Another mediocre review for Civ5

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you say that as if everyone who reviewed the game was paid off by 2K. I certainly wasn't. I didn't even get a press copy to review, I had to shell out the same $50 as everyone else in order to review it.

Despite that, I gave it a good review because it is a good game. It has its flaws, but the majority of them will get fixed through patches(for better or worse, a fact of life in the digital age) and for me, the one more turn syndrome is intact.
 
"There are also natural wonders to be found, some of which instantly upgrade the unit which found it"

What?

"and since the game won't let you pay to rush-complete anything anymore"

What?

"It doesn't really look any better than Civ IV in that regard, particularly on low-end computer set ups like mine."

WHAT?

Did you write this review?
 
Lord Monkey said:
"There are also natural wonders to be found, some of which instantly upgrade the unit which found it"

What?

"and since the game won't let you pay to rush-complete anything anymore"

What?

"It doesn't really look any better than Civ IV in that regard, particularly on low-end computer set ups like mine."

WHAT?

Did you write this review?
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I know right?
Half of the points mentioned are bollocks.

@ OP
Did you just write that cause you got raped by Montezuma in your game or something?

Furthermore i find it extremely rude of you and very very narrowminded not to mention "unproffessional" as a reviewer, to claim that everyone that writes a "positive" review must be payed off by 2k.
 
It also refers to the Japanese leader as "Bushido". Is this one of those joke reviews like the ones by Something Awful that are deliberately full of inaccuracies?

Edit: "A downside to how long it now takes to build some items means entire technological eras can pass while you're building a unit"

:lol:

Edit edit: I also love how he complains about turn times and graphics when he admits he has a low-end computer. That's like railing against the price of gas because you decided to buy a Hummer.
 
My issues with this review:

Who the heck is Bushido? is that supposed to be Oda Nabunaga?

You mention everything that is taken away, but don't mention half the things that are added.

You obviously were playing on a very low-end system, as even on my computer Civ V looks better than Civ IV(except for when I played using the Blue Earth mod), and my computer is technically below minimum specs.

Also, you mention never making it to the end of the game! What kind of reviewer does that?

Finally(at least, for now...) you don't mention hex tiles ONCE as improving anything other than the shape of the maps...seriously? that's the only thing it improved?

I honestly hope that you aren't a paid reviewer...because I feel I do a much better job as a reviewer and am languishing as an unpaid writer who does it in his spare time.
 
Lord Monkey said:
"There are also natural wonders to be found, some of which instantly upgrade the unit which found it"

What?

"and since the game won't let you pay to rush-complete anything anymore"

What?

"It doesn't really look any better than Civ IV in that regard, particularly on low-end computer set ups like mine."

WHAT?

Did you write this review?
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It's pretty obvious that he means goody hut in the first item. And he is 100% correct on the rush-buying; once you have started to build something then it can't be bought any more. You can only buy things 100% from scratch, just as he says. How things look is obviously a matter of opinion - I happen to think that Civ 5 looks good, but my computer is good. It drags like mad, worse than games which should be more demanding that a turn-based strategy game.
 
As Lord Monkey Said WHAT??

Ok, this review is terrible i hope you did not write it. This is a joke right?

The time between turns at the start of the game is also absurdly long – three or four seconds. It might not sound like much, but Civ IV manages to go from almost instantaneous to up to 30 seconds or, if there's a war on, a minute or two, in the later game – so if Civ V's at four seconds at 4000BC, I can only imagine how long it would take at 2010AD. I say imagine, as I never got there – around about the industrial age, the screen would start turning black between turns, eventually crashing around about 1860AD. Every time.
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particularly on low-end computer set ups like mine
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If you have a low-end computer you play on game settings that your rig can handle, that means small maps not huge. And if you going to write a review of a game at least have the dignity to play it through once.

Also if you wrote this review and didn't like the game did you really HAVE to make a post here telling all you didn't like it?
 
Ankh said:
Also if you wrote this review and didn't like the game did you really HAVE to make a post here telling all you didn't like it?
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He is just a creative troll, not worth our time really.

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The Bushido thing is just priceless, I can't get over it. :lol: I'm going to call civ leaders by their civ's ability names now.

"Damn! Population Growth just canceled our pact of cooperation and declared war on me right after I spent all my money on buildings!"

"How did River Warlord get a pikeman so early?! Ugh, natural wonders are so overpowered!"

"WHY WON'T SACRIFICIAL CAPTIVES ACCEPT MY PEACE OFFER?!"
 
"Trade Caravans burned yet another city to the ground. Their unprovoked aggression is getting out of control."
 
I can't comment on the review itself (since it apparently was taken down or moved, the link leads to an error page), but pitching one's own review here while accusing all reviewers with different opinions to be paid is certainly questionable style.

I'm very critical about the current state of gaming journalism myself, and I agree that many CivV reviews have (as expected) been inaccurate, shallow, very lenient with regard to flaws that may or may not be fixable, and/or wearing rose-tinted glasses. That said, if a positive review was well-researched and the arguments presented were well-thought, I'd expect readers with different opinions to respect it as much as I expect CivV fans to respect Tom Chick's review. Moreover, as a reviewer yourself, it's not your call to publicly judge the work of the others, and if you do so nevertheless, you should make real sure that your own review surpasses (or at least adheres to) basic quality standards.
 
Lets see... you are reviewing a two-week old game against one which had been patched and expanded on... how many times? And then you talk about mods people develop and release? How is a raw copy of Civ 5 going to compete?

I'm sorry, but that's a huge flaw that many, many people make. Compare Civ 5 to Civ 4, straight as released and out of the package. They need the income from the sale of Civ 5 to help pay for the cost of developing the expansion. And then that expansion for the next. If one of them fails, expect the next expansion to never be released. These people are about making money, not delighting in your perfect whims.
 
Lord Monkey said:
"There are also natural wonders to be found, some of which instantly upgrade the unit which found it"

What?
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He calls Ancient Ruins a kind of natural wonder. I don't see the big deal.

"and since the game won't let you pay to rush-complete anything anymore"

What?
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This is 100% correct. You can either buy things at full price or build them for full hammers. You cannot rush to complete something when its between 0% and 100% using gold, which you've been able to do in every single Civ game ever.

"It doesn't really look any better than Civ IV in that regard, particularly on low-end computer set ups like mine."

WHAT?
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Can't really comment on this as I haven't seen the game on the lowest settings. But given your track record in this thread, I don't feel inclined to support your objection.
 
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