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Civilization V E3 Trailer

Dang! Those are the best looking hexagons I've ever seen!

Jun. 17 2010

Posted by: Matt

In This Episode:

Sid Meier's Civilization V

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well looks like i will lose my Civ virginity when this gets a release, I am too intrigued not to have a go!

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Ohhhh knos more life wasted

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@EndlessMike: 
Here's the thing, with hexes, you can do attacks that span multiple hexes. With squares you can't do that. It's the diagonals that kill it.
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Always disliked the combat in Civilization because it seems to make no sense.  I wish it is more transparent so we know exactly how much the terrain, unit skills and experience add to the total strength to determine the outcome.

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@Branthog: There's no need to build a high end gaming rig for those games, as you said.  I play SC2 just fine on my macbook (not even a pro).  Any of those games don't require anything more advanced than what you are probably using right now to post this.
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@EndlessMike said:

" So since squares actually had eight paths of motion since you could move diagonally don't hexagons actually limit the amount of options? "

Squares give 4 corners and 4 sides to move from.  Hexagons give 5 corners and 5 sides to move from.
 
Wait a minute, disregard this comment.  I can't do basic geometry.
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Looks neat! I've already prepaid for this and Elemental.  Hope they both do well!

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Every single Civilization game has a permanent home on my hard drive.

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@FuzzYLemoN: 
Patrick Stewart?
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Rad.

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Fuck yes. I'm going to go play Civ IV and lose sleep over Leonard Nimoy's mesmerizing narration right now.
 
But wait, who could possibly top Nimoy as the narrator in Civ V?
...Obama?

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@jschroeder said:
" @endaround said:
" What's this, a turn based strategy game on the PC?  That will never sell!   Let's make it a FPS for consoles! "
lol ... that made my day ... XCOM anyone?"

ROFL
Totally agree!
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Sold.  Dangit!  Looks like I'll need to hold onto a few vacation days for September!

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This looks awesome, but, what a horribly made trailer. I don't give a shit if it's E3.

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Hexagons! this changes everything

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@Branthog said:
" This looks stunning, but Civilization V, Star Craft II, and Diablo III aren't really a compelling reason to build a new high end gaming rig in a world where there are few must-have PC games that aren't just ports of various qualities to now-primarily-console-focused games. These are all great titles and I'm excited over them . . . I just can't convince myself that I want to spend the money to prepare for them anymore, like I have the last twenty years.  Also, my big complaint about Civilization games are that they quickly become nothing but a spreadsheet game. That is, there is one way to play it and win the quickest and that's all people do (kind of like Star Craft). It's unfortunate, because I have a lot more fun playing games in a sort of "ooh, I'm going to try this other thing this time" with a sense of exploration and pacing. Not "OH SHIT MUST RUN THROUGH MY ULTIMATE CHECKLIST OF HOW TO WINZOR FASTER THAN THE OTHER GUY CAN GO THROUGH THE SAME CHECKLIST!"        "
My spreadsheet tasks:
 
1) Get nukes
2) Glass everything and blanket the world in fallout
3) Claim victory
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Game of the year right here folks.

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I've never played a Civ game before but I might give this one a try.

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More reasons to buy a new computer YAY

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I really hope they make another CivRev

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So since squares actually had eight paths of motion since you could move diagonally don't hexagons actually limit the amount of options?

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This series is a prime example of a game that I will say "Oh I'll try that" then 10 hours go by and I am fighting hunger and fatigue to keep playing.

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lame
 
o wait i meant 
 
cool.

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Game looks great. Not too many big PC games showing at E3 these days.

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hmmm.

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@Tennmuerti: 
Civilization 4 Beyond the Sword is the best game in the series in my opinion.
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@endaround said:
" What's this, a turn based strategy game on the PC?  That will never sell!   Let's make it a FPS for consoles! "
lol ... that made my day ... XCOM anyone?
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One last turn...

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@MacGeorge said:
" Hopefully they'll fix the Spartan vs Helicopter crap. "
rofl, that has never been in Civ 4 past beyond the sword...
 
I cannot wait, so excited
 
just can't hide it
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Who is this trailer for? It seems like such a strange, broad-ass look at the game.... I just wanna know how this is better than Civ IV.

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Hopefully they'll fix the Spartan vs Helicopter crap.
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What a horrible voiceover.

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Woo, can't wait for some Meier lovin' :p

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I kinda skipped the 4th installment after Civ3 but might give this a go.

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Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

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@endaround said:
" What's this, a turn based strategy game on the PC?  That will never sell!   Let's make it a FPS for consoles! "
JESUS CHRIST MAN SHUT UP! Never joke about that! In this day and age these dam companies will think you're serious and actually do it! Could you live with your self knowing that you're the one responsible for doing that? I know I couldn't.
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This looks incredible! 2x better than any Civ game I've ever seen or played.

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Looks great. Games like this is why I'm proud to call myself a PC gamer. I can't wait to play this.

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@ribeye:  Seriously? That's pretty cool actually.
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I literally cannot wait. Just keeps looking better and better.

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G-zus!

Can't wait. My Steam says 343 hours played on Civ4 Beyond the Sword alone.. 

Get Civilized all!

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@LiquidS said:
" GOTY. Can't wait. "
What he said.
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@Meteora said:
"Cool.  I think this will be the point where its mandatory for me to get an actual graphics card. "

My thoughts exactly, i'm holding out for nvidia to announce the GTX485, hoping they do in time for civ5 but i'm getting that card either way
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Cool