Civ 5 Confirmed Features

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the maoris were not from australia well the island around and new zealand but not mainland austrlia they were also from polonesia
 
I just read the last two pages of posts here and I'm getting the impression that Steam is going to be required to play Civ 5; is this correct? If it is correct I will prob. not being playing Civ 5. Not only do I not have a home internet connection but also I had steam for some time and it sucks... Always dropping connections and saying your logged in when your not. If they make it so you have to verify your copy of Civ online before playing thats fine, but don't require Steam to play. Not only does it take forever to download 5+ gigs (even in 2010) btw: thank the internet companies and congress... 1999 law made it so internet companies could keep 100% of profits and don't have to put the 30% of those profits toward infrustructure like they had to before '99. So we are still in a copper wire infrastructure like third world countries...

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Let's also consider that some places have monthly internet download caps, after which your downloads are either paid extra for or your DL capability is reduced to dial up speed.
 
CivFanCCS said:
I just read the last two pages of posts here and I'm getting the impression that Steam is going to be required to play Civ 5; is this correct? If it is correct I will prob. not being playing Civ 5. [...] If they make it so you have to verify your copy of Civ online before playing thats fine, but don't require Steam to play. Not only does it take forever to download 5+ gigs (even in 2010)
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Civ5 will requiere steam to activate the game.
Afterwards you can set steam to offline mode, so that you don't have to connect.
You can also by Civ5 as a hard copy in a store, so that you don't have to download it, but it will still need Steam for the activation.
 
I am sorry if this question was asked but won't it be ever possible to play Babylonia if I don't preorder deluxe edition?
 
I see. thanks!

might be they will be making new leaders as DLC rather than x-pac content which is maybe one of the reasons why they are moving to Steam in first place.

I am always waiting before I buy new games - waiting for receptions, read forums and see how fast are patches comming out. Would be not nice to be left out of a nice Civilization because of this :(
 
The_J said:
The possibility of leaders as DLC is one of the things we're raging here at the moment :).
You're welcome if you want to join :).
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Yeah. The DLC issue is something worth raging on. Which makes it funny that most people are stuck in some sort of random "Steam r malware, Valve r evil!" thing.

It's like if I told someone I spilled a bit of water on their carpet, and set fire to their couch, and then they reacted with pure rage at the thought of my spilling some water on their carpet.
"I HAVE TO GET OUT A SHEET OF PAPER TOWEL!? GRRRR!"
 
Steam works perfectly for me, but only on my main drive therefore I will have to give up N:TW for ciV.
 
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Yeah. The DLC issue is something worth raging on. Which makes it funny that most people are stuck in some sort of random "Steam r malware, Valve r evil!" thing.

It's like if I told someone I spilled a bit of water on their carpet, and set fire to their couch, and then they reacted with pure rage at the thought of my spilling some water on their carpet.
"I HAVE TO GET OUT A SHEET OF PAPER TOWEL!? GRRRR!"
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This. Oh so many times this.

I'm rather neutral with Steam, but the thought of DLC really angers me.
 
mechaerik said:
Originally Posted by The Almighty dF View Post
Yeah. The DLC issue is something worth raging on. Which makes it funny that most people are stuck in some sort of random "Steam r malware, Valve r evil!" thing.

It's like if I told someone I spilled a bit of water on their carpet, and set fire to their couch, and then they reacted with pure rage at the thought of my spilling some water on their carpet.
"I HAVE TO GET OUT A SHEET OF PAPER TOWEL!? GRRRR!"
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This. Oh so many times this.

I'm rather neutral with Steam, but the thought of DLC really angers me.
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The two of you see that both of the topics are very closely related to each other, don't you?

I am not going to blow up this thread with the discussion, too. For more info see the respective "Steam"-threads.
 
This sounds like it may be taking away from the civ experiance in some areas and adding in others. I think they should change the way resources run out i know this is more realistic but will probably be a pain in the ass
 
darth degox said:
This sounds like it may be taking away from the civ experiance in some areas and adding in others. I think they should change the way resources run out i know this is more realistic but will probably be a pain in the ass
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That's a good idea, but maybe instead, suppose when a source of stone runs out, it can leave space for farmland or something else.
 
I wonder how they will manage the DLC leaders since in Civ4 you can add leaders and whole factions as mods then people can just do that, download those mods and ignore the DLC at all. I don't like the idea of leaders as DLC, they are too important for gameplay. However maps, scenarios, new patterns for random map generator, some new cool textures - all this could really be added as DLC and I see no problems with that.
 
The_J said:
Civ5 will requiere steam to activate the game.
Afterwards you can set steam to offline mode, so that you don't have to connect.
You can also by Civ5 as a hard copy in a store, so that you don't have to download it, but it will still need Steam for the activation.
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When I install the game, will I get automatically connected to Steam?
 
##Irrelevant crap alert!##

Funny how your mind can wonder sometimes. :think: :coffee:
So I was just thinking (irrelevant crap coming, but stick with me).

1. I was thinking about the movie "Fourth Kind"...
2. Then I thought of the city of Anchorage, Alaska, mentioned in the movie...
3. Then I remembered how I founded that city in civ4 earth map once...
4. Then I thought of how nice and cozy it was to have North America all to myself...
5. Then I imagined how would it be in civ5 in similar situations...
6. Then I thought about defending that area in civ5 with the new combat system and all...
7. Then I thought about how units will be able to transform into transports and just "swim" on me...
7. Then I remembered how Aztecs constantly attacked me from the south.
8. Then I thought about defending that area against Aztecs in particular.
9. Then I remembered the new "choke point" tactic aka "300" mentioned in previews and screen shots...
10. Then AGAIN I thought about how units will be able to transform into transports and just "swim" on me...

You see where I'm going with this? What will stop the sneaky Aztecs to just "swim" around Gerard Butler???

Every thought leads to civ! Unbelievable! :crazyeye:
Eh too much coffee... :twitch:
 
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