Civilization VII

[undercovergeek]

^I'm actually re-installing Civ VI now to try it out again. I've played only about 22 hours of it and barely remember it at all, other than not liking the extremely cartoony look of most of the graphics. I may pick up some heavily discounted DLCs if I feel differently about it this time.

I am guilty of this in all civs except 2 - as a completionist nerd I buy it, play one game n a relatively easy level, win, tick that box and move on - it's hard to say wether it's the games fault or mine for not wanting to go back - in this advent of uncompleteable grand strategy open ended games I usually play I always come back or restart and go again because there's no end to try and achieve - of the games I do own with a fairly achievable end goal - civ, koh2 I've beaten them and never returned

I will follow gus' example and see if I can go back to civ 6

[Gusington]

^Heh about a year ago I beat KoH2 as Croatia (!!) May play as the Mamluks or Fatimids or Abbasids soon.

Firing up Civ VI right now to see if my taste have changed and if the $9.62US  is worth it to complete my Civ VI set.

[Gusington]

...still too cartoony to me. Oh well. 

[undercovergeek]

...still too cartoony to me. Oh well. 

You're going to make me learn nebulous fleet command aren't you?

I have endless space 2 and all the updates on the back burner too

[steve58]

I'm going to reserve judgement until I see some gameplay videos.  Supposed to be some in August.

[rss334]

Be curious to know peoples thoughts on knights of honor 2, new kingdoms game, crusader kings or eu4 vs civ.   Yes every game is different and unique which is the preferred groghead game?  I keep seeing posts about knights of honor 2 being complex but everytime I look at it seems like a watered down version of paradox and matrix games.  Unless Civ 7 offers something in this direction, not sure I'd buy it, like many here I own civ 6 and don't play it much.

[Anguille]

I've never been a fan of CIV V (can't really say why) but liked CIV VI a lot (even though i think that some things are too complex). I look forward to CIV VII.

[Gusington]

^Heh I'm just the opposite.

KoH2 is more complex than it initially appears and several huge patches since release have made it better.

Field of Glory: Kingdoms is very complex and very groggy:

https://grogheads.com/review/21351

[undercovergeek]

...still too cartoony to me. Oh well. 

Reinstalled and gave it a spin this morning - it was 11am, and then it was 1415 - time just disappeared and enjoyed every minute - can't remember if I'm doing well or not - as usual the whole religion, culture, artists thing has passed me by and I'm just building what I need and making more cities

[Gusington]

^You tempting Civ strumpet...

[undercovergeek]

^You tempting Civ strumpet...

I'd forgotten all about the pure joy of having war declared on me and taking the moral high ground and deciding to wipe the aggressor of the map - Rome attacked, Rome is going down and their asshole friends the Germans

Having a great game - I'm leading on all fronts except faith

Im suzerin of Jerusalem and marching on Rome with their catapults

[Gusington]

What difficulty are you playing at?

[undercovergeek]

What difficulty are you playing at?

Prince - which since civ2 is the highest I've ever played on but apparently it's the default 'normal' setting

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Yes, yes, yes....but when are we going to play Nebulizing Fleet Command?

[bruce205]

Alpha Centauri from 1999 blows ALL the Civ games out of the water ! Who agrees ? Or tell me why I'm wrong. Love Civ 4 but Alpha Centauri is the best !