Civilization 6

[yzb25]

Is coming out in a few days. Anyone here into that? I'll probably be getting it a few weeks after it comes out.

A minimally-organized FFA with community members could be nice. But war-fearing cowards can get rekt.

[Never Unlucky]

$80 for a game that aesthetically looks like a downgrade from Civ 5 is too much. Don't think I'll buy it before it drops in the 20-30 dollar range.

I would be down for a Civ 5 FFA per contra :P

(I'm a bit of a noob. I play on level 6/8.)

[PLZLEAVEDUCKK]

whats the appeal of civ 5?

Should I buy it?

[MattZed]

I am a Firaxis fanboy. Very much looking forward to Civ6.

[Never Unlucky]

whats the appeal of civ 5?

Should I buy it?

It's for the nerds who want to play strategy games but can't reach anything close to 150+ apm. It's tbs and much more slow-paced than wc3 or sc2. Don't know if that is for you.

I got the game and all its DLCs for $12.89 in some Steam special sale. Not too expensive for the 200+ hours I've put into it.

[PLZLEAVEDUCKK]

I will have to check it out.

Before I was good, I played a custom game on wc3 called World War III broken alliance which may be in the same sort of genre?

[SuperJack]

Lol no. Too many ducking expansions and add-ons with loads of level of different collections.

[MattZed]

To those interested, I'm up for some cooperative Civ 6 when the game hits, (or just Civ 5 anytime) but competitive Civ is how friendships are ruined.

[Never Unlucky]

I will have to check it out.

Before I was good, I played a custom game on wc3 called World War III broken alliance which may be in the same sort of genre?

Just checked a video of that. I don't think they're anything similar. Civilization is more like chess: there are tiles you can move your units to and the game is played turn by turn (Can play simultaneously online though).

On that note, Civ as a series is known to be a bad multiplayer game. I am not exaggerating when I say that there is a 3 second delay for every action a player makes. I presume this unresponsiveness is going to tilt the fuck out of players like you who are used to quick gameplay.

[PLZLEAVEDUCKK]

oh yeah I exclusively play on korean servers and spikes/lag tilts the fuck out of me.

I don't really care as much when I play games with friends/ for fun though. Believe it or not, but outside of wc3/sc2/mafia I don't rage at games too often

[yzb25]

whats the appeal of civ 5?

Should I buy it?

In short, you spend hours and hours on a single game (on the quickest gamespeed LOL). You click-click-click each turn to build/acquire goods that increase your numbers, which improve your ability to build/acquire goods, which increase your numbers, and so on. On a cynical level, it's a glorified farmville where you click, click in a semi-zombie-like state half the time and then put actual thought into decisions the other half of the time.

However, it goes a little further than that. The combination of the music, the discovery of other civilizations with their own cool characters, and the development of your own civilization from something small to something massive makes you feel like you're playing something grand. The game has loads of little details to really help immersion. It's the kind of thing you might accidentally end up playing for 6 hours instead of the 2 you intended.

The MP has the sort of politics you'd expect. "Attack strongest player", "Team up with player who isn't unintentionally screwing up your strategy", "exploit desperation of weak players", exc. It's less immersive than the singleplayer, but it's still lovely to have company and not put up with the sometimes ridiculous decisions the AI make.

It's nice to play a few hours every week and slowly develop a cute civilization in the background of your life, or sink a weekend binging a single game.


$80 for a game that aesthetically looks like a downgrade from Civ 5 is too much. Don't think I'll buy it before it drops in the 20-30 dollar range.

I would be down for a Civ 5 FFA per contra :P

(I'm a bit of a noob. I play on level 6/8.)

I'm up for a civ 5 game as well tbh. Yeah, I'm gonna wait a few weeks at least anyway in case the game is completely broken at release heheh. I hover around immortal difficulty.


I am a Firaxis fanboy. Very much looking forward to Civ6.

You always did strike me as a man of taste. :3

[yzb25]

To those interested, I'm up for some cooperative Civ 6 when the game hits, (or just Civ 5 anytime) but competitive Civ is how friendships are ruined.

Depends on attitude tbh. Don't approach the game with a mindset of "this is how people should play" (be tolerant) and you never have issues.

But cooperative is cool too. Never tried that tbh :O

[PLZLEAVEDUCKK]

In short, you spend hours and hours on a single game (on the quickest gamespeed LOL). You click-click-click each turn to build/acquire goods that increase your numbers, which improve your ability to build/acquire goods, which increase your numbers, and so on. On a cynical level, it's a glorified farmville where you click, click in a semi-zombie-like state half the time and then put actual thought into decisions the other half of the time.

However, it goes a little further than that. The combination of the music, the discovery of other civilizations with their own cool characters, and the development of your own civilization from something small to something massive makes you feel like you're playing something grand. The game has loads of little details to really help immersion. It's the kind of thing you might accidentally end up playing for 6 hours instead of the 2 you intended.

The MP has the sort of politics you'd expect. "Attack strongest player", "Team up with player who isn't unintentionally screwing up your strategy", "exploit desperation of weak players", exc. It's less immersive than the singleplayer, but it's still lovely to have company and not put up with the sometimes ridiculous decisions the AI make.

It's nice to play a few hours every week and slowly develop a cute civilization in the background of your life, or sink a weekend binging a single game.



I'm up for a civ 5 game as well tbh. Yeah, I'm gonna wait a few weeks at least anyway in case the game is completely broken at release heheh. I hover around immortal difficulty.



You always did strike me as a man of taste. :3

oh okay cool. I used to play heroes of might and magic which seems to have a slim connection, not really I guess, but this seems like something I might like.

[Yukitaka Oni]

Is coming out in a few days. Anyone here into that? I'll probably be getting it a few weeks after it comes out.

A minimally-organized FFA with community members could be nice. But war-fearing cowards can get rekt.
Look almost like Civilization 5, basically they're milking it like call of duty. No thanks i will not buy it

[Apocist]

Yeah that new Civ 6 is so not worth the price tag. Just another 'version' to push out

[SuperJack]

Yeah that new Civ 6 is so not worth the price tag. Just another 'version' to push out

♥♥

[Orpz]

Not pre-ordering, but I plan to buy fast and play some newbie games with Mattzed

[deathworlds]

Is total newb to game. I play around lvl 4 with A.I (ik i'm bloody awful), definitely don't plan on buying civ 6 until price drops a few tens.

[Mesk514]

coming out in a few days. Anyone here into that?

Another reason why I should turn SC2Mafia into an online dating site, I can help you with all your needs.

[Lysergic]

Civ 6 is $80? Christ; I totally want to buy it, but not for that much. Looks like I'll keep playing 5 until it goes on Steam sale.

Regarding the graphics that people were talking about earlier, I personally am fine with the new style, especially if it helps performance. I used to play 5 with a few friends and near the end game, each turn would take ages of loading (even on my beefy PC). As a long time Civ player who started on 2, this was pretty unacceptable for me; one of the appeals of Civ for me has always been that it isn't horrendously strenuous on your computer. The fact that 5 slowed to a crawl after the Industrial era was a pretty hard pill to swallow given that Civ is already a pretty slowly paced game.

I'm more excited about the changes to cities anyway; it sounds like they are finally going to make city management feel like a part of the game instead of some seperate thing buried in a menu.

[Suntax]

What's all the hate to civ 6, I will be purchasing in a month or so when I get some more cash but i will probably see if I can pirate it till I get it and then when I do get it, get it cheap away from steam, unless there's a sale.

[Suntax]

Also how in the he'll can they charge 80 dollars for the game, over here it costs 2600 rubles which is sbout 42 dollars and i checked that its highest in the uk is 45 pounds.

[yzb25]

What's all the hate to civ 6, I will be purchasing in a month or so when I get some more cash but i will probably see if I can pirate it till I get it and then when I do get it, get it cheap away from steam, unless there's a sale.

I had to restrain the triggered fanboy in me. Clearly these noobs cannot appreciate the profound effect the district system will have on the metagame. Personally, I'd pay 1000 dollars just to have the new social policy system. Disappointing.


Another reason why I should turn SC2Mafia into an online dating site, I can help you with all your needs.

? Thought this already was a dating site? Is this why DarknessB is refusing my advances?

Confused.

[SuperJack]

The cost part is stupid. Hence why I stay away.

[Elixir]

I don't think I played a legit game of civ5. It was all custom empire mods and shit for me. If the custom mods are back in 6 I'll probably end up getting it

[Lysergic]

Also how in the he'll can they charge 80 dollars for the game, over here it costs 2600 rubles which is sbout 42 dollars and i checked that its highest in the uk is 45 pounds.

It costs 2600 rubles in Manchester? That's weird.

[Suntax]

I live in Vladivostok?

[Mesk514]

? Thought this already was a dating site? Is this why DarknessB is refusing my advances?

Confused.

Pretty sure Darkness gets turned off when people game throw at LYLO, so those declines to your advances are justified.

[Trine]

Did anyone end up picking this up? I'd love to find some people to play with :)

[Marshmallow Marshall]

Lol, the game got broken when they decided that there could be only one unit per zone. Fuck Civ 5/6, I'll stick to the old ones :P

[Apocist]

Go Stellaris

[Scvmurderer]

Go Stellaris

Oh shit a fellow paradox fan

[Marshmallow Marshall]

Galactic Civilizations ftw.

[Nawa]

FTL: Faster Than Light

[Scvmurderer]

FTL: Faster Than Light

GET OUT OF HERE CASUAL

[Mayens]

Lol srsly, just play galactic civilizations if you want a REAL strategy game. Where you can actually die if you put everything in army, because the other guy had some research instead.

Almost spilled my coffee laughing, seriously. Filthy casuals and their games that you can sink thousands of hours into…

[Marshmallow Marshall]

Lol srsly, just play galactic civilizations if you want a REAL strategy game. Where you can actually die if you put everything in army, because the other guy had some research instead.

[Helz]

I really don't like the direction Civilization headed after Civ 4. It was always about being a sandbox game. You could choose the way you wanted to play. Now the game eliminates some playstyles and without modding there is no way to turn some features off. I really do not understand why they did this to what was once a great series.

[SuperJack]

i just cant deal with their bagillion expansion packs.