Recent content by Bigwilly 16

Last week, I would have said something middle of the road, but now my vote is completely dissatisfied. I won't get into all the issues. I've absolutely dominated the AI a couple of times on Emperor. Over the weekend, after several days not playing CIV, I tried Deity only to find that the AI...

3...tops

That would be best, agreed, but considering the state of the AI now at release, I'm not holding my breath. I say bump their ability to reproduce units has validity, because the other guy's right, once they wreck on your advancing wall due to poor tactics, it's game over right now in many cases...

To the OP...if you already bought it, play it, just know up front that there are significant issues in the opinion of many and try and enjoy it now for what it is. If you haven't bought it, it's a tougher call. Personally, I'd probably wait, but it is playable in single player mode and you...

I don't want to contribute to a downward spiral, but why would any paying customer be ok with major "fixable" balance flaws? We cut companies too much slack these days. Why program in any AI in the next game when they could leave it to the community modders to do their work for them post...

There's a lot to digest in this, so I'll summarize my issues with Civ 5 with just the most fundamental issues as I see them: 1) I played Civ IV on Monarch - I'm a good player, but I've never been interested in boiling the game down to mathematic science so I'm not a min-maxer . I won most...

I get that the AI will start to target you if you're out in front, but it seems common so far in my 4 games played for them to all, or almost all, to attack more or less at the same time. It almost feels as though that's the AI's "even up" tactic. I fell to it the last 2 games until I learned...