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.
Apparently on GB its Civilization V > Halo: Reach
Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums.
That's my take on it anyway.
" Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums. That's my take on it anyway. "That's all it comes down to, really. Ryan's gushing over Civ 5 on the Bombcast mixed with the fact that Halo: Reach came out the week before attributes to this.
" Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums. That's my take on it anyway. "Yeah I know that. Its just surprising that a bunch of people are picking this thing up and talking about it than Halo Reach.
It took a while to dethrone MW2 from top position I think.
" @wolf_blitzer85 said:I wouldn't be surprised, but that was probably attributed to MW2 being a multiplatform game." Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums. That's my take on it anyway. "Yeah I know that. Its just surprising that a bunch of people are picking this thing up and talking about it than Halo Reach. It took a while to dethrone MW2 from top position I think. "
I personally avoid discussing Halo on these, or any other general gaming form because you're guaranteed to get a bunch of spam comments from people who dislike the series, regarldess of the topic. If you want to discuss Halo, there are better places to do so that are free from 14 year olds who haven't even played it.
" Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums. That's my take on it anyway. "It's not just forum activity. The popular games tab is populated based on the amount of traffic that individual game pages get, so if a lot of people were to check out the wikipage for a game like, say, Wonder Project J in one day, then the game would appear in the next day's popular games list.
" @wolf_blitzer85 said:That is true. MW2 I would say it a little different considering all of the "give us our dedicated servers" topics and any other thing that someone had to bitch about probably helped MW2 stay at the top spot for a while. I guess Halo Reach hasn't had enough problems for people to bitch profusely about which is nice." Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums. That's my take on it anyway. "Yeah I know that. Its just surprising that a bunch of people are picking this thing up and talking about it than Halo Reach. It took a while to dethrone MW2 from top position I think. "
It makes me happy to see that Giantbomb is all into Civ V.
" @wolf_blitzer85 said:So, clicks on the review would cause a game to rise right?" Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums. That's my take on it anyway. "It's not just forum activity. The popular games tab is populated based on the amount of traffic that individual game pages get, so if a lot of people were to check out the wikipage for a game like, say, Wonder Project J in one day, then the game would appear in the next day's popular games list. "
" @Hailinel said:I believe that would be the case, yes." @wolf_blitzer85 said:So, clicks on the review would cause a game to rise right? "" Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums. That's my take on it anyway. "It's not just forum activity. The popular games tab is populated based on the amount of traffic that individual game pages get, so if a lot of people were to check out the wikipage for a game like, say, Wonder Project J in one day, then the game would appear in the next day's popular games list. "
" Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums. That's my take on it anyway. "This is also why Cat Girl Alliance stayed in the popular forums for weeks. Nobody was posting or changing the page, but views alone kept it there. Some games on the popular forums list are clicked on just because they are already there, and the name stuck out to people. It was a vicious cycle.
I like good games.
Although, if this were just based on forum activity, it seems a lot of people are trying Civlization and making help topics. Hell, I even had to make a topic to find a confirmation there isn't hotseat...
I think it's because there's more to talk about, but I'd be happy if it was actually more popular. Calling it an amazing game would be an understatement. I wouldn't care what other people thought about the game, but the more people who buy it, the more likely they are to keep the series going and making it bigger and better.
All the popular forums tab is related to is the traffic that a certain page gets. And thus, that's why Hentai games have been featured multiple times
However, on the actual subject of Civilization V, I'm actually pretty surprised at how actually popular that game is on the forums right now, especially among people who have never played a 4X game like that before. I guess Ryan's assertion that the game is super accessible really sold it to some people.
Persona 4 was like the top game from february 2009 till like september 2009 on GB, I wouldn't trust the forum rankings to much.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa." Is there mere automatically generated suggestion that anything is better than Halo so goddamn soul-destroyingly incomprehensible to you? To anyone? Yo. Civ 5 is a better game than Halo Reach. So are lots of other games! OH NO "
This isn't my Batman glass.
What's the point of this thread?
Tomorrow Reach will be #1 then the next day fucking Brute Force, or what ever game the Staff happen to mention on the bombcast as a joke.
" @wolf_blitzer85 said:I think it got a huge boost by people who read every review/watch the quick looks, because that puts them on that particular game's page. SInce Civ V's QL/review is more recent, it got more recent hits." Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums. That's my take on it anyway. "It's not just forum activity. The popular games tab is populated based on the amount of traffic that individual game pages get, so if a lot of people were to check out the wikipage for a game like, say, Wonder Project J in one day, then the game would appear in the next day's popular games list. "
" @Meteora said:Number one rule about Halo on GB, don't talk about Halo. And MW2 was probably up there longer because of people complaining about balance issues." @wolf_blitzer85 said:I wouldn't be surprised, but that was probably attributed to MW2 being a multiplatform game. I personally avoid discussing Halo on these, or any other general gaming form because you're guaranteed to get a bunch of spam comments from people who dislike the series, regarldess of the topic. If you want to discuss Halo, there are better places to do so that are free from 14 year olds who haven't even played it. "" Pretty sure it has nothing to do with what game is better than the other. There's merely more activity going on in those forums, and considering Civ 5 just came out this week and Halo is already old news of course it's going to rank up higher on the forums. That's my take on it anyway. "Yeah I know that. Its just surprising that a bunch of people are picking this thing up and talking about it than Halo Reach. It took a while to dethrone MW2 from top position I think. "
I think any rational person would agree that the popularity of a certain games forum mean almost nothing.
" I think it got a huge boost by people who read every review/watch the quick looks, because that puts them on that particular game's page. SInce Civ V's QL/review is more recent, it got more recent hits. "Videos don't count towards popularity unless the viewers also check out the game page. Which they often will. Although associated with game pages, they don't appear under that game's path like reviews are.
Also, Recettear is more popular than Final Fantasy. Take that, Square Enix! :P
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