Civ V - Gods and Kings Pre-Order

[TheCommandTent]

Depends are for the week. I got me a nice supply of old wooden catheters.

Everything is loaded...fired it up just to see the opening cinematic. Impressive.

Are there tutorials? Have to get up in 5 hours so I can't play right now but tomorrow...oh yes.

Glad to see you finally pulled the trigger.  :)

I believe there are tutorials but I don't think I did them so I am not sure how good they are.  In your first game you can set it so your advisers will pop up with helpful hints until you get the hang of it and then you can turn them off.

I can't remember if you said you've played Civ before, but if so you won't really need the tutorials.  The Civopedia or one of us could answer any questions you have.

[bayonetbrant]

if you've played any civ game, you'll get everything but the cultural improvements.  that'll take you an extra 5 minutes to pick up.

[Gusington]

The last Civ game I played in depth was Civ II on the *gasp* original Playstation in 1998.

[bayonetbrant]

^ yeah, OK - find the tutorials then.

If you'd played stuff since then you'd be fine.

[Gusington]

I played a little Civ IV modded with 'Phro over the course of a few months but never in any depth.

Ironically it was the great time I had with Warlock that got me in the mood to get Civ V.

[Martok]

Sonofa... 


Now *I'm* suddenly wanting to get this game -- a STEAM game, for cryin' out loud!  What the hell did you guys do to me??

Tom Chick thinks "Gods & Kings adds gods and spies instead of fixing Civilization V."

As for what the guys did to you, don't feel bad--I bit the bullet when Warlock: Master of the Arcane was released and installed Steam in order to play it. Then I caught Civ5 on sale and bought it also. A bit later it was Magicka and Swords of the Stars II. Tonight I picked up Empire and Napoleon Total War for $8.99 from GamersGate. I still don't like having to use a 3rd party program in order to play a game I purchased. It reminds me of when Windows 95 came out and everyone was pretty much forced to use it instead of DOS.

I don't know if the fact you've succumbed to Steam as well makes feel better or worse.  :P  At the very least, though, I think I'll hate myself a little less... 

Back on topic, I do not plan to buy the Gods and Kings expansion for Civ5. I don't hate the game like Tom Chick does, but I don't feel that it is as much fun as previous Civ games. Plus I dislike espionage in the Civ game series.

I still go back and forth between getting Civ V or Civ IV.  I've always heard good things about the latter. 

[Barthheart]

Sonofa... 


Now *I'm* suddenly wanting to get this game -- a STEAM game, for cryin' out loud!  What the hell did you guys do to me??

Tom Chick thinks "Gods & Kings adds gods and spies instead of fixing Civilization V."

As for what the guys did to you, don't feel bad--I bit the bullet when Warlock: Master of the Arcane was released and installed Steam in order to play it. Then I caught Civ5 on sale and bought it also. A bit later it was Magicka and Swords of the Stars II. Tonight I picked up Empire and Napoleon Total War for $8.99 from GamersGate. I still don't like having to use a 3rd party program in order to play a game I purchased. It reminds me of when Windows 95 came out and everyone was pretty much forced to use it instead of DOS.

I don't know if the fact you've succumbed to Steam as well makes feel better or worse.  :P  At the very least, though, I think I'll hate myself a little less... 

Back on topic, I do not plan to buy the Gods and Kings expansion for Civ5. I don't hate the game like Tom Chick does, but I don't feel that it is as much fun as previous Civ games. Plus I dislike espionage in the Civ game series.

I still go back and forth between getting Civ V or Civ IV.  I've always heard good things about the latter.

Gett'em both. Civ IV should be real cheap these days. They are different enough as to be different games. Both are good in their own right.
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[OJsDad]

I still go back and forth between getting Civ V or Civ IV.  I've always heard good things about the latter.

I still don't have either one.  It doesn't look like Civ V support PBEM, but IV does, perhaps you and I should get IV Complete and start a PBEM game.

[Gusington]

I tried and could not get into IV, but that was only in modded multiplayer.

I am going to dive in to Civ V all properlike with an ultramegatremendous single player campaign and make sure the sun never sets on the British Empire.

[Martok]

Gett'em both. Civ IV should be real cheap these days. They are different enough as to be different games. Both are good in their own right.
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So I've heard.  :) 

However, Civ IV does have one noticeable leg up (for me), which is that it doesn't require Steam.  That alone might tip the balance for me. 

I still go back and forth between getting Civ V or Civ IV.  I've always heard good things about the latter.

I still don't have either one.  It doesn't look like Civ V support PBEM, but IV does, perhaps you and I should get IV Complete and start a PBEM game.

I think I might be down for that.  Would need to do some SP first, though, I think, as I've never really played any of the previous iterations (believe it or not!).  Unless you were thinking co-op? 

[Gusington]

I just played through all the Civ V tutorials. It's almost 3am. I think I have a winner here. And now tomorrow (or...later today) I can start a real campaign.

*passes out*

[bayonetbrant]

I just played through all the Civ V tutorials. It's almost 3am.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqyUAtzS_6M

[TheCommandTent]

I just played through all the Civ V tutorials. It's almost 3am.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqyUAtzS_6M

Not about Civ V but everyone here should appreciate this.

Hitler decides to play a game of Civ IV with his friends Stalin, Hirohito, and De Gaulle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUg3vJewyP0

[Gusington]

I am pretty certain I am going with the English as my first campaign. Which faction do you all enjoy?

[bayonetbrant]

^^
I've won with the French and Arabia
Played the French a lot, and Rome

With the new G&K expansion, I'm playing the Celts, b/c I can!

I also enjoyed playing with the Inca (DLC w/ base Civ V)