Has CivV improved significantly since launch?

[qalsip1977]

Well I have an Nvidia GT555M 3Gb graphics card and 4Gb of RAM. I have updated the driver within the past week on my video card. What else could there be? I mean if StarCraft 2 runs like a dream, even online, why would a game that is obviously less demanding be lagging on bigger maps if it were a hardware or firmware issue? My game never crashes...it just takes 45 seconds to a minute after I click the button to end my turn before the AI is done doing it's business. And it only starts after I've met several of the civs and explored a lot of the map. I've even tried doing a large map with less civs and that seemed to help.

It just feels like the game bogs down when it has 19 other Civs worth of units to handle...

 

[MisterBarca]

Well I have an Nvidia GT555M 3Gb graphics card and 4Gb of RAM. I have updated the driver within the past week on my video card. What else could there be? I mean if StarCraft 2 runs like a dream, even online, why would a game that is obviously less demanding be lagging on bigger maps if it were a hardware or firmware issue? My game never crashes...it just takes 45 seconds to a minute after I click the button to end my turn before the AI is done doing it's business. And it only starts after I've met several of the civs and explored a lot of the map. I've even tried doing a large map with less civs and that seemed to help.

It just feels like the game bogs down when it has 19 other Civs worth of units to handle...

Hmmm, maybe 4GB of RAM is insufficient for optimal play? If the game is CPU and memory intensive, then I am wondering if my 8 GM is enough now.

 

[Jim Bro]

Still takes long enough during the modern era between turns to make me not want to finish the game. Granted I have the minimum graphics card but in all other areas my computer meets recommended. I want to wait 5 seconds between turns, not 30. It stills feels as long as it did at launch

yeah that's why i play with direct x 9 instead of the others.

 

[spider1]

Out of the box and brand new Civ V wasn't that great and easy to beat. But it was still fun. And it was new with new stuff to do. I liked it despite its obvious failures, and I still do. It still has obvious failures, but some of those are being taken care with this new patch. As we go on, the game will change and get better, I can see that trend. It's a good game now, and it's going to get better.

 

[jtb1127]

No, I don't think it has improved significantly. It has improved but not by that much.

 

[miscemayl]

Thanks guys for the info!
Very useful and much appreciated!

 

[Lance of Llanwy]

It's certainly a vastly different and better game than when I got it back in December. They've put out some strong DLC to add variety to the game, and, most importantly, they've patched the game aggressively. I can say more than I think it will be a good game: I can now say that it is. Hopefully they'll iron out multiplayer and fix up the AI in the next few months. And I'm excited for an expansion.

 

[gingerbill]

Some new Civs have been added in and the river graphics updated but besides that, no, the AI isn't improved much at all. The current patch fixes a problem with civ AI's not building more than 1 city. That tells you the current state of this sorry mess.

haha , why do you look on a forum of a game you hate? , its been out months now? very strange.

It's talking absolute nonsense to claim the AI hasnt improved much , its vastly improved , wehter its good or not is open to debate but to say it hasnt much improved is a lie.

I notice you seemed to have missed the 2-3 huge patches and the endless positive improvements , you must have missed those.