nope, its comin out in stores and online. you'll need to activate it online via Steam before you can play tho. big FAQ on that sticky'd in the civ5 forums.
Civ5 Box Art Released
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nope, its comin out in stores and online. you'll need to activate it online via Steam before you can play tho. big FAQ on that sticky'd in the civ5 forums.
i_diavolorosso
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Epic fail IMO
IMO, any art(the visual one especially) must have a "Center point" where all attention would turn on that point, no matter the rest of the picture is
Which i can't simply found in this one
IMO, any art(the visual one especially) must have a "Center point" where all attention would turn on that point, no matter the rest of the picture is
Which i can't simply found in this one
GoodGame
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No apparently it's still steam online activation. Several retail box games have had an internet activation requirement (GTA 4) or a Steam requirement (e.g. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/gamestop_delcares_war_steam) .
Corei7Maniac
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The current box art is too cluttered, too focused on war, and not near focused enough on the CiV epic.
Petition to Change the Civilization V Box Art:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107076949345757
Petition to Change the Civilization V Box Art:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107076949345757
Centurio
Warlord
From this box art, I get the disturbing impression that the modern era will be overemphasized with past eras as little more than a rushed afterthought. Additionally, the presence of military units on the cover suggests that there will be more emphasis on warfare this time around. As always, I am concerned that visual appeal will overshadow the need for deep game-play, and we'll get some watered down Civilization Revolution-esque shell of the series former self. The strange feeling is that just seeing the box art brought on all these feelings about the game. While I know it is not prudent to judge something in such a superficial manner, presentation is an important part of selling a product well and usually the box art suggests the themes in the game. In addition, I agree with previous comments that the cover has no focal point and lacks direction. In my opinion, a simplistic black cover with the phrase 'CIVILIZATION V' on it is preferable to this mess reminiscent of a tabletop war game miscegenated with SimCity.
Lord Xavius
Mostly Lurking
I'm a builder-type player, and I LOVE it. Better than the earlier games, in my opinion. Looks cool and modern.
Don't interpret anything in the box art, other than it probably is for Civ V. If you did that with the (vanilla) Civ 4 box art, you would come to the conclusion that there are no units in the game any more
I like it. Plenty of detail all around. I don't think it's hurt any by not having any one focal point - if one's into analogies, one could say that there is no one focal point on the box art just as there is no one focal point in the game.
Better than the Civ4 box art IMO. Big road ending in a nuke... not my ideal. Same with the Civ4 box's drab, tan theme.
The all-black used before this was nice and drastic, though. I wouldn't have minded just the plain black with gold lettering box art.
Better than the Civ4 box art IMO. Big road ending in a nuke... not my ideal. Same with the Civ4 box's drab, tan theme.
The all-black used before this was nice and drastic, though. I wouldn't have minded just the plain black with gold lettering box art.
Mango Elephant
Deity
Well, I think it's beautiful! 
Vortilex
Imperator Mundi
And nothing is more minimalist than the Roman Praetorian, right? (looking at your profile pic)
Edit: I guess the phrase "Never judge a book by its cover" would be appropriate here, with game substituting for book.
TheDS
Regular Riot
Check out the tech tree and you'll feel even more like it's just a modern war sim with earlier eras bolted on. I hope it takes like 30 turns to research a tech or it's gonna be a quick game.
I agree it's too chaotic. There's nothing you should be looking at, it's just a bunch of crud mashed together. I didn't even catch the "wonders" until someone mentioned them.
Since the game was designed with Panzer General inspirations, the way flak works in THAT game is if an aircraft attacks a unit adjacent to a flak unit, the flak unit gets to defensive-fire first. Same thing happens if a land unit attacks another land unit adjacent to an artillery unit, btw.
Meteor Man
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Didn't that happen in one of your Civ 3 stories though?
Centurio
Warlord
Oh, great... looks like my legions aren't going to be so useful after all.
Lord Foortwenti
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Hear Hear
I really dig the "placeholder" art w/ the big, gold V on the black background and kind of assumed that it was the box art. It had gravitas, and kinda screamed out at you "CIVILIZATION V is here
es!". It was an image that made me think that this was not just your ordinary game, it is something special. Eye catching to say the least.Don't get me wrong though, I actually don't have any problems w/ this new art, it is nicely composed and definitely conveys what the games is all about. So in that aspect I guess it serves it's purpose better then just the logo on black, as someone that isn't familiar w/ the franchise wouldn't know exactly what they were looking at if they hadn't changed it. At quick glance the game could've been anything, and it could be argued that people would be less likely to pick it up off a shelf. Personally I think the opposite would've happened and people would've been drawn to it b/c it set itself so far apart from the usual video-game case.
In the end though, I don't really care what's on the outside, as long as what's inside the damn box continues what the first 4 civ games have started, I'll be more then happy.
The Almighty dF
Pharaoh
Well, it sums up what Civ5 looks to be: A TBS focused on the 1900s+ with earlier eras shoehorned in, so it works.
that is so true..............................
LegioCorvus
Prince
Well, I like it.
And my predictive guess of a petition to change it emerging was on the money:
Anything and everything relating to Civ5 on this site is getting waaaay too predictable.
And my predictive guess of a petition to change it emerging was on the money:
Anything and everything relating to Civ5 on this site is getting waaaay too predictable.
I support abbrems on the minimalistic style. The first three games had box art that was more simple, more artistic and more subtle (I still think the first one was the best). Then came IV, and though it wasn't bad, it just looked more like a game than it previously had, when it looked more like a piece of art. This just looks the same as IV
im certainly not judging the game. im sure the game will be amazing. I won't even be buying a store copy (i <3 steam) so my opinion is just that, an opinion.
i think its a good cover, i just liked the placeholder better is all.
if i were shopping in a store and i saw the two covers side by side without know what civ was, i'd be turned off by all the goings on in the new cover, and intrigued by the simplicity of the placeholder. thats just my tastes.
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