Can you box in the AI from a landmass by spamming scouts and parking them in a line?
Also, no AW, no pings...
Also, no AW, no pings...
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Civilization 5 Announced
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Overall the game is nicely streamlined, presented but I am wary if the depth is still in there. So who is going to post a report on his game for the undecided?
Heh. Looks like there is a serious balance issue with ancient ruins. Your units can get an upgrade ("found ancient weapons" or something like that), scout -> archer or warrior -> spearman sort of thing.
But the same unit can get this result multiple times. One guy had a screenshot of a rifleman running around in the ancient era. Another reported an AI with WW2 infantry in the same time frame. Oops. 
haphazard1 Wrote:But the same unit can get this result multiple times. One guy had a screenshot of a rifleman running around in the ancient era. Another reported an AI with WW2 infantry in the same time frame. And one review I read said this "upgrade" chance wasn't overpowering since a Spearman still couldn't take a city most times. I think now my strategy will be sending out one Warrior to as many ruins as possible to try and find "ancient" guns. Ha ha ha!
Can't wait for the game to come out over here. I'm looking forward to the hex map and 1-unit-per-tile change. Sounds like it could make wars a lot more manageable and more interesting. A move towards 'Advance Wars' style combat is not such a bad thing for me. I was never one for detailed micro-management anyway.
The other changes don't really phase me, I can do without religion, tech/map trading, etc. Will have to see how it plays. The most important thing for me is the quality of the AI. I hope they did a good job. Now that I've finished my MSc (in AI), I actually have time to play Civ so the timing of the release is pretty good. 
I played the demo now. One game half through. ~90 turns. And I think I like it. Of course it has a different feel than Civ 4, but that's ok.
A few things I noticed: o trade routes only seem to work with roads (maintenance!) but not with rivers, which is stupid/different. o city states are actual quite fun, but I can see how they can be unbalancing in a competitve Epic or MP. o Barbs kidnapped my unguarded settler, but I manged to free him after a few turns of seeking out the barb encampment. That's quite cool. o Compared to other costs in the game, buying tile expansions, is actually quite cheap. I will definitely buy the full version. mh
"You have been struck down!" - Tales of Dwarf Fortress
--- "moby_harmless seeks thee not. It is thou, thou, that madly seekest him!"
First game. Playing on King with England because I want to check out hte LB. Turns out it is a pretty solid unit at worst...
My problem with the game is I've captured 2 AI capitals in 160 turns, and only 1 remaining on htis continent to go. Yes, I'm a little unhappy, but so long as I don't go below 10 unhappy and I'm at size, I've not really got a problem... And the AI sucks at protecting workers/settlers. I've stolen at least a dozen already, without trying to. Also, GG are cool to play around with, but hardly fair to use against the AI. It could be a really fun PBEM knockabout
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