Hello everyone.
I used to play Civ IV and be able to take on Emperor (not much of an achievement compared to people who regularly take on Deity, but it still made me quite proud; besides, I was not restricting gameplay to Pangea).
I've started Civ V (with all expansion packs) only recently. The game looks really entertaining, but I feel like lacking control over the game, leaving an unsatisfied feeling.
Currently, I play on Prince. The AI are no real threats: they can't build an army, they can't race researches, and all in all, they are just dumb.
However, the game itself is a threat. It seems that any choice I make is severly punished. Cities take ages to grow, cottages have disappeared, there's no science slidder, expanding/conquering gives incredibly harsh happyness penalties, and gold keeps plumetting. I feel like the game just wants me to sit in my capital and don't do anything.
I have read articles from the War Academy, but I felt that they did not help me much (compared to how much I learned from reading the Civ IV War Academy). I have the impression that Civ IV used to be much more user friendly where Civ V feels confusing (I am still baffled by the religious system). I don't mind complexity, but I do mind about intelligibility.
Point of my post is: basically, how should I play this game? What is so different from Civ IV that I need to know? What am I doing wrong when trying to copy what I learned from Civ IV? What am I missing to understand this game? What are the central concepts that I need to grasp?
Basics and tips are all welcome.
I used to play Civ IV and be able to take on Emperor (not much of an achievement compared to people who regularly take on Deity, but it still made me quite proud; besides, I was not restricting gameplay to Pangea).
I've started Civ V (with all expansion packs) only recently. The game looks really entertaining, but I feel like lacking control over the game, leaving an unsatisfied feeling.
Currently, I play on Prince. The AI are no real threats: they can't build an army, they can't race researches, and all in all, they are just dumb.
However, the game itself is a threat. It seems that any choice I make is severly punished. Cities take ages to grow, cottages have disappeared, there's no science slidder, expanding/conquering gives incredibly harsh happyness penalties, and gold keeps plumetting. I feel like the game just wants me to sit in my capital and don't do anything.
I have read articles from the War Academy, but I felt that they did not help me much (compared to how much I learned from reading the Civ IV War Academy). I have the impression that Civ IV used to be much more user friendly where Civ V feels confusing (I am still baffled by the religious system). I don't mind complexity, but I do mind about intelligibility.
Point of my post is: basically, how should I play this game? What is so different from Civ IV that I need to know? What am I doing wrong when trying to copy what I learned from Civ IV? What am I missing to understand this game? What are the central concepts that I need to grasp?
Basics and tips are all welcome.