Crbarber22695
The Next Great Liberal
So is Firaxis just going to released DLC packs and no expansion packs with Civ V?
So is Firaxis just going to released DLC packs and no expansion packs with Civ V?
They said something about a surprise, perhaps an expansion coming soon is the surprise.
The surprise is a "much requested feature." So unless that feature is an expansion full of features, I'm going to say no.
I really, really hope they don't put in Religion, Espionage or Corporations. They were not implemented well at all in Civ4, what makes you think they will be better for Civ5? Civ5's strength has been in the Civs themselves (including UU, UB, UA), as well as the scenarios. More of that, along with new wonders, buildings, units, etc. would be fine for an expansion.
It's pretty likely there will be an expansion pack. This is because civ5 has sold really well, the DLC has probably done reasonably well also, and for the most part the reception for the game has been positive. It just makes complete sense for Firaxis/2K to take further advantage of the game.
Also, they appear to have focused on future potential of the game by building the engine for civ5. Also consider it requires relatively modern hardware (mainly talking about graphics cards and CPUs). I very much doubt they haven't planned to use this engine for a lot more.
As for when the expansion will come, I've no idea.
I still think firaxis paid lemmy101 and captainbinky to make the DUCKS in to an expansion.