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[quote who="Melamine" reply="200" id="2781159"] Quoting dragoaskani, reply 198If a Steamworks game is updated, you cannot choose to play the old version. You must update the game. Not 100% true. If your game is set up on offline mode it won't update until the next time you go to online mod. A small difference, yet it is there. True, but only if you expect the update in advance and go into offline mode to avoid it. I forgot about that workaround.[/quote] Actually, in the

Tomorrow is the day. [e digicons]:beer:[/e]

Here is a 13 min video with a little bit of everything in it. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/civilizationv/video/6275453/sid-meiers-civilization-v--video-walk-through?&tag=stitialclk%3Bgamespace#toggle_video

I took a $10 off preorder sale at D2D for Civ5. I regret that now. Should have paid the extra $10 for the manual and bought it at the store. Of course D2D had the non-refundable offer due to offering Civ3 with it. Last time I preorder from them. Oh well, no real big deal.

Couldn't you turn that win option off?

Magic will be 11% more elemental

[quote quoting="post"] I feel we owe him, and the rest of the people working very hard to make this an awesome game, an apology and need to own up to our own mistakes as fans of Stardock games. [/quote] I don't really get this. They work and produce a game. I pay them. I do not owe them a thing, especially an apology.

I never care for multiplayer in these sorts of slow long TBS games.

[quote who="phazonfreak" reply="7" id="2760096"]Why did you post this embarrassing piece of game journalism? I like GameStar, but their review of Elemental is despicable and ignorant of a lot of issues the game has at the moment. There are even some claims in the final verdict that are downright false.[/quote] You need to learn that reviews are opinions, and accept them as such. Not everything bugs people in the same way. Just because you do not agree with an opinion does not make it

[quote who="dragoaskani" reply="28" id="2759148"]...its pretty boring to play and the UI is god awful, worse ui I have ever dealt with. [/quote] That's saying something for FF games [e digicons]^_^[/e]

Yep, the city defense did sound cool. I always wanted more of a war game experience in Civ, and this one sounds like it will deliver. As far as the AI goes, it always cheated so bad that I don't doubt it will handle it. Also, not to mention those graphics look pretty impressive for a civ game. The only drawback I noticed is the typical 2k DLC nick-and-dime to death strategy. An extra $10 for the digital special edition which has the Babylonians. Yea, I don't think so. Missing a few co

I will own both. I preordered Civ5 once I heard that combat is going to be more like panzer general. I played so much Civ2 that I couldn't stand to play much of Civ3 or 4, even though I own both once they went on sale for very cheap.

Your Porcipinee looks a bit worried, and not confident like the original. She looks like my wife after I tell her about one of my brilliant ideas.

[quote who="Fuzzy Logic" reply="182" id="2758540"]I don't understand how you can be close to this game, play it, and not see how serious the problems are.[/quote] As a programmer, I can tell you from first hand experience that UI's can get quite quirky and cumbersome, and not be a problem for the person who wrote it. I had a friend from years back that would love to throw everything on one dialog. It would make sense to him, but everyone else would go "Wtf!? what the heck am I suppose

[quote who="TroubledWaters" reply="37" id="2756950"] Quoting Qyth, reply 36I got it for $40. I've put Elemental up for now. Playing Tropico 3's expansion from the current sale while I wait for my Civ5 pre-order. I will get back to Elemental now and then. This is a great idea. I bought Tropico 3 from a sale on D2D, do you have any idea if the expansion will work with that? I've already been burned by Impulse's copy of Oblivion not being compatible with some mods, so

Good luck to those getting laid off. Hope everything works out.

I got it for $40. I've put Elemental up for now. Playing Tropico 3's expansion from the current sale while I wait for my Civ5 pre-order. I will get back to Elemental now and then.

That was brutal self honesty by Brad.

The AI seems a bit brain dead at times.

Guess I will grab the demo for it and check it out. The reason I haven't looked at it before is that I immediately see EU / HOI and think buggy paradox game.

[quote who="joasoze" reply="147" id="2748852"]I dont get the people here claiming that CIV IV is worse than the previous games. CIV III towards endgame became more and more boring with micromanagement and very slow performance. The maintenance/corruption model was hopless too. CIV IV AI was pretty good after a while in my opinion. CIV IV is the game I have played the most and that says something for a 38 year old gamer [/quote] Civ2 was my favorite. I have long h

[quote who="rwemack" reply="20" id="2749304"] Or vice versa? The best example I can think of is a Cheetah. It would have really high sprint, but I'm not sure how much ground it could cover in a day (assuming it was motivated) [/quote] Well, a cheetah should definitely have it's movement slowed by a short sword.

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I am half-tempted to get the Tropico 3 expansion. Holding off thinking that EWOM + Civ5 soon will mean not much play time for it.

It's magic, which trumps any attempt at bringing logic to bear on it. [e digicons]:digichet:[/e]