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I can't really say I'm eagerly awaiting a Civ5. Of course it would be interesting to see what it will look like and what new features it'll have, but I'm much more content with Civ4 now than I was with Civ2 and Civ3 back then. My biggest wish is playing on a 2D map, but I don't think that'll ever happen for marketing purposes...
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Same for the scientific golden age of C3C, afaik it was never fixed. We did pay for it however. To be clear: I love Civ, it's one of the best games out there and has been ever since Civ1. But Firaxis has a tendency to let the loyal Civ community do their QA testing and even then they sometimes fail to fix things. I think that's sad. And calling Col 'a big hit' is telling more about sales figures than about game quality. And I seriously doubt if sales have been so good anyway. When I walk into my game store the game has been moved to the bottom shelve a long time ago already. And for playing on a 2D map: Yes, please give us our 2D maps back!! We hardcore civ geeks don't care about 3D, we care about gameplay. If we'd like 3D we'd buy a Xbox/PS3 and play some FPS on that.
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Sorry, but I think it's just a bit silly to be an active member of a Civ-fansite and not even care about a new version of Civ. What brought you here then?
As for the rest of your critics I generally agree. One important notification though is that the Civ-community is small and noisy, but not always representative for the average Civ-player. Most players don't even notice all those bugs that we are so much wound up about. Civ-fans are very hard to please.
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I agree with Civ4 being good. I didn't have time to play it as much as I did with Civ3 but I think it was good when I first got it (which was after the first vanilla patch) and it is still great now.
You can skip the first expansion normally, so for 70 Euros (at least that is what I paid and it wasn't some special offer), you get a lot. (Even if I add the Euros spent on Col to that, it is still well invested) And I think there are some companies with better Bug fixing but a lot with worse. Even for less complex games than Civ. Was expecting more from Col, but with Civ I am still pleased (oh, and btw, I think especially after Bts .08(?) the AI is really good) So personally I don't need Civ5 soon, because Civ4 is still great. Surely there is still enough room left for improvements but then I am complaining on a high level.
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I'd also like the game to have a low 2D graphic mode.
I'd hate to upgrade my PC just to play it, but I will probably don't have the choice. But to me, civ4 was a bit too complex for the casual player that I've became. Too many civs, units, wonders, strategies. I wonder if civ5 will be smoother. Probably not.
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It's not caring. It's more confidence that Firaxis will ship a broken product and make you pay again for a fixed product. There's nothing much with the game (although there are better civ games, like galciv2), but there's a lot wrong with the company.
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This is why i don't feel the same excitment, civ always seemed to me as being a game which wasn't dependent on a super brilliant computer but even at the lowest specs civ4 barely ran on my comp and whilst i appreciate that my comp is becoming a fossil it is only 5 or 6 years old. I don't think the answer to civ is to make it flashier and better looking, a game like civ is not really dependent on a nice interface to be good but rather the game itself. Those who play for the scenary etc can go play halo and the like!
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Yes we are fans, but not dumb fans. People here have always shown some better sense of critics than average.
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As for Civ5, it's not as if I didn't give a fuck at all. They can make one but I won't be crazy about it, and probably won't buy it. I'll check the news about it from time to time, because it's the series I've played most by far and I'm curious to see the evolution. But I am not waiting for Civ5. Also, as all of you, burn da 3D !
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I noticed a rather old poll on the firaxis website which had a question on graphics:
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The poll is very old (asking if you have a PS2 or an Xbox perhaps ) but looking back it's an interesting poll knowing Firaxis develeped Civ-Rev and Civ-Col. You can see they were playing with these ideas a long time ago already. http://www.firaxis.com/community/polls.php
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