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New Civ IV Expansion Announced, Ninja Gaiden DS

Posted by Zonk on from the a-little-sword-for-you-a-little-sword-for-me dept.

A new expansion pack for Civilization IV has been announced, with an emphasis on the late-game portions of the title. CVG says that new civilizations, technologies, and leaders will be available; added functionality includes the ability to form corporations and spread them throughout the globe, new espionage elements, and the ability to start games further up the tech ladder. "Advanced Starts: A major fan request, this new feature will enable players to 'buy' components of a custom-tailored empire and begin play in the later part of the game, allowing them to experience many of the new features of the expansion pack in a shorter amount of time." Also newly announced: Ninja Gaiden:Dragon Sword for the DS, an overhead 3D action game wholly unlike the side-scrolling original titles. That article, at 1up, also points out that a demo for the PS3 Ninja Gaiden title will be available in April.

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  1. Less Civilization by hansamurai · · Score: 4, Insightful

    and more Alpha Centauri!

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    Reviewing just the first hour of video games.
    1. Re:Less Civilization by pezpunk · · Score: 3, Insightful

      i agree!

      building a globe-spanning empire is great and all, but what really made AC fun was embodying the wonderful characters they invented for the leaders. the philosophically zen but emotionally void chen-xi wang, and the ruthless fire and brimstone of miriam godwinson were the most fun for me to emulate. of course, the cyber hippie (diedre skye) was another favorite.

      and yeah i know "wonder movies" are considered fluff, but damn AC had some brutal and brilliant ones! there was a ton of clever writing that went into that title.

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      i could live a little longer in this prison
    2. Re:Less Civilization by demiurgency · · Score: 3, Insightful

      "Damn near impossible to play her as a faction though, thanks to the lousy science output."
      ...
      Wait a second...
      ...
      Just making sure I read that right...
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      If you're trying to research legitimately as Miriam, it's game-over already. You're missing out on the sheer joy of playing the Believers. PROBE TEAMS!
      Miriam + Fundy = serious spy goodness!

      Nothing feels better than stealing someone else's hard-earned military tech, and then turning around and making tougher units out of that same tech then they can produce, just because you're bad-ass, fanatical Believers!

      Now Santiago on the other hand, I could never play with, except on small rush maps. A shame too because she's really hot. :D

      This is exactly why I agree that SMAC > Civilization. The factions are not just interesting flavor text, each one demands you play a completely different game.