Civilization V Announced!
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Soda7777777
Warlord
Dear God, I'm so glad Civ V is coming out. Just look at the graphics. They've put so much work into this.
The forests look like actual forests. The hills look like actual hills rather than those ridiculous Wile E Coyote type hills that just shoot up out of nowhere. And the hills are of different types, whether they're plains or grassland hills.
And look in the screenies at how the macemen are recoiling from the archer's volley coming from across the little hex-lake! It looks like they're putting a lot more thought into the aesthetics of the game.
I skipped past Civ4. But Civ 5--depending on how fast your computer has to be to handle the game engine--is looking like a must-buy!
And look in the screenies at how the macemen are recoiling from the archer's volley coming from across the little hex-lake! It looks like they're putting a lot more thought into the aesthetics of the game.
I skipped past Civ4. But Civ 5--depending on how fast your computer has to be to handle the game engine--is looking like a must-buy!
2K Elizabeth
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I'm really glad you guys are excited. I am sure I'll be seeing a lot of you (and you of me!) in these next couple months. 
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I'm really glad you guys are excited. I am sure I'll be seeing a lot of you (and you of me!) in these next couple months.
Excellent. We do appreciate you dropping by.
Glad to hear a rep from the developers say that, Elizabeth. The attention Civ developers give to their customers really is appreciated. The product I've seen so far looks fantastic. I've used Civ3 with some of my history students and it really is great for teaching the geographic aspects of world history.
I'm sure it'll just be a greeting like "Nihao" from Mao or "Guten Abend" from Frederick. There wouldn't be much sense in having the whole dialog be in a foreign language, even if there's an advisor or translator talking over them in English (or German or whatever other language they sell this in).
I do hope they don't weigh it down with gimmicks like full-scenes for the diplomacy. Memory should be mostly dedicated to game play, letting the player and AI units move and fight smoothly, having the trade and worker action look realistic, and not forcing the player to wait 2-4 minutes between rounds once you get into the Modern Age with a huge world.
The biggest need for change I think should be in effectively running an empire--interactions with other civs really only needs a little tweaking. More complicated civics and more troublesome religions and harder to please citizens is what I'm looking forward to.
Nocturnal
Chieftain
At last!!!!! only three things for me:
- Better AI (cough galciv2 cough)
-NO MORE SOD
-Zone of control (extended by forts)
Well, and maybe some GUI options to make more information available a la BUGMod, after all this is not a game for casual wii-loving players...
Between Civ V and Elemental:WoM this year is going to be epic!!!!!
- Better AI (cough galciv2 cough)
-NO MORE SOD
-Zone of control (extended by forts)
Well, and maybe some GUI options to make more information available a la BUGMod, after all this is not a game for casual wii-loving players...
Between Civ V and Elemental:WoM this year is going to be epic!!!!!
Contox
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Just wanted to point out, I've been hearing that they're getting rid of religions. Not confirmed, mind you, but that's what I've been reading.
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That would be a shame because i liked the way that impacted on the game
CMKMStephens
Serious.
I'd think so, it'd be a
for modding if it was fully foreign. We still can't even read Linear A; no Minoans 
Contox
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So did I. To me it was almost it's own separate little minigame type thing, spreading your religion, trying to beat the other religions out. Of course, it's also a huge part of the game diplomatically.
This is where I got it, don't know how legit it is:
Spoiler :
Dark_Jedi06
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I second that, hopefully this new approach to combat mechanics will eliminate the unrealistic and obnoxious SOD.
Lord Parkin
aka emperor
Yeah, that seems pretty cool. Should allow for a much wider variety of colours to avoid confusion. Going slightly different shades of green, blue and pink for so many of the expansion leaders in Civ4 got a bit confusing sometimes - especially when they ended up next door to each other.
Actually that part was in Civ4 too. But I agree, it looks awesome.
Ooh, exciting.I'm really glad you guys are excited. I am sure I'll be seeing a lot of you (and you of me!) in these next couple months.
Thanks for dropping by! Good to see the developers taking an interest in the forum community. Not necessarily. I kind of envisioned that the diplomacy might be all spoken in another language, but with text subtitles from your translator/interpreter. Like cutscenes from a foreign movie or TV show. I don't think that would be too confusing. But I guess we'll see.
CommandoBob
AbstractArt
And what happens when a '7' is rolled?
Washington: Hey, German-guy, I've got two tress I'll trade for a brick and a wheat.
Bismarck: Will you take two sheep for two trees, Yank?
Washington: Uh, sure.
Ah, The Settlers of Civilization
Judge_Deadd
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So well then lets step away from speculation and see what has actually been confirmed through the screen shots
CIV's/Leaders 3 of 18 Civilizations confirmed
America/Washington(or maybe Jefferson as someone commented)
Germany/Bismark
Aztec(only concept art no ingame confirmation)
Wonders
Hagia Sofia
Units
Archers
Warriors/Mace-men
Spear-men
Catapults
Jaguar Warriors (only concept art no ingame confirmation)
Terrain Types
Grassland/Marsh/Plains/Desert
Mountains/Hills
Several types of Forest/Jungle
Coast/Ocean/Lakes/Rivers
Bonuses
Cattle
Horses
Deer
Wheat (2 tiles above the catapults)
Map Improvements
Farms (can now be built on hills)
Pastures
Roads
Other Stuff
Culturally different City designs (Arabic/Asian Confirmed)
Ranged bombardment
Training items and land
City States
CIV's/Leaders 3 of 18 Civilizations confirmed
America/Washington(or maybe Jefferson as someone commented)
Germany/Bismark
Aztec(only concept art no ingame confirmation)
Wonders
Hagia Sofia
Units
Archers
Warriors/Mace-men
Spear-men
Catapults
Jaguar Warriors (only concept art no ingame confirmation)
Terrain Types
Grassland/Marsh/Plains/Desert
Mountains/Hills
Several types of Forest/Jungle
Coast/Ocean/Lakes/Rivers
Bonuses
Cattle
Horses
Deer
Wheat (2 tiles above the catapults)
Map Improvements
Farms (can now be built on hills)
Pastures
Roads
Other Stuff
Culturally different City designs (Arabic/Asian Confirmed)
Ranged bombardment
Training items and land
City States
MeowthLover
Chieftain
Not necessarily. I kind of envisioned that the diplomacy might be all spoken in another language, but with text subtitles from your translator/interpreter. Like cutscenes from a foreign movie or TV show. I don't think that would be too confusing. But I guess we'll see.
Yeah that's what I thought was going to happen just like in Civ IV.
But what I really hate about Civ Rev is that the leaders speak in a way that SOUNDS like their language but isnt really words and its just well......gibberish..
Contox
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Bite, Bismarck has been confirmed too. http://www.firaxis.com/games/game_detail.php?gameid=41
