Civilization V Announced
http://pc.ign.com/articles/107/1070111p1.html
February 18, 2010 - 2K Games just made the day a little brighter with the announcement of a brand new title in the best-selling Civilization series. Sid Meier's Civilization V, currently in development at Firaxis, will feature an "entirely new combat system, deeper diplomatic interactions, and a cavalcade of expanded features that deliver a fully immersive experience providing hours of enteratainment as players build and defend their empire on their quest to become the greatest ruler the world has ever known."
Perhaps most significantly for fans, the series is making the jump to hexagons rather than square tiles to "allow for deeper strategy, more realistic gameplay, and stunning organic landscapes." The entire game is being built on an entirely new engine that's being built from the ground up to bring players "closer to the Civ experience than ever." Diplomacy is handled full screen now, with full leader animations and appropriate languages. Players who aren't inclined towards negotiations will find that war feels "more massive" and includes ranged bombardment from behind front lines.
Civilization V will also include an "extensive suite of community, modding and multiplayer elements," and an "in-game community hub where Civ fans can share content and compete against each other."
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Hexagons? In Civ?
<!--- end image div -->Firaxis' director of creative development and series' eponym Sid Meier shared his enthusiasm for the new project: "Each new version of Civilization presents exciting challenge for our team. Thankfully, ideas on how to bring new and fun experiences to Civ players never seem to stop flowing." He added, "We're excited for players to see the new vision our team at Firaxis has brought to the series."
February 18, 2010 - 2K Games just made the day a little brighter with the announcement of a brand new title in the best-selling Civilization series. Sid Meier's Civilization V, currently in development at Firaxis, will feature an "entirely new combat system, deeper diplomatic interactions, and a cavalcade of expanded features that deliver a fully immersive experience providing hours of enteratainment as players build and defend their empire on their quest to become the greatest ruler the world has ever known."
Perhaps most significantly for fans, the series is making the jump to hexagons rather than square tiles to "allow for deeper strategy, more realistic gameplay, and stunning organic landscapes." The entire game is being built on an entirely new engine that's being built from the ground up to bring players "closer to the Civ experience than ever." Diplomacy is handled full screen now, with full leader animations and appropriate languages. Players who aren't inclined towards negotiations will find that war feels "more massive" and includes ranged bombardment from behind front lines.
Civilization V will also include an "extensive suite of community, modding and multiplayer elements," and an "in-game community hub where Civ fans can share content and compete against each other."
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Hexagons? In Civ?
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Which is excellent. It means that the multi-player matchmaking will be much better.
Also, I would have missed all the swag that usually comes with the collector's edition if I had just purchased it on steam. This way, I get the swag from the box, and the benefit of steam installation.
Bring on Civ V!
Doesn't D2D only allow a certain number of installs?
They claim to have no DRM, so I would assume not.
I've reinstalled Neverwinter Nights 2 and its first expansion god knows how many times, and it's a D2D download. I highly recommend the service.
Same here, I've never run into any issues with reinstalling D2D downloads (mostly NWN2).
No details if there will be a retail collector's edition have been mentioned so they might not have one, only the digital deluxe edition on Steam.
But... Then what will go in this hole on my shelf next to the Civ3 collector's tin and the Civ4 pleather book-safe?
Here: Yay, better matchmaking!
Civ fan-forums: NOOOOOOOO HOW COULD YOU SID (then insert lots of 5 year old arguments about why STEAM R BAD)