Civilization 5 Discussion

Post your talk about Civ5 in here!
The game came out today for those in North America!

Had it preloaded on steam and im gonna give it a try right now personally!

Are you enjoying it? Dissapointed? Let the discussion begin about this huge PC game! :)

You gettign it right away? Or down the road? One of my all tiem fav series so I had to cop it right away:P

It is in all honesty the best strategy game i have ever played! this graphics are top notch, the gameplay is incredible and the amount of sheer awsomeness that permeates from this game is incalculable! I can easily see myself putting hundreds of hours into this game! Sid really outdid himself this time. Easily 10/10 lil_speedy_rvd

Wow, thanks for the info bud! My game just unlocked... gonna jump on now!

I'm downloading the demo now.

I have a few days to wait until the UK release.

i was hoping this game would suck.

i actually like my current girlfriend....now i have to choose between her and "one-more-turn"

This is my first Civ game and I really enjoy it. I wonder why I never got into this sooner?!

I will post a review, after one... more... turn......

I like it, but am getting some weird issues.

My Video settings arent saving right, the intro I cant skip till about 10 seconds in for some reason, and the game has crashed on me once.

Its nothing that big, but It does need to be patched.

the intro I cant skip till about 10 seconds in for some reason,

cobrax25

Delete the intro videos in the game's folder (steam - steamapps - common - civ5).

I thought the demo lasts 150 turns. I was one turn away from attacking Rome when it ended at the 100th. HRNGH

[QUOTE="cobrax25"]

the intro I cant skip till about 10 seconds in for some reason,

Baranga

Delete the intro videos in the game's folder (steam - steamapps - common - civ5).

I thought the demo lasts 150 turns. I was one turn away from attacking Rome when it ended at the 100th. HRNGH

Its not just you, I cant skip it either til about 10 seconds in...annoying but whatever. I see so many tech issues on the 2k forums for this game, but my Alienware m11x plays it great on DX10/11 mode! Awesome game.

This is my first Civ game and I really enjoy it. I wonder why I never got into this sooner?!

Chopmo81

I`m hoping I will be saying the same thing once my demo dl is up. I ve been following CIV 5 for awhile now and it looks cool to play. I just dont want to buy it and add it to the dust collecting unit Ive got going on here.

Wow, great fun, been playing since I started this thread :P

Will post some screenshots later.

Game is great though, got that smae addicting feeling as Civ1-4 and Elemental (JUST ONE MORE TURN!!)

hehe, definatly recomend people support this game.

Wow, great fun, been playing since I started this thread :P

Will post some screenshots later.

Game is great though, got that smae addicting feeling as Civ1-4 and Elemental (JUST ONE MORE TURN!!)

hehe, definatly recomend people support this game.

kozzy1234

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

Wow, great fun, been playing since I started this thread :P

Will post some screenshots later.

Game is great though, got that smae addicting feeling as Civ1-4 and Elemental (JUST ONE MORE TURN!!)

hehe, definatly recomend people support this game.

F1_2004

They are about even for me personally.

Elemental definatly has a much harder learnign curve, better mod tools and is more deep to me, but Civ5 is optimized better, has better music and better graphics. As far as fun factor thats about even for me.

Two great strategy games I gotta say, I like em both a little more then SC2 to be honest. Glad I gave Elemental a chance, since the latest updates its been alot of fun.

Civilization5 definatly fits the casual crowd more though, it holds your hand alot more then Elemental does.

No doubt Civ5 will sell alot more, but dont sleep on Elemental! Im glad I picked that game up.. I think ill be playing Civ5 and Elemental both for years to come.

Day one releases though Civ5 release is defiantly better, Elemental was not in godo shape at launch but its good now. (was just released 2 weeks early). They are both making me say ONE MORE TURN very often so thats a good thing for me hehe.

Off to play some more Civ5!
Enjoy the game everyone!

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

[QUOTE="cobrax25"]

the intro I cant skip till about 10 seconds in for some reason,

SRTtoZ

Delete the intro videos in the game's folder (steam - steamapps - common - civ5).

I thought the demo lasts 150 turns. I was one turn away from attacking Rome when it ended at the 100th. HRNGH

Its not just you, I cant skip it either til about 10 seconds in...annoying but whatever. I see so many tech issues on the 2k forums for this game

Yeah I can't skip the intro for a while either. Bit of a pain.

Also, it seems I can't use my keyboard for unit commands. 'F' for fortify. 'B' to found a city etc. just doesn't work. I have to use the interface... although strangely, I can use the keypad for movement. :?

Anyway, I finished the demo with good impressions, but I really need to get used to the changes they've made from Civ 4. Researching and building improvements seems to take forever, so not sure where I'm going wrong there. Combat is much better though. Gonna play it a few more times, so I'm sure I'll get used to it.

What Faction is everyone playing as?

My first game is with Rome, but I think im in to deep. I tried attacking the wrong people and they are makgin me pay hehe :P

Its like if Canada attacked USA.... and USA just laughed then destoryed Canada...

Not looking good for Rome hehe :P

[QUOTE="cobrax25"]

the intro I cant skip till about 10 seconds in for some reason,

Baranga

Delete the intro videos in the game's folder (steam - steamapps - common - civ5).

I thought the demo lasts 150 turns. I was one turn away from attacking Rome when it ended at the 100th. HRNGH

Same thing happened to me! Greg on the 2k forums lied!

I had all my troops massed around Athens and had just brought my catapults up and boom turn limit reached gaahhh

Oh well at least I got to slap Bismark around a little bit before the end :P

Gonna be the longest 2 days ever.. regional releases suck :cry:

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

[QUOTE="cobrax25"]

the intro I cant skip till about 10 seconds in for some reason,

the_mitch28

Delete the intro videos in the game's folder (steam - steamapps - common - civ5).

I thought the demo lasts 150 turns. I was one turn away from attacking Rome when it ended at the 100th. HRNGH

Same thing happened to me! Greg on the 2k forums lied!

I had all my troops massed around Athens and had just brought my catapults up and boom turn limit reached gaahhh

Oh well at least I got to slap Bismark around a little bit before the end :P

Gonna be the longest 2 days ever.. regional releases suck :cry:

That sucks bud!! Wish you could be playing now! :P

Oh well, youll be in for a treat when you can finally play it :shock:

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

[QUOTE="cobrax25"]

the intro I cant skip till about 10 seconds in for some reason,

the_mitch28

Delete the intro videos in the game's folder (steam - steamapps - common - civ5).

I thought the demo lasts 150 turns. I was one turn away from attacking Rome when it ended at the 100th. HRNGH

Same thing happened to me! Greg on the 2k forums lied!

I had all my troops massed around Athens and had just brought my catapults up and boom turn limit reached gaahhh

Oh well at least I got to slap Bismark around a little bit before the end :P

Gonna be the longest 2 days ever.. regional releases suck :cry:

Three months for me. I must be strong and resist until the Steam winter sale!

I'm waiting for my preorder to arrive at my door. With I ordered online it should ship today right?

I'm staying as far away from this title as possible. I fear that for the next couple years all I'll be doing is playing this game. _Pedro_

I just don't feel comfortable giving my credit card number over the internet.Nino_ze

Ok just have aquick question. System Requirments lab says thatmy CPU speed is under theminimum. SystemRequirmentslab then says Cpu Speed min= Intel core Duo 1.8ghz or ADM atthlon X2 64 2.0 ghz.It then says that I am below min and that I have 2.00ghz

So before I download the 4gb demo for it not to work I'm just wondering if I put all settings to low and resolution to the lowest would I be able to run it smoothly?

Cheers!

I really really really want to buy it and love it and play it for hours. But I don't meet the minimum requirements....:cry:

I didnt just play 8 hours of Civ5 today did I.. did I?? Dont think ive done before :P

Great game btw

[QUOTE="_Pedro_"]I'm staying as far away from this title as possible. I fear that for the next couple years all I'll be doing is playing this game. Elann2008

Heh, same here man. I'm embarrased to say I bought Civ 4 complete like 2 years when it still cost $60 and then failed to ever play it. :shock:

So, i decided today was the day with all the Civ talk around here and all I can say is, I really missed out by ignoring this game. I played for over 7 hours....so much fun. I'm sure Civ5 is even better. I plan to pick it up down the road forsure.

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="_Pedro_"]I'm staying as far away from this title as possible. I fear that for the next couple years all I'll be doing is playing this game. mkaliaz

Heh, same here man. I'm embarrased to say I bought Civ 4 complete like 2 years when it still cost $60 and then failed to ever play it. :shock:

So, i decided today was the day with all the Civ talk around here and all I can say is, I really missed out by ignoring this game. I played for over 7 hours....so much fun. I'm sure Civ5 is even better. I plan to pick it up down the road forsure.

Your gonna love it after playign Civ4 :D

doesnt even work on my computer... i has sads

For the intro video you just need to tweakit in theini file from value =1 to 0

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="_Pedro_"]I'm staying as far away from this title as possible. I fear that for the next couple years all I'll be doing is playing this game. mkaliaz

Heh, same here man. I'm embarrased to say I bought Civ 4 complete like 2 years when it still cost $60 and then failed to ever play it. :shock:

So, i decided today was the day with all the Civ talk around here and all I can say is, I really missed out by ignoring this game. I played for over 7 hours....so much fun. I'm sure Civ5 is even better. I plan to pick it up down the road forsure.

I've got two crazy months of uni left, so I'll be staying the hell away from Civ 5 until November-ish. After that, I'm sure that my Summer holidays will completely disappear. :P Oh, and how are the changes? I've heard complaints that it's too dumbed down...?Planeforger

[QUOTE="Planeforger"]I've got two crazy months of uni left, so I'll be staying the hell away from Civ 5 until November-ish. After that, I'm sure that my Summer holidays will completely disappear. :P Oh, and how are the changes? I've heard complaints that it's too dumbed down...?wizdom

I agree, there will alwyas be peopel complaining.

The game is fantastic and alot better hten Civ4 to me personally. Its up there with Civ2 and Civ3 as my fav in the series. The combat is ALOT better in this then previous installments of the game. Only thing to me that is better in the older civ games is the AI.

I think they have made some great little additions to the game and it looks and feels alot better then Civ4.

THe only issue I have with the game is that the AI could be better and that later in the game around turn 500 things start to slow down alot. Other then that? Simply awesome! Played 8 hours yesterday and 3 today, loving it.

I thought they might dumb the game down alot, after the console version, but this is good for civ vets and noobies alike imo.

I've got two crazy months of uni left, so I'll be staying the hell away from Civ 5 until November-ish. After that, I'm sure that my Summer holidays will completely disappear. :P Oh, and how are the changes? I've heard complaints that it's too dumbed down...?Planeforger

Youll have a Winter then bud, this game rules. Its not dumbed down.. dumbed down was the 360/ps3 civ game.

This just makes some nice additions overall I gotta say, nice improvement over civ4 (mainly the diplomacy and combat are a huge improvement).

Game is sitting on my desk... 12 and a half hours till unlock. Bring on tomorrow morning!

I cant belive there isnt more chat about this game!
People are either sleeping on a great game.. or busy playing it hehe :P

Been playing it TONS since it came out on tuesday, its very good!
Wish there was a bit mroe custimization but other then that im really enjoying it!

I'm loving it though the system requirements make my computer cry. The odd thing is turning stuff down doesn't seem to affect performance a whole lot. Going from very high to minimum is just a minor boost for me. Needs a few patches too, right now I get bizarre crashes at the weirdest times, just going through the main menu, in the intro, loading a game, moving a unit at the start of the game, building a city, taking a city, the game crashes whenever it feels like it.

But....when it plays holy crap this is a lot better than Civ 4. My mind is boggled why some people miss unit stacking. There was absolutely no strategy to unit stacking and it was a necessity because of the ridiculous defensive bonuses you could get. I don't care how dug in your spearmen are on a hill, it shouldn't take several much more advanced units to take them out. The new combat is refreshing, fun, and has more depth to it then simply spamming stacks. Navies and air units are so useful now too. They've gone from being support units to full on necessity when fighting. I love to just find a civ with a coast line then park a line of battleships and carriers and just bombard and bomb the hell out of them till there's nothing left then roll in the land invasion.

People miss the civics the most, and also religion. The new culture system looks too gimmicky, as do the new city states. I think a lot agree that unit stacking isn't going to be missed, and I've seen a mod that allows unit stacking already.