Recent content by Hawkwood

Agree. I prefer the new UI, even if it's still got a bit too much art deco in it for my taste.

I'm pretty sure that's the reason I was disappointed by Civ 5 on release. I wasn't comparing Civ 5 vanilla with Civ 4 vanilla (which didn't like that much either), and I wasn't actually comparing it with BTS vanilla either, but BTS with mods. No matter how good Civ 5 was going to be, it...

Indeed. Civ 4's world builder was original and something I missed when I tried to play both Civ 5 and Elemental.

Like Ahwaric said, Neuschwanstein is a really bad picture for the medieval era. Perhaps Chillon would be better?

Not to mentíon that the French actually had a chance at winning until Henry V ordered the Longbow to aid the Men-at-Arms in the melee.

How on earth do I start a scenario? When I try to setup a game and select the map I made in the world builder, it assigns all civs a random location rather than the preselected one.

It certainly seems buggy. I never knew there were anything wrong with it, since I never build it and it worked when the Americans did.

Autocracy - ... the Terrible Rationalism - ... the Wise Order - Chairman ... Patronage - ... the Enlightened Commerce - Doge ...

From 2K forums: Also let me get this straight, USA gets the game three days before the rest of the world, and the Australians are angry that they have to pay 80$ for the game, and the americans are raging that they don't get it even earlier?

Full armour was abandoned in the middle of the 17th century because the proof armour was too heavy. Full plate armour was proof against the guns of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. How can they be the best if they were imported from Europe? So now we not only have katanaplonkers spewing...

Samurai vs Knight. Agincourt was battle were many factors influenced the English victory, it's very likely the English would have lost if Henry didn't send the Longbowmen into melee, and the English would have lost if they weren't defending a hill with sharpened stakes in front and forests on...

Wasn't the spearman Japanese? Or have I misunderstood something (couldn't watch the stream)?

QFT. Civ is game. It may be a game based on and drawing inspiration from history, but in the end Civ is a turn-based strategy game, not a simulation of real history. If you want a simulation game, go play Paradox Games like Victoria 2 and Europa Universalis 3, they are both excellent, if vastly...

Because while armour did weigh some, it also granted very efficient protection. However armour distributes the weight over the body, and a trained man-at-arms (who would be in good shape) wouldn't be extremely hindered. Especially considering the fact that plate armour itself was impervious to...

The how come the Hussites could? Peasant rebels with minor noble leadership could attain rare and uncommon weapons in greater numbers than empires? Remember, the late middle ages was a time were the very nature of warfare and how raise armies were undergoing significant reforms, how come...