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    Sid Meier's Civilization V

    Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Sep 21, 2010

    Civilization V brings brand new gameplay elements to this beloved franchise, while maintaining the "just one more turn" mentality.

    Anyone catch the joke in the achievements?

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    #1  Edited By Mmmslash
    My Little Pony: As Catherine, research Horseback Riding before any other Civ.
     
    Stay classy, Sid!
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    #2  Edited By Animasta

    god the achivements are the worst;
     
    I can has nukes?
     I'm on a boat.
     It's super effective
     
    they probably just got their intern to do this stuff.

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    #3  Edited By W0lfbl1tzers
    @Laketown said:
    " god the achivements are the worst;  I can has nukes?  I'm on a boat.  It's super effective  they probably just got their intern to do this stuff. "
    I think it might just be a comment on how achievements are just a stupid pop culture phenomenon like the rest of the things it references. 
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    #4  Edited By Australia

    Either their intern or some ass whole who thinks he is really funny and had to beg and beg for the job. Cid obviously had better things to do with his time then care about the achievements. 

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    #5  Edited By Mmmslash

    I thought the Catherine achievement joke was funny, if crude.

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    #6  Edited By bwmcmaste
    @Mmmslash said:
    " I thought the Catherine achievement joke was funny, if crude. "
    Oh I get it.! Crude indeed...
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    #7  Edited By Mantel

    Well there is 120 of them. Some crud will seep in if they want that many achievement in a civ game. 
     
    If it's Brown,....: Be the first civ to have a working sewer system

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    #8  Edited By hero_swe
    @Mmmslash said:
    "My Little Pony: As Catherine, research Horseback Riding before any other Civ.  Stay classy, Sid! "

    I don't get it, explain this one for me.
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    #9  Edited By Fratteker
    @Hero_Swe: Catherine the Great had a rumour go around about her that she died having sex with a horse. It's not true, though.
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    #10  Edited By JamesBoyce
    @Laketown:  Trying to rope in the 360 super hip crowd, mon.
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    #11  Edited By LordAndrew
    @Fratteker: Wow. That's wonderfully tasteful...
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    #12  Edited By xMP44x

    Well, that's a little tasteless. Still, I've never played a Civilization game before. I like the look of Civilization V though. Might consider getting it actually.

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    #13  Edited By CableCarrier

    Seriously?! is my favorite achievement so far, mostly because that's something that happens to me all the goddamn time.
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    #14  Edited By bwmcmaste
    @xMP44x said:
    " Well, that's a little tasteless. Still, I've never played a Civilization game before. I like the look of Civilization V though. Might consider getting it actually. "
    You should! As a seasoned veteran of the series: I can honestly say that this is probably the best of the series for striking a balance between complex gameplay and comfortable playability. 
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    #15  Edited By HS21
    @Laketown said:
    " god the achivements are the worst;  I can has nukes?  I'm on a boat.  It's super effective  they probably just got their intern to do this stuff. "
    And really fucking unimaginative. Beat the game with every civ, and every difficulty, and research every policy, cut down 1000 tree's? Looks like more thought was put into naming the achievements than the actual achievements themselves. 
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    Not sure why Civ needed achievements in the first place.  It's not like there's ever been any trouble getting people to spend massive amounts of time playing the game. 

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    #17  Edited By bwmcmaste
    @Dork_Metamorphosis said:
    " Not sure why Civ needed achievements in the first place.  It's not like there's ever been any trouble getting people to spend massive amounts of time playing the game.  "
    Agreed.
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    #18  Edited By BRG9000

    I appreciated "The World is a Mess and I Just Need to Rule It".

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    #19  Edited By Tennmuerti

    Achievements are serious and tastefull things.

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    #20  Edited By Diamond

    Nothing says civilization like 4chan memes.

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    #21  Edited By IrishCoffee

    Since when did people take achievements so seriously. I wish more games did the crap Civ V is doing with their achievements. When I got the My Little Pony achievement I couldn't stop laughing for 10 minutes, it was such a harsh contrast to the semi-serious nature of the game that I greatly welcomed it and all the other ones I've been getting.

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    #22  Edited By Brenderous

    Dr. Horrible reference is awesome.

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    #23  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    Overall the achievement names for this game look pretty good but while I can appreciate this one as a slightly obscure historical reference it's in very poor taste. This is also the third game to feature an achievement called 'I'm On A Boat' (but don't get me wrong, I like me some Lonely Island) and 'I Can Has Nukes' feels like a very outdated reference.

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