Where is Babylon

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lightspeed99

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• Sep 14, 2012

• #1

Hi -

I have recently been playing a lot of Civ V after finally moving up from Civ IV. I see many references to Babylon, especially as a good civ for science victory. But I don't see Babylon as an option when I start a game.

I know the answer is going to be obvious, and I'm almost hesitant to ask such a simple question. Is Babylon supposed to be in G&K? Is it DLC?

Thanks,
Lightspeed

 

Pook

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• Sep 14, 2012

• #2

It is in DLC.

 

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lightspeed99

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• Sep 14, 2012

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OK Thanks. I thought I looked in Steam for Babylon and couldn't find it. I must have missed it; I'll look again.

 

Dig-Doug

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• Sep 14, 2012

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http://store.steampowered.com/app/16868/

In case you did not find it.

 

dac050

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• Sep 14, 2012

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4.99 USD? Gonna have to wait for a sale on that one.

 

Dig-Doug

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• Sep 14, 2012

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I will say that I really enjoy the Babylonian setup, so it was well worth the $5.

Nebuchadnezzar is a tech giant and since everything you do revolves around tech...

Yeah budgets can hold someone back when it comes to DLC, though I think it ran with some other stuff on special at one point so surely that will come up again where Steam groups several together...

 

NukeAJS

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• Sep 14, 2012

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Don't bother with Babylon if you're on a budget. Korea is better as far as science is concerned 99% of the time -- better units too.

 

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PhilBowles

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• Sep 14, 2012

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NukeAJS said:

Don't bother with Babylon if you're on a budget. Korea is better as far as science is concerned 99% of the time -- better units too.

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I seem to be in the minority who picked up the DLCs mostly for the AI variety rather than to play them. I don't regret it in either of these cases - although in recent encounters Nebuchadnezzar is so reliably my long-term ally that the way diplomacy goes can be overly predictable. Both civs have definite AI character, and if you want a challenge Sejong is one of the strongest AI players.

 

Dig-Doug

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• Sep 14, 2012

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NukeAJS said:

Don't bother with Babylon if you're on a budget. Korea is better as far as science is concerned 99% of the time -- better units too.

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I find it hard to conceive that Korea is considered better than Babylon when it simply depends on the map/type/game for which one is actually better. (and of course play style)