Civ has simply reached the end of its life

[Slowpoke]

Heh, well I like civ 5, but for those that don't, you know it's not over. It's the hollywood rule: Sequal made money? make another.

 

[Uniform Sierra]

Dead? I just bought this game and it rocks!

 

[masterminded]

Where were you when Civ died?

 

[UKScud]

Dead? I just bought this game and it rocks!

undead then? Zombie Civ? Brainless?

 

[Lone Wolf]

I'm not TMIT, but why is Civ4 now pinnacle of game balance?

 

[Palfouri]

More like another series undergoes its scheduled purge of the conservative and fanatical old guard and gets some fresh blood.

Good riddens. Hopefully Civ VI can go off without "abandoned" fanboys trying to make it miserable on the forums for anyone who dares to say they enjoy the game.

 

[PieceOfMind]

I'm not TMIT, but why is Civ4 now pinnacle of game balance?

I would guess that it's because this is a forum populated mainly (or at least visited mainly) by civ4 players. In 5 years time, once a lot of people have joined the forum because of civ5 than because of civ4, civ5 will be considered the pinnacle of game balance in light of the newly released civ6.

As for the OP, am I the only one who finds it a little ironic the message considering the username? Civ4ever <-> civ has reached the end of its life.

 

[Krall]

So when's the funeral?

 

[Justicex]

Tonight, the part of civ4ever will be played by....

William Shatner...

 

[OneFootInThe...]

I feel you man.

I haven't told this story to many people, but your open-ness has touched my heart.

When I was younger, my parents loved me and each other. But as I grew up they started to fight, and it was clear to even the young boy that I was, that they didn't love each other anymore, and maybe not me. Every night they would fight, and the only solace I had was locking myself in my room (figuratively, sometimes literally) and playing civ 1. In Civilization I learned how to make people happy, I learned how to deal with my problems by advancing past them, and then nuking them while the problems still only weilded sticks.

My Parents divorced, but I got through it.

In High school, as an older boy, I suffered another crisis. This time due to the ever increasing pressure from my now single father to perform. He wanted me to be a Lawyer, or a Banker, or a Pastry Chef, but I just couldn't do these things for him! I tried very hard in math class, and statistics, and even home economics, but anything less than a 100% wasn't enough for him. I got terrified of showing him my grades or letting him taste my latest confections. Would my knowledge of the legal system be enough? Would my projections of the third quarter stock market match up? Would the Chocolate Creme ganache stay firm at room temperature, but melt deliciously when put to the tongue? That's when I discovered Civ 2. The sequel. It taught me that sometimes you don't need technological advantages, when you have 8 times the military. That sometimes even lowly spearman can defeat a tank. You don't NEED to be the best, you just Need to be Fundamentalist and have a lot of production.

I graduated high school, and eventually college with a degree in Combat Proctology.

A third Crisis in my life occurred though when I finally set out into the world. I wanted a Job and a good salary. But the field of Combat Proctology was far too narrow, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't insert myself into it. A ninja monk in the far East said my Resume did not include enough combat experience to fulfill is needs. The Proctologist Battle Arena in Washington said that my knowledge of anatomy wasn't up to snuff. I couldn't even get a single lubricated foot into the door anywhere. That's when civ 3 came out.

Civ 3 taught me that sometimes you need to try completely new things, even if they might not work right away. Collect the resources you need for success, and sometimes when your favorite unit attacks it will spark a golden age throughout the world. It also taught me that sometimes knowledge isn't enough, and that you must inundate yourself in culture or Gandhi will take all your cities from you.

Late still in my life, I started to feel lonely. I had gotten a job as a junior Combat Enterologist (slightly different from my degree) but had found no love. I remember when I first met HER. She worked at the same place. I had just finished a 'plunging cow' maneuver while dueling with a one eyed samurai monkey (it was sweeps that week) when SHE caught my eye. Literally. The monkey had landed a good hit with his little katana and she had amazing reflexes. While massaging the ball back into my face, I realized that I needed her as my wife. But I'd never done anything like this, and why would she ever like me?

So I went home and fired up my new copy of Civ 4. Playing this game was harder than others, and not just because my left eye was half blind. It taught me that there were ways to make friends, and to figure out how much they liked me. Using that information you can learn to make them like you. I also learned that health is an important thing, and to not neglect it, or your cities will start and turn a nasty green color.

So I converted to her religion (Reverse Mormonism, she believed someone in the future would read golden tablets to tell people how to live, but that it hadn't happened yet). We were married within an hour.

But... things have soured since then. Even though I am now Chief Combat Enterologist, I feel she doesn't respect me. She says that when those tablets do get read, it'll say I'm a d-bag. I'm not even sure what that is, and I don't know how to argue it. I give her flowers? No help. I sleep on the couch? Nothing. I tell HER to sleep on the couch? STILL nothing.

And the real kicker? I've been playing civ 5 trying to figure out what to do, and it isn't helping! All it teaches me is that people are inconsiderate and may attack you at any time! I've learned that generating food is something you let OTHER people do, and that happiness isn't important unless you want to grow.

What do I do now? My entire life is ruined.

Best. Post. Ever.

 

[Slowpoke]

Best. Post. Ever.

I find it hard reading that post without Dr Evil's voice.

 

[man-erg]

The OP might have a point: that the series reached an impassable pinnacle with Civ4 - that that game was so good that nothing could be done to improve it.

I tend to agree with this - although I also thought that with Civ2!!! In 30 years of gaming, going back to Spectrum & Atari days, I've played many 100's of games. My "desert island" game, if I could choose just 1, would have to be Civ 4...with Civ 2 in the near runners up.

With Civ2, I remember thnking that compared to other, shallow, games, it was a very very bad business decision to release it in that form. Because the game never finished!! There was always something new, some new world you could generate and try some new tactic on. Civ 4 went even beyond this, with the modding capabilities. Instead of finishing or getting bored with the game after a few weeks, there was months, maybe years of play in the Civ games. You need never buy another game...it's commercial suicide to release a game like that!

Civ 5 is not a bad game, it is (by todays general standards) actually "quite good". It still has much more gameplay than the typical top range game. It is when compared to others in the series that it appears less impressive.

 

[JLoZeppeli]

More like another series undergoes its scheduled purge of the conservative and fanatical old guard and gets some fresh blood.

Good riddens. Hopefully Civ VI can go off without "abandoned" fanboys trying to make it miserable on the forums for anyone who dares to say they enjoy the game.

Oh my... Even joking is beyond your reach... Can i suggest you an intensive session of Groucho Marx of senseless humor? Be more cheerful!

 

[Jharii]

Tonight, the part of civ4ever will be played by....

William Shatner...

$#!& My Diplomacy Screen Says

 

[pat4]

Some very funny posts in this thread.

The OP made me laugh quite a bit but I feel sorry for the people that think its serious.

 

[SuperJay]

Where were you when Civ died?

I'll never forget that day. I was at work, raging on a game forum... suddenly all the lights went dark and the earth shook. People were scared. We all gathered together and held one another against the darkness and the terror. And then it came on the news so we all watched in the lobby. Peter Jennings appeared, choking back tears: "Today is a grave day for America; a grave day for the world. Civilization has died. May God have mercy on us all in this tragic time." I cried, too.

It was very emotional. We had a candlelight vigil that night. Sang hymns of praise to Sid's effigy (everyone has one, right?) and tattooing one another with our favorite leaderheads. I got Catherine from Civ Rev, cuz of the cleavage.

The days of Civ are behind us now. That was a simpler time, but our innocence is forever lost.

 

[vincentz]

RIP Civ.

You will be missed.

 

[Aristos]

I would guess that it's because this is a forum populated mainly (or at least visited mainly) by civ4 players. In 5 years time, once a lot of people have joined the forum because of civ5 than because of civ4, civ5 will be considered the pinnacle of game balance in light of the newly released civ6.

As for the OP, am I the only one who finds it a little ironic the message considering the username? Civ4ever <-> civ has reached the end of its life.

I truly hope you are completely wrong, because if you are right, that would confirm that this is the beginning of the "end", and would confirm the trend of mediocrization that some see in this iteration.

 

[Aristos]

I'll never forget that day. I was at work, raging on a game forum... suddenly all the lights went dark and the earth shook. People were scared. We all gathered together and held one another against the darkness and the terror. And then it came on the news so we all watched in the lobby. Peter Jennings appeared, choking back tears: "Today is a grave day for America; a grave day for the world. Civilization has died. May God have mercy on us all in this tragic time." I cried, too.

It was very emotional. We had a candlelight vigil that night. Sang hymns of praise to Sid's effigy (everyone has one, right?) and tattooing one another with our favorite leaderheads. I got Catherine from Civ Rev, cuz of the cleavage.

The days of Civ are behind us now. That was a simpler time, but our innocence is forever lost.

Sarcasm, specially of the lower levels, does not belong to the set of civilized behaviours, yet you claim that you are civilized in another thread, brother... either, or...

 

[AlpsStranger]

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