I was at 2049 AD, with one turn left to play when I realized that I wouldn't initiate the UN vote early enough to win the game. I was kind of disappointed, but I let the game play out and I lost due to time expiration and England had a higher score. So I loaded my save that was at 2030 AD, giving me 20 turns and I waged war on England. By 2045 England wanted a peace treaty and in the negotiations I picked up 6 cities (plus the 7 I conquered), and also got all of England's luxury resources being sent to me. The end result was enough happiness to finish the last two turns on a Golden Age, enough of a boost to my score to win, and a very satisfying finish.
All game long I had avoiding conflict and the only military units I had were gifted to me from city states. One city state had even gifted me the giant death robot. The turn before starting the war I bought a powerful military unit in each city near England's borders and then I had at it. During our war two city states took out an English city, I conquered 7 English cities, liberated two city states, and reinstated Germany who England had conquered. It was awesome watching battles all across the map as all that was left when starting the war were about 6 city states, me, England, and Arabia with one city.
Stuff like that is just crazy epic and REALLY hard to find elsewhere in gaming. Oh, and all this concluded at 5:14 am today. I've been a zombie at work, but it was worth it. My wife probably won't be too happy when I go home and crash for a nap instead of hanging out, but I'll make it up to her soon enough.
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.
Hah! Take that, England!
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