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Nice article. I personally never got Civ 5 simply because it required Steamworks (and thus Steam) and I refuse to buy any game that forces that on me. But I have to LOL when it seems to be that the biggest reason for Steamworks would be for multi-player and it appears that it's broken and...

I always stink at Domination and Conquest, I just don't build military quick enough. I just won a Dom victory...in 2011. LOL.

Double charges can easily happen. I've had it happen at regular stores a few times over the years, had it happen at Amazon once, heck my direct deposited paycheck got deposited twice a few years ago. Mistakes happen. The problem here with Valve is that if you do a chargeback on your credit...

Not me. I refuse to buy any game that forces Steamworks and Steam on me. So right now on my buy list that includes Civ 5 and Fallout New Vegas. If either ever release a GOTY edition that doesn't have Steam as a requirement then I will buy. Otherwise any game that has Steam required is a no...

The vast majority of people posting their protest against Steam (myself included) don't really have a problem with the DRM part of it. Registering the game online once isn't a big deal to most posters. It's the other parts of Steam (such as running all the time, having the Steam store forced...

Real easy to protect yourself: 1) Tie PayPal to a 2nd free checking account from your bank that has virtually no money in it, like $25 bucks or something. Then you're protected. I just did that at my bank and they actually do it all the time they said. 2) Get the security FOB from PayPal...

DRM isn't the problem people have with Steam.

Great questions CommandoBob. I think one main thing is that in the Civ 4 days all the players could have 2 different installs of the game. They could all have a v1.0 for playing the succession game and then have a separate install with the latest version for regular games. I don't believe...

2K Greg, My problem with Steam is simply this: Being forced to install, use and run something I do not need or want since this is a single player only game for me (and most people). If there was a onetime activation of the game via Steam and then I can ignore Steam/uninstall it I have no...

Ummm, I've been buying digital download games for many years before Steam was ever thought of. Ever here of Stardock? They've had a digital download service long before Impulse and long before Steam. I get all my games on Impulse if I can, otherwise I'll buy at Best Buy or Walmart when on...

Well, I used the money I was saving for Civ 5 to support other games. I upgraded Elemental to the Limited Edition, got the Tropico 3 expansion and plan to get Fallout: New Vegas. I can keep playing Civ 4 with mods until Civ 6 comes out and hopefully they will have come to their senses by then...

The problem is that I don't want or need Steam for anything. The vast majority of Civ players play the game single player. I totally understand wanting to use the Steam system for multiplayer. But DON'T insult the single player people, which are the core fans of the game, by requiring it...

While I don't like DRM I don't mind basic DRM such as a disk check or even registering online on first use. Bur forcing me to use Steam is over the top and I will not buy my first Civ game in 20 years.

So very disappointed. I've been buying Civ games for 20 years. Been looking forward to Civ 5 since it was announced. But let me make this very clear: If I am *forced* to install and use Steam, even if I buy the retail version, I will NOT be buying Civ 5. A shame since the reason I got my...

Space Race is the space victory with Vanilla and Warlords. Space Colony is the space victory with BtS.

* One thing I typically do with agressive AIs is to try to not let them have it all. So say you have Monty attacking your friendly neighbor. Get ready for war yourself for two reasons. First, once Monty gets about half of your friend then you better be prepared to attack your friend...

Whew! Finally got that last game in. Took me 7 attempts believe it or not. Space Colony victory is usually what I do. The last slot I needed was the Lakes map and it kicked my but. I kept losing to cultural victory for some reason. Finally I just decided to kill everyone off and did a...

Congrats new QMs and EQMs! I've two more games to submit and I'll be EQM at Noble level so I'll hopefully get those in by this next update. Been working on it over a year and I'm almost there!

Look at the dates on the HOF. Publishing happens every 10th and 25th of the month. :)

Yea, I'm knocking out rock of ages right now, just gotta get a Classic win. After that I just need 2 more leaders and 4 more maps and I'll have finally got EQM Noble. :goodjob: