Recent content by mattkaru

I think I wouldn't mind the brown/orange trees so much if they had a splash of red and yellow among them, but it always looks like an entire forest was choked by smoke. Just a personal preference thing, I suppose. :) Thanks ApocalypseMao. I'll just do some more experimenting and see what...

Hey guys! I have to admit that this may sound silly, but I abhor some of the tilesets in CiV. I believe it is the American trees set that makes me gag - I don't care how pretty Vermont is during October, I don't want to see bad attempts at mimicking it through brown/orange trees. I like green...

Oh dear God, why am I subscribing to this? One of the silliest but most promising threads I've seen yet. :P And I lol'd hard at the koalas comment. XD

Why shouldn't they charge you for an expansion to get those civs? They've done it before. And it's your fault you didn't read anything about the game before it came out or before you bought it. Seriously, the civs have been public for several months now. Pointless complaining.

Okay..here's my amazing contribution that states the blindingly obvious. The accusers, along with the OP, are saying that the AI is getting away with not having to suffer the consequences of negative gpt at a level where the AI and human player are supposed to be on an even field. The...

I am loving this! Very entertaining and fun to watch. But yeah, you accidentally turned the sound off when you tried to stop echo but there was no echo. No big deal but now you know! :)

If you wanted to be forgiving you could just pretend that your DoW drove Oslo into civil war and Russia is backing the official government... :D

But he's not speaking Arabic, he's speaking Aramaic, which according to the holy and reliable (:P) Wikipedia was made into the official language of Persia by Darius I. This source, for whatever it's worth, seems to suggest that Aramaic was not widely known, but it was definitely used for...

So basically what you guys who sympathize with this nut are saying is that Firaxis should cater to the ethnic and linguistic prejudices of the stereotypical Iranian? More specifically, this ONE guy? And ignore all historical plausibility by fixing Darius' language to be Farsi? From...

Settling in place may be your best bet, though I think that's pretty obvious. It's a good balance between food/production hexes and has that coastal fish for early growth. As far as your first social policy, I think it's tempting to go with Tradition because it gives an early boost to growth...

I have yet to get the game (have to buy a new laptop first! :P) but it seems like maybe you could tackle your confusion from a different perspective. While it may seem to you that Bismarck isn't being "fair" or "rational" on an objective scale, maybe it's that the AI system has changed to be...

Eh. I'm glad that it's getting a lot of negative initial reviews. It means people like me can go into it with a more realistic expectation. I'm hoping it will be better than average but not the best thing that ever happened to PC gaming. And if I see the phrase "dumbed down" used again in...

Hey all, I'm trying to decide between 3 laptops to buy and I was hoping you guys could help. :) I'm planning on getting a laptop within the next three weeks (and of course Civ 5 with it!!) and I'm trying very hard to keep cost below $900. I've had some luck so far in finding something and I...

It's because they know it's true. Many of us Americans can get ridiculous when attacked from outside, but laugh at ourselves for our collective ignorance on many issues; see 'Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?' Totally agree with that last sentence as well. :)

Wow, thanks guys! A lot of your advice was very helpful. I did in fact play it last night a few hours after I made my initial post and gathered the opinions I could. I haven't quite finished the game and I'm not sure it's really going anywhere, but that's my fault for not sending out a...