don't think that would be possible. That's even despite some pretty good changes like most obviously the combat and resource systems. Social policies also weren't bad but could use tweaking.

Also no wonder movies or ones for the victory, just static 2D art.

 

[Eyeball]

It was 10 euros, pretty much had to buy it.

What mods should I use? Civ games are notoriously shallow out of the box, I assume this is no different.

 

[Irenaeus]

Yeah, I loved those construction vids for Civ 4 wonders. This dumb down shit is probably why I'll never get into this game, sadly. Maybe some mods would introduce more techs, unit, buildings, etc. to flesh out the eras? I don't know what could be done to city management, though.

 

[cvv]

Frankly, with all that religion, social policies and diplomacy options added since the launch I don't think the game can be called dumbed down anymore. Especially after the BNW. Simplified city management pissed me off initially but all the other features made up for it.

The only thing that still makes me want to murder horribly the fucktards at Firaxis who are responsible for that decision is the stripped down movies - for wonders, technologies and victories. The movies in Civ2 were so awesome I still remember them even though I haven't played Civ2 for 15 years. It gave the game much needed color and flavor and sense of achievement. In Civ5 you play a huge, epic game for several weeks and all you got in the end is a stupid doodle.

 

[Dickie]

What was dumbed down for city management? This is a genuine question. I haven't played Civ IV in years. My main problems with Civ V have to do with the UI. It takes too many clicks to do things and I don't like how you have to turn on the production queue and expand that list to see which tiles are being worked. I'll pre-order Brave New World when I get home.

Personally, I was glad to see stacks of doom and suicidal artillery go away.

 

[Regvard]

Yeah, I loved those construction vids for Civ 4 wonders. This dumb down shit is probably why I'll never get into this game, sadly. Maybe some mods would introduce more techs, unit, buildings, etc. to flesh out the eras? I don't know what could be done to city management, though.

Hagia Sophia shown being built with Minarets included.

 

[Eyeball]

Soooo, how about them mods, Guys? Anyone?

 

[Irenaeus]

Hagia Sophia shown being built with Minarets included.

I didn't remember that.

 

[Disgruntled]

Bought it in last year's sale... It looks like I could have saved the money for a weekend play-through. I was disappointed with the linearity of all things. Felt like my choice of tech/culture/etc all funneled into one optimal route with a small time deviance here and there.

Maybe I just played it wrong, but I expected something that would give me infinite replays instead of the one where I turtled for 30 hours.

 

[Irenaeus]

Still not getting this game, Firaxis, Brazilians or no Brazilians.

But Pedro II...

 

[Delterius]

Also no "Pracinhas" instead of bandeirantes.

The bandeirantes really make no sense with the way the civ was set up. Brasil is about fighting wars for prestige/happiness to ultimately bring down a culture victory. I think this is interesting because of how intricate the civ turned out to be.

Besides, I think feats of exploration tied to the maritime expansion are just more interesting for the european nations. Obviously, its part of our joint history with Portugal, but even so.

But, ultimately, its not like you can actually see Pedro being Brasil yourself. Which is an aspect I always disliked in Civ.

 

[Angthoron]

Slow news day? Slow news day.

 

[tindrli]

i think ill wait till its 2,99 on gog

 

[PorkaMorka]

Did they take out the "one unit per tile" rule yet?

 

[Malakal]

Soooo, how about them mods, Guys? Anyone?

No mods game is not mod friendly. Only small ones. Dont expect another Dune Wars or Rise and Fall not to mention FfH.

 

[tindrli]

Did they take out the "one unit per tile" rule yet?

no

 

[felipepepe]

Soooo, how about them mods, Guys? Anyone?

Try this: http://civmodding.wordpress.com/

Some very good stuff, especially with the UI. Still have some bugs, I think the guys is waiting for BNW to solve everything together...

 

[felipepepe]

Meanwhile, in Paradoxia, they pratically admited one of these days that yes, modders DO fix it.

To be fair, Firaxis took A LOT of ideas from the mod I linked and added to the vanilla game, to the point where they have a entire page just to gloat about that: http://communitas.wikia.com/wiki/Record