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[Galava]

Funnily enough, the last two entries also didn't become great until their second expansion came out (Beyond The Sword made Civ 4 legendary, and Brave New World is so different from vanilla Civ 5 it's almost a completely different experience).

Funny how Beyond Earth gets skipped. It wasn't a good game...

 

[Mac the KNife]

huh, I had no issues with it on my 5 year old laptop

there's also strategic view in the worst case scenarios

It's not bad at the beginning of a game but it really chugs in the late game with a lot of units in play. And if you've got a lot of city states, fuggit about it.

 

[dude]

Over 500~ hours in Civ 5.
I am ready for this shit.

 

[Joco]

Yeah I'm liking those graphics a lot more than the art deco style of Civ V.

Not too surprised at the release timing. Civ V launched all the way back in 2010.

 

[TemplaerDude]

here's a compressed screen of my latest session on high

definitely looks better imo

Where's the wall?

 

[Psychoward]

Where's the wall?

In progress

 

[mclem]

Interesting how they say early encounters will be "primitive", can't wait for the early conversation trees where George Washington threatens to beat my head in with a rock.

"Our words are backed by SHARPENED TWIGS"

 

[Tu101uk]

Err...isn't that exactly what I posted?

You mentioned all expansions, I was merely arguing that the second expansion of each were the ones that pushed them to greatness (Warlords in Civ 4 was kinda underwhelming, and iirc Gods and Kings only introduced espionage? in fact wasn't it completely skippable?)

EDIT...

Funny how Beyond Earth gets skipped. It wasn't a good game...

Wasn't it more of a spinoff though? Like Colonization (both old and new versions), Alpha Centauri and even Call to Power? I lump it with that lot rather than a mainline entry.

 

[QFNS]

Yeah what the hell is that artstyle? Is this game coming to mobile too?

 

[DEO3]

I have put far more hours into the the Civilization series than any other that I can think of, so the announcement of a new one is a pretty fucking big deal for me. I can't even process this at the moment.

 

[Askherserenity]

We need a gameplay video after seeing those screens.

It looks a bit off...

 

[Maledict]

You mentioned all expansions, I was merely arguing that the second expansion of each were the ones that pushed them to greatness (Warlords in Civ 4 was kinda underwhelming, and iirc Gods and Kings only introduced espionage? in fact wasn't it completely skippable?)

Gods and kings introduced religions which were huge. They got added into the base game with the release of Brave New World though.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

It's not bad at the beginning of a game but it really chugs in the late game with a lot of units in play. And if you've got a lot of city states, fuggit about it.

Oh this does happen to me too.

I always run a medium amount of city-states/enemy nations rather than large/huge maps like I want to. Sacrifices I make I guess.

 

[Psychoward]

You mentioned all expansions, I was merely arguing that the second expansion of each were the ones that pushed them to greatness (Warlords in Civ 4 was kinda underwhelming, and iirc Gods and Kings only introduced espionage? in fact wasn't it completely skippable?)

God's and Kings introduced/overhauled the Religion system as well. Iirc you get the new mechanical updates if you buy BNW alone but don't get the Civs gods and kings brought

 

[Gojeran]

Hells yes!! Unexpectedly awesome.

 

[HellofaMouse]

Itll still take years untill its better than civ5 with all expansions tho

 

[XiaNaphryz]

You mentioned all expansions, I was merely arguing that the second expansion of each were the ones that pushed them to greatness (Warlords in Civ 4 was kinda underwhelming, and iirc Gods and Kings only introduced espionage? in fact wasn't it completely skippable?)

The later expansions turned out the way they did because of the earlier ones...if they didn't exist, the later ones could easily have turned out to be something different and may not have been as good as some of the stuff in them could have gone into a later one instead.

Also, Gods and Kings re-introduced religion.

 

[marvelharvey]

October will be SO busy:

-final milestone of my current game-dev project
-my 2nd kid will be born
-Battlefield 1
-AND NOW CIVI?

How will I ever sleep?

 

[TheRealTalker]

YES!!!!!!

even though I am still playing Civ5 non stop

even more YES!!!!!! after all the expansions comes out for it

 

[lucebuce12]

October will be SO busy:

-final milestone of my current game-dev project
-my 2nd kid will be born
-Battlefield 1
-AND NOW CIVI?

How will I ever sleep?

It's pretty simple.

Spoiler

You won't.

 

[Tu101uk]

The later expansions turned out the way they did because of the earlier ones...if they didn't exist, the later ones could easily have turned out to be something different and may not have been as good as some of the stuff in them could have gone into a later one instead.

Also, Gods and Kings re-introduced religion.

Fair point, and yeah I keep forgetting religion wasn't in vanilla... :V

 

[crazyprac]

I'll wait for game of the year edition. Used to buy day 1 but recent iterations soured me.

 

[Spl1nter]

Well those screenshots are extremely discouraging after the utter disappointment of beyond earth.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Alright, I thought the complaints about the graphics/artstyle were overblown. And then I checked screenshots from playing Civ4.

What the hell.

 

[dramatis]

Trailer's good, let's see some gameplay soon.

 

[Lister]

out of nowhere. I never played 5

Whaaa?? Play it! With all expansions though

 

[Fantomas]

Oh lord yes! I was just thinking about how awesome it would be if Civ VI was announced at E3, but it looks like my wish came true early!

 

[Meowster]

I just got off my obsession with Civ - LOL. Will definitely be getting it.

 

[KenzinFive]

Not sure how I feel about the new artstyle, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

I really, really hope they have a UI that's easier to read for couch gaming though. The Steam Controller is great for Civ V, but my gaming PC is connected to my TV. I had to mod the font in Civ V to make it bigger, and it ends up spilling out of the text boxes.

 

[Delicious Waffles]

Comes out on my birthday. I think I know what I'm getting myself.

 

[verbatimo]

Looks way too colorful/cartoony to my taste.

I prefer like how Civ IV looks.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Love that it's still hex and love that they are still doing 1UPT essentially.

I've got a bit over a year to upgrade my PC now, I don't buy Civ games until at least the first expansion is out. I use Civ as the metric for my PC.

 

[Dinda]

Seems like they watched that Mass Effect Andromeda Trailer a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn98FdSg-Fo

 

[Luq]

Beyond Earth bites the dust then... too bad, I really loved the sci-fi setting and hoped they will somehow "fix" and expand this game.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

Oh lord yes! I was just thinking about how awesome it would be if Civ VI was announced at E3, but it looks like my wish came true early!

 

[Justin]

Still waiting for the Throne Room to return

 

[Gjerven]

Not feeling the art direction they have taken.

It's not bad at the beginning of a game but it really chugs in the late game with a lot of units in play. And if you've got a lot of city states, fuggit about it.

Oh this does happen to me too.

I always run a medium amount of city-states/enemy nations rather than large/huge maps like I want to. Sacrifices I make I guess.

Can't you just turn off movement and battle animations? The animations is what took a long time for me, turning them off made each turn go rather fast.

 

[TheTrain]

UWOTM8
Give me a break, that's fantastic

 

[TatteredHat]

Eh, I'm not feeling that artstyle at all though.

 

[Itachi87]

The art style reminds me of Civ Revolution. I always get so excited when a new Civ game comes out. I still remember getting burn with Civ5 at launch; though the game is legitimately great now w/ patches and expansions.

 

[lukeskymac]

I'm optimistic on the new aesthetic. What I'm not so optimistic on is Multiplayer. I gifted Civ V CE to FIVE friends and we ended up dropping it quickly because of desync and latency issues making the game unbearable to play. Fix that shit, Firaxis.

Edit: I also hope that the simplified aesthetic means that the average map size is increased to compensate for the sprawl.

 

[Anno]

Man what a year it could be for strategy games. Stellaris already off to a hot start, Total Warhammer looking good, HoI4 around the corner, now a new mainline Civ game that looks nice. Endless Space 2 sometime later this year I think? And the MoO reboot looking decent in EA. Good lord.

 

[Semblance]

Oh man. The addiction will be real, again.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Well there goes my entire winter.

 

[Effect]

Excellent!!!

Also why doesn't Valve just lower the damn price of the controller already?

 

[Aaron D.]

Those screenshots can't be real.

Civ V looks better.

Woof.

Spoiler

Will still buy Day One.

 

[Zafir]

Nice, hopefully it turns out better than Beyond Earth. Wasn't too bad but was a disappointment in comparison to V.

The Steam price can fuck right off though. £50 for the normal edition. Outrageous!

 

[xVodevil]

This surprise... oh man. Bring it on!!!

 

[Simon Belmont]

Granted, a lot of that is idle time.

 

[OnionPowder]

I'm digging the art style actually

Looks low spec friendly which I like