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Mangler_SC  4 stars
Title: Bellybutton Lint Collector
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Registered: 2003-12-2 08:37:05
I have III and IV, but have heard very mixed things about V.


What say you?

 

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RRwho37_2000  1 star
Title: I play too much WoW.
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Registered: 2002-12-6 16:39:30
It's okay. There are bugs that need to be worked out. The game gets REALLY REALLY bogged down with a lot of units/city-states/countries on the map. Even running on a good machine it will eventually bog down the further into a game you get.

 

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Mangler_SC  4 stars
Title: Bellybutton Lint Collector
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Registered: 2003-12-2 08:37:05
RRwho37_2000 posted:

It's okay. There are bugs that need to be worked out. The game gets REALLY REALLY bogged down with a lot of units/city-states/countries on the map. Even running on a good machine it will eventually bog down the further into a game you get.

Doesn't sound like a resounding vote of confidence...

 

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-Kruugar-  1 star
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Registered: 2005-3-4 14:35:00
RRwho37_2000 posted:

It's okay. There are bugs that need to be worked out. The game gets REALLY REALLY bogged down with a lot of units/city-states/countries on the map. Even running on a good machine it will eventually bog down the further into a game you get.



I really enjoy Civ V. The war strategy and tile setup is superior to Civ IV.

Civ IV is a better traditional Civ experience with more depth (religions, corporations with the exp's)

Civ V has the hex tiles and only one unit per tile which leads to more strategy in warfare other than just send a mass in a single tile and kill everything.


I haven't played either game in awhile, been playing RPG's mostly, but the AI wasn't very good at the new strategic warfare in Civ V. I never experienced them putting their archers behind their troops consistently to get the siege advantage in an assault.


Is is a good and fun game? Yes.

 

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Sith_Mauler  4 stars
Posts: 1,851
Registered: 2002-12-21 13:40:03
I like it, it takes away the need to have armies into the hundreds/thousands of units to start and maintain an invasion of a country.

or keep massive armies defending key cities/choke points.

it slows down some in endgame.

the fix for that destroy some nations before you get to endgame

 

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Banelord_FF  2 stars
Title: Cunstrukshen Werker
Posts: 321
Registered: 2002-1-3 14:33:41
I never had a problem with it bogging down.

I thought it was a fun game to play, different from Civ 4, but still fun.

 

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-Mithan-  4 stars
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Registered: 2000-3-1 11:53:15
Had a good time with it actually. It is probably the most complete Civ yet.

 

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Axispipe  3 stars
Title: Destroyer of Worlds
Posts: 525
Registered: 2002-2-9 11:05:08
don't want.

 

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OG_Loki  3 stars
Title: *Pelvic Thrust*
Posts: 910
Registered: 2002-1-26 18:18:46
No stacks of death in Civ V, which is a good thing.

 

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Chogram  3 stars
Posts: 945
Registered: 2001-8-23 02:52:32
I had a good time with it.

It's only real issue at this point is that the AI isn't very good at war.