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Civilization V Brave New World |OT| More than Content Tourism
- Thread starter Fragamemnon
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Yes. Only thing you're missing not buying Gods and Kings is the scenarios and the civilizations.
Nightstick11
Banned
Assyria is going to break the fucking game more than the Mongols did.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Those reformation beliefs sounds pretty rad.
Fuck your inquisitors! lol. Troll religion total.
Fuck your inquisitors! lol. Troll religion total.
Fragamemnon
Member
mostly MMP and GMT titles when actually playing cardboard. I have a dedicated wargamer group I play with.
Otherwise iOS ports of whatever is the flavor of the month.
Fragamemnon
Member
oh my goodness a deity game on this stream where an AI Civ actually has their happiness thrown into the shitter. If that doesn't sell you on the xpac I don't know what else would.
KillerMan91
Member
It broke my pre patch on going game that I had started couple of days ago...Shame as I had spent several hours to it (Marathon speed). Also is it just me or have they optimized engine a lot? Load times between turns are a lot shorter even late in the game with huge map. Fuck yes.
That's actually one of the things that, if you look at past patches, has been address. Turn time, depending on how long your game was, how big it was, and how many people were playing, used to be insane. Much more manageable now.
I wish there was a way I could get this on the Steam store for cheaper than 26. I have $40 in store credit to spend, but I don't feel like dropping 30 on this. I mean, shit, I will, but god damn.
Anybody down for trying to set up some sort of multiplayer game for this maddness?
decoyplatypus
Member
EDIT: That's embarrassing.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
You ever try any of the big box stuff like Twilight Imperium or Eclipse? Seems right up your alley lol
Also, I wish android would get some of that stuff
decoyplatypus
Member
I feel pretty much the same. Power Grid is a weekly game among my friends (an event that has slowly expanded to encompass a rotating crew of 12+ people and multiple boards at once). I'm trying to figure out what to try next, but I'm hesitant to invest in a super intense game.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
If your crashes are related to the diplo screen, you may want to try this
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=12568296&postcount=1
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
You can try Arkham Horror. Easily plays 8 players, kind of hilarious to spectate and not too heavy after you get past the initial learning phase.
edit: Is this xpac currently on super sale somewhere?
Fragamemnon
Member
Not super sale but I believe going through GMG for a key-if you can get through the mass of people trying to get their 666 deals-is 25% off.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
I asked earlier and the answer seems to be yes.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Yes, the only reason to get GK now is if you want those specific civs.
Alright, that's what I was hoping would be the case.
KillerMan91
Member
Thank you very much for this link. Fixed my problem.
Yeah it broke a lot of things like achievements in custom games and game freezing on diplomacy screen in saves made before the update.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Pretty good bundle deal on Amazon for Firaxis games:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CPBZDPE/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Civ 4 complete
Civ 5 gold
XCOM
20 bucks.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CPBZDPE/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Civ 4 complete
Civ 5 gold
XCOM
20 bucks.
Fragamemnon
Member
I am actually pretty sure I have cleared 2200 hours over the years on those games, if my Steam counts are right and my estimate of Civ IV is somewhat accurate.
Thinking about making a section in the OP for some of the stuff in Maddjinn's stream on Friday-worth doing? The only big bits of new stuff that I saw were the +2 faith from pearls/gems pantheon, Iron reveal moved to Bronze Working, and Lighthouses giving +1 hammers to sea resources.
Thinking about making a section in the OP for some of the stuff in Maddjinn's stream on Friday-worth doing? The only big bits of new stuff that I saw were the +2 faith from pearls/gems pantheon, Iron reveal moved to Bronze Working, and Lighthouses giving +1 hammers to sea resources.
damn, that's a fucking amazing deal. If only I didn't already own those games...
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
That is a pretty good deal. Maybe I'll make a thread about it.
*steals tetsuo's quote*
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=68224691#post68224691
I love the changes to the early game, I hate hate hate feeling like if I don't do the standard tradition/AI cheese opener I'm not playing the game right. Now with that nerfed I can finally try some other opening strategies.
I fear the late game will be even more tedious now though. With G&K, if I haven't won by the atomic era I usually just start over because turns just take too long once you have a ton of cities asking you what to build, a ton of troops you need to position, a ton of workers to micro, etc. And now you need to manage the incredibly in depth culture/tourism/ideology system on top of all that.
From watching MadDjinn's video, it doesn't seem like something you can ignore either. He managed to fuck up the other civilizations pretty bad, even though he said he hadn't even really focused on building up his tourism up to that point. So even if I wanted to be a genocidal war monger, I'd still have to build up and manage culture/tourism else I'd risk being subjected to -80 happiness.
I fear the late game will be even more tedious now though. With G&K, if I haven't won by the atomic era I usually just start over because turns just take too long once you have a ton of cities asking you what to build, a ton of troops you need to position, a ton of workers to micro, etc. And now you need to manage the incredibly in depth culture/tourism/ideology system on top of all that.
From watching MadDjinn's video, it doesn't seem like something you can ignore either. He managed to fuck up the other civilizations pretty bad, even though he said he hadn't even really focused on building up his tourism up to that point. So even if I wanted to be a genocidal war monger, I'd still have to build up and manage culture/tourism else I'd risk being subjected to -80 happiness.
marvelharvey
Member
I've 1600h of Civ5 under my belt... just glad that I'm not the only one to dedicate so much time into it.
And in a few days from now, we'll have to dedicate a whole lot more time!
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
I haven't dug into Civ 5 too much yet because the early detractors drove me away. Lately I had some good games going but got a weird save game bug that would lock any game I restored after I passed a certain number of turns I think. I'll get this, let it patch up then go fucking crazy.
Psychoward
Banned
Huh?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
This site has a lot of organized info on what's new
http://well-of-souls.com/civ/civ5_bravenewworld.html
Fragamemnon
Member
Maddjinn up again talking and showing off the Race to Africa scenario:
http://www.twitch.tv/maddjinn
http://www.twitch.tv/maddjinn
Fragamemnon
Member
I missed it
It was pretty dry, but the scenario certainly looks more interesting than the ACW one.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Maybe it's just me, but I was never a fan of any of the scenarios in any of the games.
shrug
shrug
Fragamemnon
Member
The base interest isn't there for me-my taste is for random maps like most Civ players, but the ones in Civ 5 have actually been mostly pretty good.
Just finished a comical t260 science win with Babylon. Now that's not that great of a Babylon time, but I was isolated and I had like no food on my island. Babylon was like size 15 at the end of the game and I spent no more than 7 turns in unhappy. Terrible stuff, but that early academy and GS generation is so silly it didn't matter.
Rhomega Beta
Member
I can do some of the scenarios, but not the ones that deal with mass armies. I'm grateful I was able to do the 1066 scenario twice.
On the other hand, I got all the achievements for the Polynesia scenario, but that wasn't asking you to beat it on the highest difficulties.
On the other hand, I got all the achievements for the Polynesia scenario, but that wasn't asking you to beat it on the highest difficulties.
I'll wait until the Enhanced Mod comes out. It truly changed the game for the better for the vanilla and G&K editions.
What killed the original game was the AI diplomacy. It was so hard to work with and always made seemingly erratic decisions. It was almost impossible to have friends in the late game because Civs never forgave past transgressions.
What killed the original game was the AI diplomacy. It was so hard to work with and always made seemingly erratic decisions. It was almost impossible to have friends in the late game because Civs never forgave past transgressions.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Isn't that just according to keikaku? That's supposed to encourage you not to be a dick and transgress, since it'll have repercussions.
Haha I loved the Mongols. Did they ever change their special unit btw?