Dcipher
09-22-2010, 11:15 PM
First off, I haven't played enough to give a full on review so but here's my take on the game and what I'm hearing thus far. Most of the people complaining are people that wanted a prettier version of civ 4. While I miss religion and my civics I understand the decision to alter the mechanics. Religion could get tedious and could be over powered in some games. I think the policy tree should be more similar to a full-fledged tech tree (start with a more basic government choice early (say republic) and grow it to a more complex one (say democracy). You could abandon your course at anytime and switch to a new tree with a penalty to the bonuses earned in previous tree....
Anyway, the game is very good thus far and oblige how happiness and science are handled cumulatively instead of individually. Resource management is still handled well and the fact that each strategic resource supports x numbers of troops is an added layer of strategy. Overall, players have to understand that before it's all said and done the final product will be very different than what we're playing now and the game was going to change from what we've come to expect, and I think I'm becoming a better player because of it.
With that said I was playing this morning and my screen just went black with the music still playing before I had to head to work so I'm hoping the game is still running properly.
Anyway, the game is very good thus far and oblige how happiness and science are handled cumulatively instead of individually. Resource management is still handled well and the fact that each strategic resource supports x numbers of troops is an added layer of strategy. Overall, players have to understand that before it's all said and done the final product will be very different than what we're playing now and the game was going to change from what we've come to expect, and I think I'm becoming a better player because of it.
With that said I was playing this morning and my screen just went black with the music still playing before I had to head to work so I'm hoping the game is still running properly.