I'm not sure to buy civ 5 - Page 3

Matrix · 11-08-2010, 12:00

No, apparently he only played Civ when he felt miserable.

Socrates · 11-08-2010, 12:24

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Originally Posted by Matrix

No, apparently he only played Civ when he felt miserable.

Hey he's probably not the only one in this case.

Rik Meleet · 11-08-2010, 12:51

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Originally Posted by Darkness

Never mind my previous post. Figured it out. So you need Steam to register you have a legitimate copy, to get patched and to play online... I must say I dislike this development quite a lot.

You need Steam to just simply play the game, even without patches or playing online. You cannot get the game to work without Steam.

Darkness · 11-08-2010, 13:05

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Originally Posted by Shabbaman

Are you implying that civ5 would make your life miserable?

No, I am saying that I have different priorities right now compared to 5-10 years ago when I played Civ far more than I do right now.

Now there are just more things that take precedence over playing Civ, so I don't have all that much time to play anyway. And if the publisher then starts making things compulsory to even play the game, then my interest fades even further. I miss the old times when you could just buy a game in a store and just play it. I guess the "gamer" in me is just growing old.

Darkness · 11-08-2010, 13:07

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Originally Posted by Rik Meleet

You need Steam to just simply play the game, even without patches or playing online. You cannot get the game to work without Steam.

I realize that. I probably just didn't phrase it that well in my previous post. Nice monopoly position for Steam...

Shabbaman · 11-08-2010, 13:23

The other option is that the monopoly lies with the people that aren't paying for the games they play.

Darkness · 11-08-2010, 14:26

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Originally Posted by Shabbaman

The other option is that the monopoly lies with the people that aren't paying for the games they play.

Which probably was the main (only) argument 2K needed to implement this "solution", I think. I'm not saying it's wrong for them to have done so, I am just saying it is an additional argument for me to consider not buying the game.

Matrix · 11-08-2010, 14:54

Everything is crackable. The more annoying the security measures are, the more people will use a cracked version.

I probably will buy the game, though. I already installed Steam because of Shabba's tip for that funny strategic space game, I'm still a big enough fan of Civilization in general and no too principle on these matters.

Shabbaman · 11-08-2010, 15:15

But you already had Steam for col2...

Matrix · 11-08-2010, 16:24

That was on another pc.

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Matrix Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 4,828	No, apparently he only played Civ when he felt miserable. __________________

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Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	The other option is that the monopoly lies with the people that aren't paying for the games they play. __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

11-08-2010, 14:54	#28
Matrix Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 4,828	Everything is crackable. The more annoying the security measures are, the more people will use a cracked version. I probably will buy the game, though. I already installed Steam because of Shabba's tip for that funny strategic space game, I'm still a big enough fan of Civilization in general and no too principle on these matters. __________________

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Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	But you already had Steam for col2... __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

11-08-2010, 16:24	#30
Matrix Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 4,828	That was on another pc. __________________