Civilization V!!

[Askthepizzaguy]

I agree, I didn't like how much the "AI" relied upon cheating in order to defeat you on the highest levels. There was no actual strategy involved, it simply started with settlers and military units, and you started with a settler and a warrior. Then it had other bonuses and didn't get as penalized for civilization size like you did.

My favorite Civ was Civ II. I loved the advisors that spoke to you, I liked the user-friendly interface, and the playability, even at higher levels. I liked the various workable strategies that you could use to win.


Civ III I hated... didn't like the direction they went with it.

In Civ IV, it seemed that on upper levels, you could only win via military force to expand large enough to win the science race, since the AI would trade techs like mad and have more cities than you, that were more advanced than yours due to their bonuses. The only way to win then was to have more science cities, since they would usually beat you to several key world wonders and thus have at least one city that was better than half your cities combined.

I got into Civ IV a bit, but I still feel like Civ II was a better gameplay experience.

[Subotan]

Same situation for me. Thank God most courses don't make the first year count towards any assessment. .

I doubt Oxford is that merciful :|

I also hope they fix the way military units are done in this game. I would prefer separate building ques for military and city based improvements. I never liked the way you had to choose between a nice city or a big military. I also hated the way the AI could build military units much faster than you. If you played past monarch difficulty it just got ridiculous.

I agree totally. I always had a tiny millitary until Nationalism came along, and I could draft to my heart's content.

Also an economics system I can understand would be nice.

An economics system that actually involved economics would be nice.

[tibilicus]

I doubt Oxford is that merciful :|


I agree totally. I always had a tiny millitary until Nationalism came along, and I could draft to my heart's content.


An economics system that actually involved economics would be nice.

Oxford? Nice. I guess much depends on the subject your taking too. provided I get the grades I should be doing History and Politics which luckily means, as an arts student, I shall need time to procrastinate about my reading. Although they expect a minimum 30 hour work week at most of the places I applied to so that will no doubt limit my time to play games to very little, if you throw in social stuff on top of that. Anyway, back on topic.

I think the main problem with the draft and nationalism was at the higher difficulties the unhappiness it caused just basically lead to empire wide rebellions. That was more a problem with the way the AI worked though. As you set the difficulty higher, the AI did get smarter but at the same time it got a ridiculous speed bonus in the way it could research technology and build stuff.

Civ on the maximum difficulty is merciless, I've never won a game on it, haven't even come close to winning one either.

[Subotan]

Oxford? Nice. I guess much depends on the subject your taking too. provided I get the grades I should be doing History and Politics which luckily means, as an arts student, I shall need time to procrastinate about my reading. Although they expect a minimum 30 hour work week at most of the places I applied to so that will no doubt limit my time to play games to very little, if you throw in social stuff on top of that. Anyway, back on topic.

Thanks. I'm PPE, so they'll expect me to read and write loads. Which won't be a bad thing, but it means little time for games. You're Oxford too, right?

I think the main problem with the draft and nationalism was at the higher difficulties the unhappiness it caused just basically lead to empire wide rebellions. That was more a problem with the way the AI worked though. As you set the difficulty higher, the AI did get smarter but at the same time it got a ridiculous speed bonus in the way it could research technology and build stuff.

Civ on the maximum difficulty is merciless, I've never won a game on it, haven't even come close to winning one either.

If you had a big enough Empire though, you could just rotate your cities. Slavery helped too.

Civ on the maximum difficulty is merciless, I've never won a game on it, haven't even come close to winning one either.

I'm too scared to try it

[tibilicus]

Thanks. I'm PPE, so they'll expect me to read and write loads. Which won't be a bad thing, but it means little time for games. You're Oxford too, right?


If you had a big enough Empire though, you could just rotate your cities. Slavery helped too.


I'm too scared to try it

Oxford? I wish. My firm will most likely be Sheffield and my insurance Liverpool. I don't think my school actually got a single successful Oxbridge applicant this year, normally we might get one but it's pretty rare. Good choice in deciding to do PPE though. Get a 2:1 or higher in that and you'll have secure employment prospects for life basically. Although I couldn't handle the economics side of PPE, my maths ability is shocking. I take it your probably taking quite a few A levels at the moment if you plan on doing PPE?


BTW, did any one play the Rhyes and fall mod for civ 4? I really hope the guy behind it makes a similar mod for the new game. It just made civ a whole lot better.