What do you think about the replay function?

[MoonFlare]

It doesn't look good imo. The window is too small. It takes up only half of the screen. The map is small and not too informative. The fonts are small too.
In "graphs" there is a pointer. For what? To point something specific in those graphs? It doesn't work that way. It has no purpose.
There sure is a lot of info for those graphs. It's hilarious how many options there are.
Why are maps and text messages separated? To confuse me? It should be in one option so they will show the replay simultaneously!

 

[sav]

Yeah, the Civ4 replay was awesome, not sure how they managed to screw up the Civ5 one so badly.

 

[moysturfurmer]

&& the civ borders extend over the ocean.

 

[MoonFlare]

Yeah, the Civ4 replay was awesome, not sure how they managed to screw up the Civ5 one so badly.

It looks like a work of some reject IT student and not of a professional programmer who is familiar with Civ games. They rushed it...where did i see that before in Civ5?

 

[jdog5000]

I will say that I prefer it to not having one at all ... but I agree it's not as nice as it should be.

 

[eris]

As someone who was very much looking forward to it, I was very much underwhelmed. I agree with the assessment that it looks more like a student assignment cobbled together for a last minute homework deadline than anything a professional would be proud to be paid for. I wouldn't have let it out through QA compared to the style look and feel of the rest of Civ V. It really suffers in that comparison.

 

[apocalypse105]

Well to put it simply : I espected a lot more from it but its ok....

 

[Sonereal]

It's complete garbage. They should've just used the one from CivIV. In CivV, they separated the messages from the map and SOMEHOW the map is smaller than the CivIV one which had the messages on the side.

 

[I_qua_I]

I agree with what's already been said. The replay (especially the map replay) was the thing I missed most for a very long time. I do, like eris, prefer what we got to nothing and was very underwhelmed. I actually rarely ever have any interest in playing since that dissapointment.

 

[jtb1127]

I think it took them way too long to add a feature that the previous civ games had. Rather silly in my opinion.

 

[Skwink]

Firaxis: Heres the newest version of Civilization. Have fun! It was a lot of work, but it's ready!

People: It doesn't have replay!!! We want replay! We want replay!

Firaxis: Here's replay. Have fun!

People: The replay sucks!

Firaxis: What do you people want?


After all they do for you, you still manage to complain about it. You guys should be happy to have replay.

 

[MoonFlare]

Firaxis: Heres the newest version of Civilization. Have fun! It was a lot of work, but it's ready!

People: It doesn't have replay!!! We want replay! We want replay!

Firaxis: Here's replay. Have fun!

People: The replay sucks!

Firaxis: What do you people want?


After all they do for you, you still manage to complain about it. You guys should be happy to have replay.

So much irony in that. You win
Is there hope that they will will fix it? Nope.

 

[Montov]

Replay is ok. I love the map; graphs are nice; messages useless.
The pointer of the mouse at the graphs are weird, and I hoped it would contain detailed information, or a way to zoom in. Luckily InfoAddict already satisfies my need for graphs, and I believe the Replay functionality is helping the creator of that mod to improve the mod.

 

[Sonereal]

Firaxis: Heres the newest version of Civilization. Have fun! It was a lot of work, but it's ready!

People: It doesn't have replay!!! We want replay! We want replay!

Firaxis: Here's replay. Have fun!

People: The replay sucks!

Firaxis: What do you people want?


After all they do for you, you still manage to complain about it. You guys should be happy to have replay.

They should still be happy I'm sticking around after putting out a replay inferior to the replay from CivIV in every possible way. If you're going to add something to a game, don't half-ass it.