I play civ since the very first beginnings and have bought and played 5 as well and have to state that civ 4 with BTS is imho the best one. Why? Because of the mods. The modding comunity of civ 4 is huge, creative and has developed mods that make even vanilla civ 4 look like a Fiat Panda next to a Ferrari Testarossa. I tried civ 5 and liked 1UPT and the tactics, but got bored very fast. I play on deity and civ 5 is even on deity no match, the AI simply does not know how to handle any of the game-concepts. I tried some civ 5 mods (economy mod of Valkrionn is good!), but this is still a very boring corner compared to civ 4 modding comunity (hint: dll code release, or lua yourself). But I am sure there will come sth interesting.
So again: why civ 4? Because of mods and modmods like FFH, FFH 2, Wildmana, Master of Mana, RifE, ROM, RAF, RI and especially PAE IV (V)... and many many more.
The developpers could have learned so much from them... unit hardcaps, alignement, unit equipment, hero promotion paths, 3-6 upt, different city management, global yields, alignement, religion, diplomacy, revolution mechanics...
Atm I have no motivation to play more ciV games. IV is my way to go. And thanks for the modding comunity. Unpayed free-slaves and bug-hunters and problem-solvers and idea-givers for the developers, heros for me.
Edit: I forgot to say that I hate steam. Pure hate.
Greez,
Tschuggi
So again: why civ 4? Because of mods and modmods like FFH, FFH 2, Wildmana, Master of Mana, RifE, ROM, RAF, RI and especially PAE IV (V)... and many many more.
The developpers could have learned so much from them... unit hardcaps, alignement, unit equipment, hero promotion paths, 3-6 upt, different city management, global yields, alignement, religion, diplomacy, revolution mechanics...
Atm I have no motivation to play more ciV games. IV is my way to go. And thanks for the modding comunity. Unpayed free-slaves and bug-hunters and problem-solvers and idea-givers for the developers, heros for me.
Edit: I forgot to say that I hate steam. Pure hate.
Greez,
Tschuggi