Now to console some of the guys on staff. They were really hoping for Civilization Revolution II this year.
Civ V trailer lacks mind-blowing turn-based action sequences
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Feb 26th 2010 8:01PM
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Now to console some of the guys on staff. They were really hoping for Civilization Revolution II this year.
Reader Comments (31)
Posted: Feb 26th 2010 8:09PM Gandalf the Grey said
I've never really liked Civ, I think the Total War series has better battles and campaigns and that the Europa Universalis series has better grand strategy.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2010 8:36PM (Unverified) said
Do either of those let you declare beat up Americans with Sitting Bull or have Ghandi declare war on you, do they?!
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Posted: Feb 27th 2010 5:31AM Lucky The Fox said
What's with all the downvotes? Shadowfax had a perfectly valid opinion. If one wants pretty, big, tactical battles Total War is the best (only) choice, while Paradox's games are the deepest by a long shot. What Civ does right is having the biggest time-frame and the most variety, in addition to being the most polished, bug-free and with the most capable AI.
I personally play all three.
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I personally play all three.
Posted: Feb 27th 2010 6:09AM LaughingTarget said
It wasn't valid, it's irrelevant. It's like claiming Modern Warfare 2 is a better combat simulator. The Total War series and the Civilization series are not even in the same genre, let alone close enough to compare.
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Posted: Mar 10th 2010 5:22AM (Unverified) said
I can understand where Shadowfax is coming from (although I wonder how he types with hooves).
Europa Universalis is a far deeper civilization-sim but CIV has never really been that militarily strategic (build doom stack, move stack).
However I'm optimistic about the hex-based army formations - doom stacks suck!
We might actually see some military strategy in a CIV game and because of that, Shadowfax is perfectly right to bring up the Total War series - it's not really a fair comparison with CIV's past but it may very well be the sort of game he was looking for.
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Europa Universalis is a far deeper civilization-sim but CIV has never really been that militarily strategic (build doom stack, move stack).
However I'm optimistic about the hex-based army formations - doom stacks suck!
We might actually see some military strategy in a CIV game and because of that, Shadowfax is perfectly right to bring up the Total War series - it's not really a fair comparison with CIV's past but it may very well be the sort of game he was looking for.
Posted: Feb 26th 2010 8:11PM LaughingTarget said
Is it just me, or did I see Altaiir in that cinematic?
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Posted: Feb 26th 2010 8:12PM Halgrimur said
Oh dear Sid, you may have done it again!
Almost as long as you live you draw me in deeper and deeper with every single game! Civilization is definitely one of the greatest Turn-Based strategies ever, looking forward to spending most of my free time this Autumn on the Fifth installment.
I hope they kept Leonard Nimoy from the IV th games' opening, he was awesome.
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Almost as long as you live you draw me in deeper and deeper with every single game! Civilization is definitely one of the greatest Turn-Based strategies ever, looking forward to spending most of my free time this Autumn on the Fifth installment.
I hope they kept Leonard Nimoy from the IV th games' opening, he was awesome.
Posted: Feb 26th 2010 10:26PM fortunzfavor said
Any resemblance to SMAC is welcome. Honestly, slap an advanced AI on the same old SMACX, and I'd pay twice as much for it as I paid for Civ4.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2010 8:49PM (Unverified) said
Civ V, I must have you NOW. I'm ready to kiss away weeks of my life.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2010 10:31PM fortunzfavor said
Agreed. Sadly, SMAC rights are like coal in CivIII -- it's in the wrong fraking place and Sid apparently doesn't have enough furs, wines, gems and incense to woo it away from EA. I'm sure Sid is building armies of tanks as we speak to go take it back, but what without railroads that he can't build without coal, the game will be over before he can get them in position.
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Posted: Feb 26th 2010 8:55PM RudyHuxtable said
*fap fap*
I shall miss you, Mr. Nimoy, but I've found someone else.
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I shall miss you, Mr. Nimoy, but I've found someone else.
Posted: Feb 26th 2010 9:15PM Korova Pamplona said
I'm just gonna second your whole comment.
Too bad I am going to have to wait for a year for it to be ported to Mac.
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Too bad I am going to have to wait for a year for it to be ported to Mac.
Posted: Feb 26th 2010 9:57PM xddga said
I feel like I just watched every discovery channel documentary on past civilizations and cultures crammed into one min and a half segment. Think they should just make the first guy voice everything in that game. either that or james earl jones.
But yeah, can't freakin' wait. Why must you tempt us!?
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But yeah, can't freakin' wait. Why must you tempt us!?
Posted: Feb 27th 2010 4:24AM (Unverified) said
Would have been awesome to have the voice of alan rickman instead! he has such an up lifting voice!
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Posted: Feb 28th 2010 12:24PM RvInfinite said
"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested."
- Sir Francis Bacon
Civ 5, I will &*$# the (*@# out of you.
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- Sir Francis Bacon
Civ 5, I will &*$# the (*@# out of you.
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