PC Jeux take on Civ 5

[Dragonlord]

Thanks, Gedemo ! I like this cover a lot !

In the third page there is a montage where we can see the editor in the bismarck suit holding the picklebob -or whatever it is called- in the left hand.

Pickelhaube

 

[Sindhforces]

Et alors !

 

[Yakk]

Next war doesn't have to be as cheesy as battlemechs.

Just have technologies that bring "near future" weapons into mass production.

Aerial Drones (better/cheaper bombers), Power Combat Armor troops (armor that lets the human carry more/move faster/etc), Orbital Nuclear Bombs (restricted by UN treaty), Thor (iron bars in orbit with retrorockets and fins), Robotic scouts (upgraded spies), Tailored Bioweapons (post-nuclear Armageddon weapon), Cybernetic Infantry (mixture of combat robotics and humans in the same unit), Missile interceptors (which render the nuclear age relatively obsolete)...

Going a bit more sci-fi, optical stealth technology on various kinds of units, hovertanks, genesoldiers, smart dust, upload troops could be pushed in, without having "giant walking mechs" show up.

 

[r_rolo1]

I could add supercavitation torpedoes / subs , smart armor ( that is already somewhat in Civ IV ), daisy cutters ( high TNT count non-nuclear device ) ...

What ticked me more was the changes they made to make a heavily damaged tank outperform a spear by a factor of 100 That might have huge implications for gameplay...

 

[Bonci]

More clarity in the drawing of detroits

what do you mean with detroits?
does it mean straits? (yay wikipedia)

 

[Sindhforces]

yes,straights ! thought it was the same in english.

 

[Koning]

I'm not sure. In fact, it appears to be a concept art for Bismarck that I misinterpreted. I'm sorry !

Give us Peter the great for Russia!

Interesting to read your summary, seems Civ5 will really different in gameplay than Civ4

 

[Thormodr]

Great article. The more I hear about CiV, the more I like it.

Whiners and complainers, what say ye?

 

[Gedemo]

what do you mean with detroits?
does it mean straits? (yay wikipedia)

détroit is like Gibraltar, between spain and morocco

 

[Yakk]

détroit is like Gibraltar, between spain and morocco

Gibralter is a rock.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/détroit
Using wikitionary, I get détroit == strait.

 

[The_J]

From translation forwards, backwards and a bit guessing i think, "detritus" is meant.

 

[Ahriman]

True, the city Detroit *is* basically detritus these days....

 

[Sindhforces]

Just because lame americans abandon their cities when things go wrong. Why not abandon them all and live in the woods ?

 

[fandamage]

Why not abandon them all and live in the woods ?

McSuburbs > Woods.

 

[cybrxkhan]

All of these features sound really good, except for the religion one, which, from what the article seems to say, sounds extremely Western-centric in my opinion - extremely. Oh well; guess you can't have everything!

 

[3 EMS]

From translation forwards, backwards and a bit guessing i think, "detritus" is meant.

detritus is little bits of organic material.

Gibralter Rock is a rock.
Gibralter Strait is the narrow body of water between the rock and Africa.

 

[Aussie_Lurker]

Yeah, I still want the separate religions in the game a la Civ4. The way this article describes it, its not very different from the Civ1-3 take on religion-Polytheism to Monotheism to Theocracy, as though its an automatic thing. The only difference is they're moving it from techs into the new Social Policy area. Not only is this approach still very Euro-centric, though, it also doesn't give religion nearly the level of importance it deserves IMO!

Aussie.

 

[Aussie_Lurker]

Also, if this article is correct, then the Social Policy thing sounds pretty *weak* compared to civics. Extremely under-developed IMO. I tell you, I'm not hearing much *good* news just yet .

Aussie.

 

[Quintillus]

No more "Spearmen defeated Tanks" since now an heavily damaged Tank will still be a hundred time more performing than an healthy Legion.[Off/HP]

That still gives the Legionnary a 0.99% chance. I'm sure someone will witness a with odds like that.

 

[Dale]

Battle-mechs? Research into the future?

Hmmm....... I'm going to hold off excitement till this is confirmed.