Civilization 5 review.
What can I say about Civ 5? If crack was a video game, it would be Civ 5! Yup… that’s about it…
Ok ok… Civ 5 is just one of those awesome strategy games that you can’t put down. Why? Because you build your own empire and take out every other country! Mwahahahaha!!! That’s why! It seems so simple, but that’s the basics of it and because of that simple structure, they’ve been able to make a whole lot of awesome editions. The graphics are pretty good… good enough that low settings make my laptop cry a bit. So I guess if you don’t have a decent setup, you’ll be cursing the lag. Since my last Civ game was like 2 or 3, the difficulty of it has been majorly ramped up! See, you can’t just attack other units or cities, you need to set up a strategic pattern of ranged and infantry units to bombard and storm the cities, or else you’ll get squashed instantly. For me, once you get the stealth bomber, it’s game over! Make a half dozen and you can take out a city every turn. So probably the majority of the game’s difficulty will be trying to get to that point.
This is way different than my days in Civ 2… man I loved that game! Cause you could not only build nukes by the dozen, but launch them into space and rain down hell from above! (right, did I mention I was insane before?) Of course, there would be fallout which would make black tiles you couldn’t use any more… and there was the risk of global warming which would cause the oceans to rise by 1 tile… still… my tactic was pretty effective! >)
Then again, my major problem with the game has always been with the inequality in combat. See, when you have an F-16 and you attack a Roman Legionnaire, you’d think that it would be a little one sided… but when your F-16 dies because the swordsman had lots of experience, upgrades, and was from a city with all those barracks and stuff, it gets a bit frustrating. I’m not sure if the pilots are flying too close to the ground or what, but they shouldn’t take damage. At all! Luckily, they’ve fixed this quite a bit in the newest incarnation of the game, but it seems that they can still take a few pot shots for a few hit points. Ah well… What can ya do?
Sooooo yeah… that’s Civ 5 for ya. Great game if you have a few hours you don’t mind disappearing from your day. Go get it at STEAM! And please, keep an eye out for their sales! I got this for something ridiculous, like 65% off or so. You can also try out the demo too!
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Heh, I know what you mean, regarding modern units vs. pikemen, etc., in Civ. :-) I have Civ 2, 3, and 4, but it’s been a while since I’ve played any of them.
5 is actually really good… don’t know how much of a difference it is after 4, but it certainly is a step up from 3.
oh yeah, cause pikemen get an advantage for fighting mounted units… so your cavalry with guns can get slaughtered! not sure if it still gets that advantage when fighting modern versions of mounted units though.
Yes yes. Civ V is in fact the most addictive game. I am with you on that one mister coffinshaker.
Word of advice though, don’t play multiplayer online, the amount of times the game crashes out is rediculous. Other than that the game is just….
Awesome. :D Welcome to the group of people who now no longer sleep because they sit like ghouls in front of civ V “for just one more turn, its fine, just one more.. its fine i can do this. what harm can just one more turn do…….”
hmm, good advice! I always like the “idea” of multiplayer civ, but it never has worked out very well in the past.
though I recently installed my old Civ Call To Power game (like, between civ 2 and 3), and was very disappointed it didn’t have anyone online for me to multiplay with… >)
OMG! that “one more turn” thing kills me every time! that could last an extra hour! XQ
I always tried to either get to an artillery unit asap or to spread love and peace through crusades and mass media. Fun times
psh… win with peace… like that’s ever worked!
sigh, I fear I’ll never be president now…
Ave Imperator! Once, I lost a battleship to a settler unit. My favourite was back in Civ 2, when you could launch nukes and no one knew where they came from. I started a continet sized war between the two most powerful nations that way, then swept up the remainders.
ouch! that’s harsh!
oh yeah! I once had an extra nuke that I stationed outside of an enemy city… they didn’t attack it, but surrounded it, every square they could, with military units… it was like they were worshiping the nuke from that one movie!!!! think I did end up blowing it up, lol!
uuhhh..
That actually was the town of Megaton in fallout 3 you just blowed up.
noooo… I’d never blow up Megaton… too busy having a nerd crush on Moira Brown… don’tcha know der. >)