duddyz_dad
Chieftain
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2010
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- 21
First off, I'm not a CIV hater although I'm generally frustrated by the corner cutting and numerous PC crashes, especially in late stages. I just feel like one sign that Firaxis rushed this out the door is the lack of meaningful gameplay in late stage development. Here are some examples:
1) No screenshots for Apollo Program and Manhattan Project
2) Hardly any strategic use for oil (coal, horses, iron, much more important)
3) Why bother building railroads given that any city connected to a harbor gets the production bonus (assuming you're playing on a water map)?
4) No victory movies (I know they get annoying after a while but at least the initial victory didn't feel so anti-climatic)
5) Fewer wonders (Sydney Opera House??? Really? Not the Hoover Dam or Suez Canal? Who remembers Cure for Cancer from CIVIII?)
6) Not even a shout-out for the internet? Cultural spread ends with the broadcast tower?
Yeah, these are minor and don't really impact overall gameplay, but irritating nonetheless.
Now if you like warfare, you probably have no problem with late game play especially when you get to choose between a nuclear submarine vs a battleship vs an anti-tank gun vs a mechanized infantry vs a modern armor etc etc).
Overall I think CIV plays great up until the modern era and then it falls flat.
1) No screenshots for Apollo Program and Manhattan Project
2) Hardly any strategic use for oil (coal, horses, iron, much more important)
3) Why bother building railroads given that any city connected to a harbor gets the production bonus (assuming you're playing on a water map)?
4) No victory movies (I know they get annoying after a while but at least the initial victory didn't feel so anti-climatic)
5) Fewer wonders (Sydney Opera House??? Really? Not the Hoover Dam or Suez Canal? Who remembers Cure for Cancer from CIVIII?)
6) Not even a shout-out for the internet? Cultural spread ends with the broadcast tower?
Yeah, these are minor and don't really impact overall gameplay, but irritating nonetheless.
Now if you like warfare, you probably have no problem with late game play especially when you get to choose between a nuclear submarine vs a battleship vs an anti-tank gun vs a mechanized infantry vs a modern armor etc etc).
Overall I think CIV plays great up until the modern era and then it falls flat.