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Civilization V GOTY edition coming up but be warned
BlindZenDriver
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I'm sure this will be market soon but there are three things you need to know before deciding to invest.
1. This game is flawed. There have been lost of patches put out but there are still major problems with the AI and also plenty of crash problems. So before buying look in the forums at http://forums.2kgames.com/forumdisplay.php?74-Civilization-V-General-Discussion and at http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=375
2. The game manual has so far not been updated so it matches the many patches so there has been put out which impacts the quality of gaming. Basically you may for instance plan to build some unit only to find it has unexpected weaknesses or some wonder may have been made almost useless.
3. The game requires Steam so playing without being online is a pain (and on the original boxed version that was not said so in clear language on the box).
1. This game is flawed. There have been lost of patches put out but there are still major problems with the AI and also plenty of crash problems. So before buying look in the forums at http://forums.2kgames.com/forumdisplay.php?74-Civilization-V-General-Discussion and at http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=375
2. The game manual has so far not been updated so it matches the many patches so there has been put out which impacts the quality of gaming. Basically you may for instance plan to build some unit only to find it has unexpected weaknesses or some wonder may have been made almost useless.
3. The game requires Steam so playing without being online is a pain (and on the original boxed version that was not said so in clear language on the box).
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A game has problems every other strategy game/steam game in history has had.
Thanks for making a brand new post to let us know.
Steam ID : rwb36, Twitter : Werezompire,
Well superfluous threads aside, I actually can't remember any AAA strategy game with as blatantly abysmal AI as Civ V...
...it's quite game breaking (or at least made me stop playing) which leaves multiplayer the only option... only, play by e-mail insn't supported anymore and the networking code is apparently very buggy and no units are animated (which imo makes it quite difficult to see what is going on, especially after battles).
What manual are you talking about here? The pdf version?
But yeah, the game is still about as flawed as it was in the release - AI and MP is still sketchy. You don't have to hate the game to want to warn people.
What sort of trauma was inflicted to make someone to start a new thread solely to "warn" people about a game of the year edition?
As a counterpoint, Civ 5 has been patched several times, the AI and balance is much better, and it's now a very good game that I'd recommend to any Civ fan. You know, in exactly the same way Civ 4 was tweaked and patched repeatedly to make it work when it launched in a bad, broken state.
Seriously people - I am very sorry starting a new thread is offending but I suggest getting over it.
The reason I post is that it's likely the GOTY edition will see some marketing and in contrast to most games having there problems fixed by GOTY time that is not the case this time.
As for the manual there are extra reasons to mention it in this case. For most games the patches will fix errors but not really touch game rules but this is not the case here which will make things confusing. Also with the original release it was promised that not delivering a printed manual was partly because it would be updated which has not happened and this goes for both the full manual in pdf-form and the in game thing which is updated a little but hugely flawed.
Finally I don't hate Civ V. But I am disappointed in the quality - in my opinion they started selling the game in a beta stage and since then they have spend more effort doing costly DLC than they have fixing the problems. Sure I could have kept that to my self but surely it is relevant info in this place. Note - I have not just posted some dribble I have brought attention to an issue and linked to info so anyone can form their own opinion.
Because I think there may be a fair bit of rose colored glasses going on here.
What does the GotY edition include beyond the game itself? Expansions?
According to the press release it includes most of but not all of the DLC.
Edit: Which according to the forum post linked in the surprisingly cranky OP, means no Korea or Ancient Wonders DLC.
They haven't even announced that they're working on one
Now, an Alpha Centauri expansion. That would hit the spot.
Still, if this was to show up in a Steam sale, then I would be all over it.
You're a weekend too late...
It's not out yet!
I've never been able to get past the first turn in a multiplayer game (over LAN or internet) and in single player skirmishes I crash pretty consistently (even on small maps with few computer opponents) after the renaissance era (once the really long turns start) without fail despite having 8Gb and a video card and processor that runs everything modern at high or medium settings. My rig handles other games fine and I rarely get the slew of problems most people have with new games, but Civ V is a black sheep. It's unplayable.
I love the game, but I can't be bothered to play it and worry about saving constantly and/or restarting the application every 2 hours to avoid crashes that may happen anyway.
Steam: Jacobontap
LoL: FutureBlues
As for the 'this guy' thing, I do that a lot with people, it wasn't anything personal. In short, 'I suggest getting over it.' ;-)
As evidenced by what? You need to show us something to prove this, not just say, "The game glitches when I play" or "I don't enjoy it." You're confusing fact and opinion there.
Most manuals for PC games contain clauses that updates to the game can invalidate things mentioned in the manual. I'm willing to bet this is the case for Civ V. Don't bother answering and telling me, "NUH UH," I'm gonna wait for someone else to mention it because I'm not taking your word on anything.
It's fine to not like a game. But when you jump in and say "WARNING, WARNING," people look at your opinion different. Especially since you're the thread maker. Furthermore, instead of apologizing for being aggressive in your opinion in the wake of many people here saying things are fine, contrary to what you say, you tackle it harder.
Curious, have you contacted tech support, given over your Direct X diag dump, etc?
Well, if we're tossing out "it didn't crash for me" anecdotal evidence- It did crash for me, many times. High end computer, everything up to date, blah blah.
It seems like they've shifted from the Civ IV expansion model to a smaller-scale DLC model for Civ V, but maybe when they run out of scenarios and civilizations to add they'll add some new gameplay aspects.
It hasn't crashed for me.
I haven't actually tried to run the game yet though.
When a buddy and I were trying to get multiplayer working, I googled our problem (computer players never complete their first turn) and ended up with a few dead end forum threads and after that I just didn't bother. I haven't played it much since I lost two or three games I was pretty far along in because I forgot to save.
Steam: Jacobontap
LoL: FutureBlues
You didn't have any autosaves? Did you turn that feature off?
Steam: MightyPotatoKing
Apparently they were causing "problems" so they just removed the animations. Removed them.
Seriously, I couldn't believe that when I saw that.