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I'll admit I've not followed anything involving Civ5 in some time- my distaste for how bad it was led me to stop playing ages ago. I'm curious though, has the expansion pack fixed any of the major issues those of us on this thread had with the vanilla game? Or was it simply espionage/religion...

I almost exclusively play tectonic maps, usually with the arid setting. You get a somewhat more realistic continent/landmass design, but with enough randomness that you never know what's out there. I've seen maps that are basically small archipelagos spread everywhere, pangeas, and even the...

I'm actually kind of inspired by this to try something similar for Civ4. Create a tough map, turn off all victory conditions, and play past the turn limit as far as I can go. Should be an interesting challenge, no?

I realize I've ranted on here before about how I place most of the blame for Civ 5's lack of quality squarely on Jon Shafer. Having come across something that drives the point though, I thought I would share it. This is a link to a discussion on the problems his mod for Civ4, Final Frontier...

You know, the thing I loved most about Civ4 was actually how moddable it was. Some of the player-made mods were amazing, and I'm of the opinion that RFC was better gameplay-wise than normal Civ4 itself. One of the things I was most excited about for Civ5 was the prospect of a new RFC for it...

I don't think it was Take-Two so much as a turn of events. The lead designer of Civ4 left, which was a shame. Sid also wanted Revolutions to be simplified (i.e., dumbed down), which lead to that title's problems. And both Colonization and Civ5 were Jon Shafer's work. You can actually see it in...

Well, I'll give them credit for working on what looks like an actual expansion, complete with new gameplay mechanics, rather than simply putting together a bunch of cheap DLCs and labeling it an expansion. On the other hand, many of these features should by all rights have been in the game at...

I'm of the same mind. If there's no expansion (as looks likely), and with the sudden lack of DLCs coming down the pipeline, it seems like Firaxis is trying to bury Civ5 somewhat. If that's the case, and I do think they're neglecting their marquee title for a reason, they'll be working on a...

I actually enjoyed FFX a lot. It's not the best in the series, but it was a solid entry in my view, and the character advancement system was done well. The setting and scenery were also greatly realized. The main gripe I have is that the voice acting was painful, but that's where you just mute...

No offense, but this is kind of a silly point. After all, focusing on building a wonder means devoting many turns and production to a building which, if you don't get it first, is an almost total waste to you. And that's intentional, same as the religion paths. They are decision-points. Do you...

I know you were. I decided to run with it anyway. Sometimes it's not about the challenge. Sometimes you just want a relaxing game now and then, just you and a big world to colonize. No harm there.

I hate that! I'd be doing my thing in my territory, but every turn the camera would be pulled off to one of my distant city-states invariably locked in a drawn-out bombardment with a barbarian frigate. And I'd have nothing to do but watch... which is annoying enough when you just have one allied...

It's possible that they're both right? Writing was invented independently several different times. Maybe the ancient inhabitants of Persia and Egypt came up with wine separately too?

I love Simcity and play it regularly, but that's a much narrower focus in scope. Simcity is about developing single cities and regions. Even in custom maps, the regions don't really get beyond 28x28 kilometers. Your computer would have a hard time handling any larger. Civilization has a much...

I wish Rhye were around. His RFC mod for Civ 4 was fantastic; I've sunk an untold number of hours into that mod, almost as much as I have with the actual game. Unfortunately, I think it'd be hard for him to do the same with Civ5, both because the game is so much more problematic than Civ4 and...