Civilization V coming soon to a PC near you

I always wanted to play this game, the premise is really appealing. But the turn based slow paced action is what turned me off. It's like chess...

I hope 5 changes it up a bit to bring in the ADD gamer.

I disagree, civ 4 tried to impliment more things for the casual gamer(ie 3d graphics, streamlined "rock paper scissors" combat) and as it were it was overall a disappointment, as the maps were so much smaller due to the graphics engine and such. I do want fireaxos to do something new, but I don't wan them to dumb the gameplay down anymore than what's already been done-- take civ 2 for example. It has been the best civ game to date., and I'm sure any other civ gamer will say the same, granted that they've played 2

Ah, personally I'd like there to be some features that accomodate new players but would be completely optional to vets. Or some gameplay changes to make it more enjoyable to both. RTS' interest me but they're so daunting I almost always stay away.

You are right Mike, Civ 2 was a huge improvement on Civ 1, but since then the games have gotten progressively worse.

They already made a really dumbed down Civ for the ADD gamer. It was called Civilization Revolution and came out on all the consoles. Play that. Don't dumb down the actual Civ series and completely ruin it.

bruce-=> Well there are no shortage of action games. There is a shortage of turn based strategy games though. If that's not your style, hey, that's okay. But you should give it a try before you make up your mind.

The Civ series has been some of the PC strategy games ever made. It would be absolutely terrible if they tried to make it more action orientated, or changed the formula up extensively. They won't change it though -- Fraxis knows not to mess with a good thing.

Sean -=> Civilization is certainly not an RTS. It's a turn-based strategy game (TBS)

Alci -=> What? I don't think so. Civ IV is excellent. I think most people would say it is the best in the series, especially with the expansion packs, and the hundreds of amazing mods available. Have you played Civ 3 or Civ 4?

Jakson -=> Hey cool --finally someone who actually knows something about this amazing series of games.

Just because a game is turned based doesn't make it bad. I dunno why some folks seem to feel that way. It's odd. Like I can appreciate a game of tennis, or Modern Warfare 2, and those games would not work out so well if they were turn based. But I can also really get into a very deep, strategically rich and interesting strategy game, like a Civ game, and these games are work best with turn based gameplay. Casualizing or consolizing them (like Civ Revolutions) would really wreck them.

Wow, looks like archers are one of the units getting ranged abilities (duh). This should make the strategy very different. I hope navel vessels can bombard inland! It would make it much more realistic. I liked missiles but never produced them as it was almost pointless to create expendable units when I could make stealth bombers or ground units in the same amount of turns.

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I'm think having ranged units, and not allowing huge stacks of units, will add a lot to the game's combat.

The head designer for this game was a Civ 4 modder who was snatched up Firaxis out of college. He was head designer on Beyond the Sword. I have a lot faith he knows just what he is doing and is going to bring a lot to the game.

This, APB, and Alpha Protocol are probably my top games now I'm looking forward to in 2010. Oh and Deus Ex 3 -- though I don't think it'll come out in 2010 as planned.