Let's Play Civ 5 (YouTube Playthrough)

[quill18]

Heya folks,

Haven't posted here in quite some time, but Civ 5 has brought me back to Civ Fanatics -- just like I suspect it has for many of you. I've done at least one in-forum playthrough before, but I find that it's a lot of work to process all the images.

Luckily, I run a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming videos so I've started doing a Civ 5 video playthrough there!

You can see part 1 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvCcz0FD4zk

And my channel (should you choose to subscribe) is here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/quill18

I also have some Civ 4 videos and and handful of other games as well.


UPDATE:
I have two additional video playthroughs. More details in these threads:

Let's Play Civ 5 - India (Cultural) - Video Playthrough
Let's Play Civ 5 - England (Giant Earth Map) - Video Playthrough

 

[Rudimentos]

I really like your videos and I'm watching them right now. Just the graphic settings really suck I pity your computer

 

[quill18]

I really like your videos and I'm watching them right now. Just the graphic settings really suck I pity your computer

Thanks! And yes, I know.

I actually thought I had a GOOD computer. All the other games I play tend to be full-resolution and with the graphics turned up to Ultra -- it's just Civ 5 that gives it the fits.

Hm. Maybe it's because I'm playing in DirectX 11 mode? I wonder if I'd have better luck changing to DX9.

 

[TheBB]

Oh my god, it's 10 parts.

 

[Rudimentos]

Thanks! And yes, I know.

I actually thought I had a GOOD computer. All the other games I play tend to be full-resolution and with the graphics turned up to Ultra -- it's just Civ 5 that gives it the fits.

Hm. Maybe it's because I'm playing in DirectX 11 mode? I wonder if I'd have better luck changing to DX9.

Well what are your specs?

 

[Arcamis]

Nice videos ! I love your enthusiasm

 

[Louis XXIV]

How much coffee did you have?

Actually, I'm really enjoying this. Your enthusiasm is pretty cool. I'll spare you on the history lesson (I'm in part one so far).

EDIT (a few hours late): OK, one history lesson. Dur actually does mean "fort of" (so you were right). There's an Assyrian city called Dur-Sharukkin that's the same way. I'm only on Part 7, but can't you save Great Scientists?

 

[Tanathos]

I love your playthrough so far (I'm at part 5). I especially like, as this is your first game, how you quickly go over the new fundamentals. I'm still waiting to get this game so this is a great way to tide the time. Thanks

 

[sun_nova]

Nice! I really like how you're so enthusiastic about playing the game, most LPers just sound bored while they're playing but you don't.

 

[Jehoshua]

Interesting set of videos.

I think though that you really need to get some workers down at Nippur and to build more military, Persia seems to have a number of soldiers to the north that could attack you and Napoleon always seems to be a badass and be very agressive. Looking too weak leaves your cultural victory on a knife-edge.

But overall your videos are great and i will definitely continue watching them once you put more up.

 

[BjoernLars]

Great idea to do the video! Brings a lot of life sharing of the game!

Can I ask what program you used to record this and edit the video?

Cheers!

 

[m0j0NL]

Saw the first 5 of youre vids, and really liked it, hope you do more playthroughs (of different games perhaps?) in the future.

Will continue .. when i get time since today Civ5 is released over here and Civ5 > Civ5 playthrough

Also liked the little bits of info you were sharing, like with the Bananas

 

[JayThomas]

Thanks for the very informative videos. Good work and quite a contribution to the community.

 

[Flexo1986]

Quill18 ... those videos were some of the best vids I've ever watched on YouTube srsly. You really have a talent for these walkthroughs

Please keep them coming!!!

PS: When are you going to upload the next batch of videos ... can't wait!!!

 

[quill18]

How much coffee did you have?

Actually, I'm really enjoying this. Your enthusiasm is pretty cool. I'll spare you on the history lesson (I'm in part one so far).

EDIT (a few hours late): OK, one history lesson. Dur actually does mean "fort of" (so you were right). There's an Assyrian city called Dur-Sharukkin that's the same way. I'm only on Part 7, but can't you save Great Scientists?

rofl -- no coffee! I'm more likely to be drinking some nice Glenfiddich instead.

I just watch a LOT of YouTube commentators and I always feel like the enthusiastic ones are the most entertaining, so I try to keep up my energy level.

And yes, you can save Great Scientists but at the time I hadn't thought of it on my own yet, nor had I been doing much reading on the forums here.

Thanks for the info on "Dur" btw!

 

[quill18]

Great idea to do the video! Brings a lot of life sharing of the game!

Can I ask what program you used to record this and edit the video?

Cheers!

I use Fraps to record and then I have some scripts I wrote that use mencoder to encode the file to a manageable size using x264. I don't usually actually *edit* the videos, but when I do I generally just use VirtualDub.

 

[quill18]

Quill18 ... those videos were some of the best vids I've ever watched on YouTube srsly. You really have a talent for these walkthroughs

Please keep them coming!!!

PS: When are you going to upload the next batch of videos ... can't wait!!!

Thanks a ton!!

I'm really itching to get back to this game and I'm hoping to play tonight and get it uploaded soon after. I would have had more up by now, but a large part of my subscriber base is present because of League of Legends so I always make sure to make a little time for that each week.

 

[civVaar]

Great job making these videos! They're so entertaining and enthusiastic. They also help people who need to procrastinate Keep them up!

 

[Flexo1986]

Thanks a ton!!

I'm really itching to get back to this game and I'm hoping to play tonight and get it uploaded soon after. I would have had more up by now, but a large part of my subscriber base is present because of League of Legends so I always make sure to make a little time for that each week.

You're welcome!

Have you considered making a Ustream channel where you would play the game live? I think that would be a nice addition besides YouTube.

PS: Please make some vids asap, I'll buy you that chocolate you were raving about

 

[mbye]

You really are talented at the commentating. I never imagined laughing about the history of bananas and the location of Brussels while watching someone play Civ5.