NiGHTS featured on RockPaperShotgun

[Pouakai]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/09/09/mods-and-ends-civilization-v-nights/

Well guys, good job. AFAIK, the first Civ 5 Mod to be featured on a gaming site.

It would be bold and incorrect to say that Civilisation NiGHTS eliminates all the problems with the AI but it does a damn good job. While there are still issues, over an entire game I find opponents to be more unpredictable, more difficult to box in and more believable. That’s a very good thing and tackles my three major complaints but it’s the parts that I didn’t want to change that impress me the most.

I said earlier that I loved policies. Now I adore them. There are seven branches now and over a 100 policies to choose from. Although you have to start from the bottom of each branch, they’re all open and picking one will never lock off another. This means a civilisation can change more dramatically over time, adapting to its new place as the political situation evolves. Crucially, players don’t need to decide which victory type they’re aiming for quite so early on in proceedings.

Not only is that a lot of new stuff but it’s been added with a high degree of polish. The tool-tips are accurate, and the policy screen looks professional while fitting the graphical style of the game. What’s more, whenever DLC or patches are added to the game, Civilisation NiGHTS is made to fit them, not just so that it doesn’t crash but so that anything new that requires tuning is integrated.

If you’ve been frustrated by Civ V, this may be your way back in. And if you’re enjoying the base game already, give this a try and you may well find you never want to go back to vanilla.

Great job everyone!

 

[Zyxpsilon]

Deserved it by bounds and leaps!
Now if only such guys could get their dirty hands on the DLL, asap.

 

[markusbeutel]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/09/09/mods-and-ends-civilization-v-nights/

Well guys, good job. AFAIK, the first Civ 5 Mod to be featured on a gaming site.

Great job everyone!

Thanks Pouakai - congrats to you as well, as a lot of your wonders are currently in the mod.

I should point out that numerous mods were featured on pcgamer when CIV V first came out though: http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/10/14/top-10-civilization-v-mods/

Most of them haven't been updated, though.

Deserved it by bounds and leaps!
Now if only such guys could get their dirty hands on the DLL, asap.

I'm looking forward to that day. Long time no see Zyxpsilon.

 

[V. Soma]

Congrats for the article, Markus!

 

[markusbeutel]

Congrats for the article, Markus!

Thanks. At first I thought the additional traffic to the sub-forum was some sort of weird bug until someone showed me the article.