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| Civilization V Review by Denny |  | | PC Review: Montezuma is still an arse. | | [View Article] |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:41 am Post subject: |
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Always Monty. Friday will be a good day.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:42 am Post subject: |
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*arm pump* YES! Nice review, it makes the anticipation even harder. And seriously, Montezuma is such a pain!
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No Mac love yet = 
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You didn't mention the new notification system? Rather than the camera jumping around and forcing you to deal with events, you get a list of items to click and deal with at your leisure. Sounds great to me as I always end up on a tangent after the start of a new turn and forget what I needed to do.
How can you call Sins turn based? The game is completely devoid of an end-turn button. It's more a realtime 4X strategy game. I'll let Total War slide though, since I enjoy the grand campaign view more than the real time battles =)
Some examples of turn-based strategy you could have used: Advance Wars, Age of Wonders, Galactic Civilizations, Greed Corp, Battle Isle, Massive Assault, Master of Orion, Heroes of Might and Magic and Disciples
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^Well I mentioned that Sins is a bit of a hybrid as its core mechanics are heavily influenced by Turn Based Strategy, and it certainly does give off a turn based kind of vibe.
Honestly the notification system didn't really make me go "HOLY CRAP BIG CHANGE". It's a nice addition but more a subtle one I feel. It can still flick you around a bit though, particularly in some combat scenarios.
And I TOTALLY forgot about Heroes of Might and Magic. I haven't played one since number 2, but yeah that game was pretty bad-ass back in the day.
This is far more bad-ass though.
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| Denny wrote: | And I TOTALLY forgot about Heroes of Might and Magic. I haven't played one since number 2, but yeah that game was pretty bad-ass back in the day.
This is far more bad-ass though. |
Play HoMM3 before you say what's more bad-ass. ;)
While I personally preferred #2, most people regard #3 as the pinnacle of the series.
Of course, I'll be looking to get Civ 5, but given that I have a backlog of games I'll likely wait for a Steam sale.
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So did anyone pick this up yet?
I just played the demo from Steam...
1.5 hours later it boots me out saying I've had enough...
The first hit is always free...
Now this site's background is there...
Taunting me...
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Ah that was great fun.
Just finished my first game.
Small, Continents, Washington, Diplomatic Victory, Rank 7
I had the damn Siamese expanding like wildfire on my northern border, and insisting on creating god knows how many units, massing them on my border, then attacking.
I had focused on science, and thankfully, despite having little to no military, managed to hold them off with my superior development.
He then made peace, and declared war again 3 more times...
Meanwhile I've made allies with several city states, and expanded over a few continents, researches future tech like 8 times, and despite a late push for cultural victory, I settled for Diplomatic with enough votes from my allied city states.
Epic fun.
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