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I loved the earlier Civ games, and almost everything else with Sid Meier's name attached, but these new ones feel so focused on being pretty that they forget to

I loved the earlier Civ games, and almost everything else with Sid Meier's name attached, but these new ones feel so focused on being pretty that they forget to have good mechanics. I honestly can't remember anything special about Civ 4/5/6, or anything that would make me want to play one of them more than the others. Plus they've been putting so much of the interesting content behind a DLC wall that giving away the base game is basically pure profit for them. Paradox proved this business model with CK2 and EU4, which is why CK2 is like a $400 game now. I think I'll just go play Alpha Centauri again instead.

jointpdf 6y ago
>I honestly can’t remember anything special about Civ4/5/6 Aww c’mon, not even one thing? What about the greatest video game song ever produced (Baba Yetu): https://youtu.be/IJiHDmyhE1A https://youtu.be/IJiHDmyhE1A Agree on Alpha Centauri—definitely recommend picking up a copy on GOG for anyone in the mood for a classic strategy game timesink.
- kyuudou 6y ago
  Add my vote to SMAC (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri) I played up to 5 and while I enjoyed it, was more like a 3/5 meh not bad experience. I haven't even bothered with 6 and based on the comments here not going to either.
- DelightOne 6y ago
  The song gives me the idea to be able to start anew and see remnants of your previous empire(s). A generational thing.
danharaj 6y ago
I agree that Civ 4 didn't really take the game to new heights the way 2 and 3 did, but it is probably the most sound and deep iteration of the series. It fixed all of the problems with degenerate gameplay that plagued the previous games and balances the viability of all the victory conditions. The tech tree and wonders are well tuned to make a lot of interesting strategies workable. The BTS expansion has the best vanilla AI in the series too. On top of all that, it's the most moddable game in the series! I might just go see what people have done with it in the past couple of years... oh no...

jointpdf 6y ago

>I honestly can’t remember anything special about Civ4/5/6 Aww c’mon, not even one thing? What about the greatest video game song ever produced (Baba Yetu): https://youtu.be/IJiHDmyhE1A https://youtu.be/IJiHDmyhE1A Agree on Alpha Centauri—definitely recommend picking up a copy on GOG for anyone in the mood for a classic strategy game timesink.

kyuudou 6y ago
Add my vote to SMAC (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri) I played up to 5 and while I enjoyed it, was more like a 3/5 meh not bad experience. I haven't even bothered with 6 and based on the comments here not going to either.
DelightOne 6y ago
The song gives me the idea to be able to start anew and see remnants of your previous empire(s). A generational thing.

danharaj 6y ago

I agree that Civ 4 didn't really take the game to new heights the way 2 and 3 did, but it is probably the most sound and deep iteration of the series. It fixed all of the problems with degenerate gameplay that plagued the previous games and balances the viability of all the victory conditions. The tech tree and wonders are well tuned to make a lot of interesting strategies workable. The BTS expansion has the best vanilla AI in the series too. On top of all that, it's the most moddable game in the series! I might just go see what people have done with it in the past couple of years... oh no...