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Started by badger2d, Aug 05 2010 01:57 PM

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#1 badger2d

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Posted 05 August 2010 - 01:57 PM

Juicy new items on Civ 5 dropping all over the place today!

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http://kotaku.com/56...-civilization-v

http://www.eurogamer....ion-v-hands-on

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Posted 06 August 2010 - 02:06 AM

Civ5 haven't really caught me yet... But then again, Civ4 didn't either, until I played it.. :P
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Posted 06 August 2010 - 08:04 AM

I'm ready to hear something from Aspyr, or one of their competitors.
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Posted 06 August 2010 - 10:41 AM

I hope it doesn't come from Aspyr, would prefer someone else and it be available on Steam and patches would be in sync with PC version.

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Posted 07 August 2010 - 10:28 AM

I really like that fact that they are only allowing one unit type per square. Makes for a lot more strategic warfare
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Posted 07 August 2010 - 10:51 AM

View PostSneaky Snake, on 07 August 2010 - 10:28 AM, said:

I really like that fact that they are only allowing one unit type per square. Makes for a lot more strategic warfare

My concern for this regards attacking cities on a peninsula where it may have only a single land tile to approach from.  Before advance tech, this could be extremely monotonous to capture.
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Posted 07 August 2010 - 12:53 PM

View Postdojoboy, on 07 August 2010 - 10:51 AM, said:

My concern for this regards attacking cities on a peninsula where it may have only a single land tile to approach from.  Before advance tech, this could be extremely monotonous to capture.

Well there also could only be one defensive unit stationed in the city, so if you had an army conga-lining up the peninsula you'd still be able to wear that guy out even if you couldn't surround and demolish him with everything attacking on one turn.

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Posted 08 August 2010 - 05:40 AM

The system requirements are out (Windows, of course – still no sign of a Mac version, yet). Definitely nothing for weak computers. Also note the obligatory Steam authentication. Seems like Civ V does something like CoD MW2 by tying itself to Steam.
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Posted 13 September 2010 - 12:22 AM

Seems like we might be seeing Civ5 announced for Mac this week...!
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Posted 13 September 2010 - 11:27 AM

I would be more surprised if we didn't get a port of some description :)

I agree with Hansi about Aspyr though - I really miss when they were No 1 in terms of ports and communication with the Mac Gaming community (via the ever helpful Brad Oliver etc) I hope they're turning things back around and will Feral et al a run for their money :)

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 09:22 AM

Anyone playing this through Windows?  Released today.
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 11:54 AM

We can't start this when we've got about 2 years to go in our Civ 4 PBEM! ;)

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 02:04 PM

Where's my Civ V dammit!
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 04:33 PM

View Postdojoboy, on 21 September 2010 - 09:22 AM, said:

Anyone playing this through Windows?  Released today.

I'm waiting for the Mac port, but I did play the demo (first 100 turns). It's pretty fun; interface is greatly streamlined and much nicer to use. It was running great on medium settings on my 2008 iMac, but obviously it wasn't the later game yet...

Then again, I play Starcraft II in Bootcamp because the performance is so bad, so maybe I should just get it!

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 06:40 PM

View PostCougar, on 21 September 2010 - 04:33 PM, said:

I'm waiting for the Mac port, but I did play the demo (first 100 turns). It's pretty fun; interface is greatly streamlined and much nicer to use. It was running great on medium settings on my 2008 iMac, but obviously it wasn't the later game yet...

Then again, I play Starcraft II in Bootcamp because the performance is so bad, so maybe I should just get it!

Buy it on Steam and when it hits Steam for OSX it's free. Play on either platform. Must say I'm mighty tempted myself.
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 07:23 PM

FWIW

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 04:59 AM

View Postdojoboy, on 21 September 2010 - 07:23 PM, said:

FWIW

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That link is broken! What's it say? What's it say?!
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Posted 22 September 2010 - 05:16 AM

View PostDaveyJJ, on 22 September 2010 - 04:59 AM, said:

That link is broken! What's it say? What's it say?!
The whole page seems to be broken at the moment. It was something along the line of "I'm not allowed to tell yet".
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Posted 22 September 2010 - 05:31 AM

View PostDaveyJJ, on 22 September 2010 - 04:59 AM, said:

That link is broken! What's it say? What's it say?!

Oh.

MacGamer posted a Civ5 interview over a week ago stating that a Mac version hasn't been announced yet but to stay tune, because civvers may see something they like later in the week.  About ten days later, I posted in the forum there about it and the reply [MacGamer] was, no permission given yet to talk about it.
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Posted 22 September 2010 - 09:36 AM

View PostDaveyJJ, on 21 September 2010 - 06:40 PM, said:

Buy it on Steam and when it hits Steam for OSX it's free. Play on either platform. Must say I'm mighty tempted myself.
There's no guarantee of that, especially if Aspyr does the port.
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