The only game I can still play from old titles, occasionaly, is CivIV Colonization
Interesting, yes. I enjoyed Colonization to a point. After that I found it limiting. At this point, I'm more likely to dig up FFH or SMAC (or Planetfall) than C4Col.
I don't see myself getting BE right away. I got burned on too many things.
I'm usually in that camp. Not so much for being burned by being an early adopter (though to this day I still haven't gone back to GalCiv), but because, heck, I don't even usually go to the movies on opening night. If you exercise a little patience, it's a better product. And I didn't get CiV itself right away either. Usually I wait, read reviews, see how it's received and what issues it has, and then what bug/support it has. CiV was no exception.
Thing is, I think BE
is an exception. It's built on the CiV engine. So, it shouldn't (and I use that word advisedly) suffer from those growing pains. Yeah, I figure there will be minor issues. But I also fully expect them to fix them right away, because they will want to capitalize on the initial marketing and higher sales peak. So, I expect a patch within the first month. And, again, I don't figure there will be huge issues in the first place
anyway.
My computer had a heck of a time handling any map without crashing (same computer is now easily able to handle huge maps without issue),
While you're absolutely right that the initial CiV had huge issues in this arena, it's also true that it's not necessarily reasonable to expect an old computer to seamlessly run a brand new game.
Again, though, I fully expect BE won't have any issues at all in this area.
additional DLC annoyed the heck out of me (I hate paying for extras in a game)
Didn't bother me
at all. I didn't buy the DLC which was worthless IMO, and of the other DLC (that which I thought was worthwhile), I prefer to pay $5 for a couple of new civs vs. $35-40 for a new expansion with a half dozen. It's cheaper as DLC, and I get it sooner. What's not to like?
I can't use my card to buy anything from Steam because I'm American but live in Brazil (I'm sure I could send an email and get things straightened out, but I wasn't going to put effort into giving them money when D&K and BNW came out, hard to find the box sets too), and looking back, by all the gods of every pantheon, the game was nearly unplayable with various bugs.
Your logic falls apart here... if you have CC issues, that's understandable but should be
easily fixed. Both Steam and your CC want to take your money. A simple phone call or email (as you say) to one or the other should do it. And, that accomplished, this becomes the same as your other concern.
Anyway I'm not trying to be an apologist, just my own views. In the past ten years or so, I've realized that half the stuff I used to be concerned about was my own problem, not someone else's.
That being said, when my final game comes up, no doubt for me, Brazil, Rainforest (small continents, hot, wet), Marathon, Deity. I'm on immortal now, but giving myself every advantage in the book, on deity, with my favorite civ, that's where I'll end it, if I actually think about it then.
Thanks for your thoughts! I haven't played Brazil as much as maybe I should have.
But there's some truth there.
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