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Black Barney wrote: THose games get a ton better
Do you mean later in the same game or on 4 & 5?
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Erik Twice wrote: I was bored so I decided to make some fast One-City-Challenge culture runs in Civilization V.
Here's the issue: If you play on Immortal or Deity, the AIs spam so many cities that you cannot produce enough tourism to win. Hence the game turns into a less fun science victory or military victory game. Worse, half of the game is just out of wack: Half of the marvels are impossible to obtain, there's a 20% that Hagha Sophia cannot produce a religion and it's impossible to convert anyone because the AI just has too many bonuses and spams too many Missionaries.
Emperor, while a touch too easy, at least is playable.
That said you are locked in Brazil for fast wins. There's simply not enough Tourism to win in any other manner. I'm trying with Egypt now but I don't see myself winning before turn 249 (Year 1600) with them.
Oh well, it was ok. The more games I play the more problems I find in Sid Meier's Civilization. I used to like this series a lot but there's just so much stuff that just doesn't work from a design perspective:
- The AI does not play to win
- The AI is whiny and irrational.
- The AI does not comprehend the game and requires massive, game-warping bonuses to function
- In other words, the AI simulates the kind of person I wouldn't invite to boardgame night.
- Balanced strategies offer no benefit compared to going all-in
- The best strategies are based on snowballing early on and then cruising to victory
- Most of the game is irrelevant because snowballing is just better. You win the game based on whether you build 4 Crossbowmen or not, all research after that is just icing the cake.
So yeah, dunno. I would rather play strategy boardgames at this point.
I was persuaded to get the fan mod for Civ5, Vox Populi. I'm told it totally upgrades the AI and adds new features.
Have you tried it?
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So far it is REALLY good, I've liked FIFA on and off going back to FIFA 97 (OMG 20 years), this one so far feels like the most accessible it's ever been since those old timey days. I really like all of the learning features, since I've never really had a good sense of having total control over the game. It's DEEP. There's so much to get into, so many actual skills to develop...it seems somewhat weighted toward an aggressive, attacking game which I like, and the crosses feel better than they ever have. I still struggle with using the set pieces effectively, but after just a couple of days I already feel like I'm playing better FIFA than I ever have.
While downloading it I looked at the menu and realized, shamefully, that I still haven't really dug into XCOM 2.
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I haven't, sadly. I've always wanted to try out some mods, like that one that always gives you a mountain when you play OCC, but I never actually did. Now I fear I'm way too burned on the game to do it.ThirstyMan wrote: I was persuaded to get the fan mod for Civ5, Vox Populi. I'm told it totally upgrades the AI and adds new features.
Have you tried it?
But if you have, please tell, I would love to hear your thoughts on it.
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Overall I give it an 8/10, carried by the strong third act and ending. A definite must buy for survival horror fans.
The game does a good job of making the NPC's memorable, they actually inject emotion and life into the game and are not just mobs standing around with an exclamation point over their heads handing out fetch quests. You really only see that stuff over the final third of the game though.
Also, the game does a good job of introducing a lot of different enemy types and bosses to keeps thing feeling fresh. That was a problem I felt Resident Evil 7 suffered from, it had good bosses but the mold monsters were too similar for my tastes.
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Someone keep me from dropping $18 on OPUS MAGNUM.
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