Recent content by Louis XXIV

I lean towards a hybrid system. Automated roads, but the ability to manually do them (probably with added costs, such as upkeep).

I will pre-order if I have a system that can run it. If I don't, I will wait. I trust them to make a game that I will enjoy that will be improved to be even better over time. Pre-Orders are good for the development team since it'll help them get money to pay people before release. If you...

Thanks for an answer. That's what I was looking for. Civilization generally doesn't have top of the line requirements, but it is higher than my crappy laptop can support. The goal is to get something good enough to play Civ8 as well, ideally.

I don't want to bring back stack of doom. IMO, it made combat tedious. I've suggested some kind of method to form armies and have an entire stack resolve in one move. The closest analogy I can think of is Total War's auto-resolve feature.

I also think it overly encouraged artillery. Personally, I want a combat system that takes less time to resolve. Whether it's forming armies and having them fight as a complete army or whatever they think of, I don't want Civ3's game where you had probably 50 units in a stack and had to fight...

We're obviously still in speculation mode since it's very early, but based on past trends and current games, what do you think the system requirements will be to play this on a PC? I'm going to be in the market for a new computer. I don't think it'll need a top of the line gaming computer...

I'm going to predict a new combat system. I think it would be a mistake to go back to stacks of doom, but I think they'll want to try something else.

I'm not convinced Macedon should be separate from Greece. I can see the appeal to that (I used to think they should be separate), but the more I've learned, the less it appeals to me. They certainly thought of themselves as Greek and spoke a dialect of Greek even if a very specific subset of...

Civ4 used "Free Market," while Communism was "State Property."

Austria-Hungary is weird to have as a Civ. It didn't exist very long (compared to the Austrian Empire) and it was basically a beginning of the disintegration of the Empire. Essentially, it's two states with the same head of state. People just know it by that name because of World War I.

It certainly existed (at least Judah certainly existed, but probably both). FWIW, I tend to think Israel should exist as a combination of the ancient and modern states. I would rather have a Merkavah as a unit than an ancient unit, but I'd still be in favor of some trait or otherwise that...

I voted for Ashanti, Mali, and Carthage. I was really tempted to vote for Morocco as well because I wanted the Moors/Almoravids, but I couldn't think of anyone to drop. I felt the Mali are far too important. The Ashanti are a fascinating one to include as a true West African Kingdom (I'm glad...

I'd rather not do a league. Either the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Most Serene Republic of Venice, or it should be an Italian Civilization.

Cultures like the Maya are often represented by a single Civ. Civilization and State are not synonymous. There's nothing wrong with the Italian Civilization including all those city-states.