Anyone playing both Civ4 and Civ5?

[mtrein]

This. I mostly play Civ5 the most though. If only people would give it a chance and stop rage quitting because they can't sandbox the AI.

I gave it a long chance. Twice. I would suspect most people who went back to 4 did, too.

 

[osmosis]

I gave it a long chance. Twice. I would suspect most people who went back to 4 did, too.

I'm still giving a chance to Civ5 but I keep findig myself wanting to play more Civ4. The interesting thing is, it has become much difficult for me to adjust back to Civ4 now. On the other hand, I was playing Civ4 with mods anyway so it's between Civ4 with mods and Civ5 for me.

 

[unfairlane]

I'm still giving a chance to Civ5 but I keep findig myself wanting to play more Civ4. The interesting thing is, it has become much difficult for me to adjust back to Civ4 now. On the other hand, I was playing Civ4 with mods anyway so it's between Civ4 with mods and Civ5 for me.

Been trying for weeks to make some sence out of Civ5; played several mod & so on but this version of the game simply doesn`t engage. This one-unit-per-tile kills the gaming.

 

[Bob1475]

I went back to CIV IV about 2 months ago primarily because of scenarios. Just seems that CIV 5 is not suitable for historical scenarios. My first game back was quite funny as I built cities and left them unguarded so the barbs just took them! Anyway, I adapted and started building stacks, etc. Not sure which I like better as I have not played CIV 5 since the latest patch. But scenarios and mods is what I miss.

 

[Bezurn]

I play civ 4 mostly now. When a new patch comes out for civ 5 I will play it for a few weeks to get a feel for the changes, but Civ 4 is such a better game IMO with the features and the many mods that are available. I am really digging Realism Invictus right now, with its huge earth map and combined arms combat and 15 unit stack limits gives the game a lot of strategic depth.

 

[eris]

I play a game of one and then a game of the other. Back and forth. I like Civ 5, but Civ 4 BTS with BUG/BAT is still better for giving a historical immersion experience.

 

[UrbanX]

I have tried this but can't.I really don't see how anyone can play both. I mean to like one you would have to really dislike the other.I don't know, just my two cents.

 

[Sock Bramson]

It's pretty easy for me to enjoy playing both, actually. I've especially liked playing Civ 5 over the past month or so to see what all has been patched since I last played it. (several months beforehand, went on a big Fallout 3/ Shogun 2 kick for awhile) I still splash in Civ 4 at least a few times a month. I absolutely love me some RFC and it's derivatives, I've only just discovered RoM: AND this past year, and I'm a mod/scenario junkie in general. For the latter reason, I'll occasionally crack into Civ 3 for the Warhammer and Final Fantasy mods.

Basically, I've been playing entirely too much Civ ever since I started with Civ 4 five years ago.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

I have tried this but can't.I really don't see how anyone can play both. I mean to like one you would have to really dislike the other.I don't know, just my two cents.

I would like both, if both of them worked.

Unfortunately, they carry a rather frustrating shared trait: nigh-inexcusably bad UI and a lot of time spent waiting for the game rather than playing it.

 

[Ossicko]

Actually I don't think I've ever played the previous Civs anymore once a new one is released. That goes for Civ5 & 4 too, although I might fire up BTS if I'm away and limited to my laptop as V is a bit too much for it to handle.

 

[Sparthage]

No, I play mostly Civ3 with a few Civ5 games thrown in there.

 

[cccv]

Just V. I can't look at the ugly squareness of IV anymore. I've been spoiled. I like 1UPT much, much more as well. I don't have the problems with the UI or crashing that other people report. The improvements have finally gotten me to the point where I do "one more turn" to a bladder-damaging degree.

 

[zarakand]

I play both. Civ IV is a more fun and complete game, but there are a lot of things I like about CiV as well.

I love the mods for CivIV and its what keeps me coming back -Legends of Revolution is by far my favorite, if you haven't tried it give it a go!

For CiV, I enjoy the tactical combat but the AI is really poor.

 

[Archaic]

I hated civ5 and normaly play civ4 but sometimes i play civ5 hoping they will fix the issues, but for me civ5 is a let down, the 1upt kind sucks i itehr get a choice of carpet-of-doom or stack-of-doom, atleast in 4 the ai is a challenge, and with mods like Rise of mankind: a new dawn, Civ4 makes 5 look like a piece of ####. so its 4 most of the time, but i going to try and mod 5 and see how it works out.

 

[Misotu]

Well, I'm a semi-serious gamer and like to play a game for the fun of the challenge coupled with the reassurance that I'm so-o-o-o cool I can beat the AI. Ha ha ha, no not really. Anyway, my credentials are well-established on Civ IV. I'm not great, but I'm probably more than ok.

So. I still play Civ IV but I would like to love CivV and am actually playing it more than anything else right now but I am really not sure why I *like* low-tech ... for example, I am totally grateful that the game doesn't remember my last settings, because I just can't imagine why I would need them again. Same thing for the game not permitting me to regenerate with my existing settings - I just love entering them again when (after the 15-minute load time) I find that I have a Totally Tundra Tstart.

Terrific

I have more comments. But if I add them I'll probably be banished to the "rants" thread, which would be a bit unreasonable given this content ...

I suppose my real question is this: Why didn't CivV carry over all the good stuff from Civ IV eg eg, remembering last settings and regenerate existing settings?

In my book ( and bear in mind that I am English) remembering stuff like this is simply good manners.

 

[Ciek]

I play BtS from time to time, mostly for the superior late game, for reasons too long to mention here I detest Civ V late game (mostly the warfare, although the Giant Deathbot almost redeems it if I get that far.) So if I play civ V it's with the goal to win the game before modern era combat can happen. Whereas in Civ IV the late game is neverendingly fun for me.