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The Official Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Thread
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AugustDivision
Banned
Has anyone else beaten the game during the allotted demo time? I finished with a domination win and 4 turns left.
It was awesome.
It was awesome.
blindrocket said:
Yeah, that's most likely to never happen given the main audience for that game doesn't really use voice chat, hell they barely use text chat via keyboard.
Now back to CivRev! This is a day one purchase for me after playing the demo, but I have to wait until July for the domestic release. =(
It's not that hard. My first time playing the demo I won a Domination victory with maybe 7-8 turns left. I could have won even sooner but I held off on capturing the last city a while.ntb825 said:
Just research some war-technologies so that you get better units and then build a lot of them and combine into armies.
blindrocket
Member
I am fine with waiting for a price drop then.lupinko said:
AugustDivision
Banned
I kind of suck..haha. It was on Chieftain. I just did what was already said, research heavy on war techs (its all about getting to fuedalism for the romans, to get the caraphact units).Zzoram said:
I haven't had time to play this weekend and I'm dying to do a few more runs this weekend.
This demo was my first experience with series so I didn't know what to expect. It was surprisingly a lot fun. I went ahead and installed installed FreeCiv. I doubt I'll have time for it when it's released since my summer is full but I will be picking it up further down the line.
AugustDivision
Banned
If your squad died they would get stronger regardless so you might as well keep your units alive.Jtrizzy said:
Jtrizzy said:
Yep. Learned that the hard way. I should have just sacrificed the first army in its attack to widdle the city down, but decided to try retreat. I had two more armies on the way, a big enough force to take the city, but I retreated a few times with my first army and made the defending city too strong for even 3 armies to take.
Retreat means retreat, it should only be used if you don't plan on attacking again with that force.
I really wish the game was out now, I am loving this take on Civ.
AugustDivision
Banned
Wow, I don't want to knock you, I just can't believe there are still people that are new to the Civ franchise.Gbeav said:
Each time you produce a settler unit you lose a citizen of the city it was produced in. Each citzen inside your town helps do more work, so more gold and production occur when you have a higher population.
AugustDivision said:
Yeah I'm new to this as well. Producing settler units then adding them to the city you did it in is the fastest way to build the population, which increases your production right?
The key to the demo is finding Atlantis. You can build up a pretty awesome city even in the demo.
The Librarian
Banned
Where is Atlantis?Jtrizzy said:
Dax01 said:
I saw a ruin in the ocean on one of my games, but only had a Galley, so I could not get to it, sounds like you need to research tech to get to a Trilene or something that can travel ocean squares. A new quest for me since I beat the demo by a Domination victory last night.
DeathMonkey
Member
Jtrizzy said:
Well, that's one way to boost your population but I would strongly recommend against it because a new city is worth more than the 1 or 2 population bump you would get.
The best way to raise your population quickly is to go into the city screen and have the city focus on food. When you have a population size that you're happy with, you can then focus on another resource (production, science, or gold) to get the result you want.
I would only have settlers "join" cities if there are no more spots on the map to build a city.
AugustDivision
Banned
I guess the problem I'm seeing with players entering the civ world for the first time in this game is that so much is being left unexplained. Like the above discussion:
A higher population doesn't automatically mean higher production. If your city is built in the middle of a plain it isn't really going to produce very highly ever. You need mountains or hills to get big production, and plenty of grass/fishing tiles to get a high population. A mix of the two (unless you're building a specialty city) is ideal as you'll be able to continually increase population allowing for more production. Both will basically cap at a population of 9 and thats when buildings are key (granaries, etc.).
Again, I'm not even a very good civ player but if this stuff doesn't get explained newer players are going to start getting frustrated in longer games when they don't understand the more complex intricacies of the game behind the simplistic interface.
I would suggest any new players to click on manage workers in the city and then click on "custom..." and play around with it. I think this will give you a better idea of whats going on behind the scenes. (customizing your cities setup is the standard in the civ proper games).
A higher population doesn't automatically mean higher production. If your city is built in the middle of a plain it isn't really going to produce very highly ever. You need mountains or hills to get big production, and plenty of grass/fishing tiles to get a high population. A mix of the two (unless you're building a specialty city) is ideal as you'll be able to continually increase population allowing for more production. Both will basically cap at a population of 9 and thats when buildings are key (granaries, etc.).
Again, I'm not even a very good civ player but if this stuff doesn't get explained newer players are going to start getting frustrated in longer games when they don't understand the more complex intricacies of the game behind the simplistic interface.
I would suggest any new players to click on manage workers in the city and then click on "custom..." and play around with it. I think this will give you a better idea of whats going on behind the scenes. (customizing your cities setup is the standard in the civ proper games).
AugustDivision
Banned
They have no defense whatsoever so they WILL be captured unless you have a military unit walking with them. If you had a warrior unit sitting on the same tile as a settler unit and its attacked by an enemy, the warriors will engage with the enemy and if they defeat them your settler/caravan/spy will be safe, and if your warrior unit loses they will cap your non-military unit.Steroyd said:How do you defend a unit?
The game keeps bitchin at me for not defending my spies or my settlers but I don't get how and they get mugged from me.
Laguna X said:Gold members have access to demos as soon as they are available. Silver members have access to those demos one week later.
^^beaten
Ohh. I asked because I had a 360 briefly and I did not notice any limitations like that and I only had Silver, I could have been under a Free month of Gold though when I downloaded demos, don't know. One of the reasons I dumped the 360 was the requirement to have Gold in order to update official EA Sports rosters. I thought that was bullshit. I did not use Live enough when I had it on the Xbox, not enough time to play and my friends were never on when I was, so I just did not want Gold anymore.
Seems kind of lame that MS artificially inflates the value of Gold by delaying demos to Silver users. If I were a company that wanted to sell my game, I would want my demo out to as many potential buyers as soon as possible, not be used to trump up a Microsoft product.
methos75 said:
You're not crazy, Civilization is THAT good :lol
I've had many nights where I accidentally played Civilization IV until 4 or 5am, when I had to be up early that day. The developers know this, so they have menu options of displaying the time or setting an alarm for X number of hours in Civilzation IV.
methos75 said:
I have never liked the MGS series, so unless I get the MGS4 bundle since I want a second PS3 for the bedroom, I probably won't end up playing the game unless I buy it cheap used down the road.
While at first I did not think I would get Revolution since I play Civ 4 Bts, the demo has changed my mind, it is a new and still addictive way to play Civ.
I do hope they will have game speed and map size options in the full version. But I also know it would be easier to play balance the game without those options.
The Librarian
Banned
Been following this game since it was announced. Glad so many have come to enjoy it!
DeathMonkey
Member
dejay said:
Yes, it does, along with USB keyboards.
DeathMonkey
Member
blindrocket said:
It does.
No. A victorious unit doesn't always get a bonus. I think you get upgraded after 3 wins and again after 6 wins? Not sure. It sounds like retreating will trigger an insta-upgrade every single time.AugustDivision said:
Hmm, I wonder if you could exploit this in multi player by staging mock fights with a "friendly" empire...
methos75 said:
I've been thinking the same thing but I'm not sure if I really feel that way. I've been waiting for MGS4 for years it seems like, I think I'm just more excited about this because I'd never played a Civ game and had no idea it was even coming out. It actually works out well though, we'll get about a month of MGS before this comes out and it will probably last me the rest of the summer.
I like this because I'm getting older and I am kind of sick of the intense shooter thing all of the time. I also really like Government/Politcs/History, so this is just awesome. I love building up the awesome cities.
Anyway, so I guess I should stop building settler units to increase population huh?
DeathMonkey
Member
Ding said:
A unit gets an upgrade every three battles or when it defeats a stronger opponent. When you retreat, the defending unit is automatically upgraded. Use retreat with discretion!
AugustDivision
Banned
Yeah that sounds like its going to exploited like crazy in multiplayer...=(DeathMonkey said:
Civilization has always been a series I thought I would love if I gave it a chance, but I never really got around to it. Was bored today, so I downloaded the demo and gave it a shot. Wow, what a game!
I'm absolutely hooked, and have gone through the demo at least five times now. Will be picking this up day one.
So far, the best I've done is getting to research electricity, but I didn't have a chance to finish it. Ended up being one turn away from getting it by the time the demo ended:
(a few more turns to go )
Still haven't managed to beat the demo, but I think I probably could if I was more aggressive. I absolutely hate that there's a time limit on it. I don't mind them restricting what's available in the demo, but the time limit is very annoying.
It really should have been out last Friday to at least give it a chance. There's been nothing out worth playing for the last month or so, and then there's two great games coming along at once, typical.
I'm absolutely hooked, and have gone through the demo at least five times now. Will be picking this up day one.
So far, the best I've done is getting to research electricity, but I didn't have a chance to finish it. Ended up being one turn away from getting it by the time the demo ended:
(a few more turns to go )
Still haven't managed to beat the demo, but I think I probably could if I was more aggressive. I absolutely hate that there's a time limit on it. I don't mind them restricting what's available in the demo, but the time limit is very annoying.
I'm more excited for this than MGS4 nowit's a real shame it comes out the day after it in the UK. :lolmethos75 said:
It really should have been out last Friday to at least give it a chance. There's been nothing out worth playing for the last month or so, and then there's two great games coming along at once, typical.