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An Early Look At Civilization V

Posted by Soulskill on from the new-and-shiny dept.

c0mpliant writes "IGN and Gamespot have each released a preview of the recently announced and eagerly awaited Civilization V. Apart from the obvious new hexagon shape of tiles and improved graphics, the articles go on to outline some of the major changes in the game, such as updated AI, new 'flavors' to world leaders, and a potentially game-changing, one-unit-per-tile system. No more will the stack of doom come to your city's doorsteps. Some features which will not be returning are religion and espionage. The removal of these two have sparked a frenzy of discussion on fan-related forums."

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  1. Obligatory atheist flamebait by aaron+alderman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm glad they got rid of religion. Hopefully we can get rid of it in this world too.

    1. Re:Obligatory atheist flamebait by pagaboy · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you believe it enough, I'm sure it'll happen.

    2. Re:Obligatory atheist flamebait by sackvillian · · Score: 5, Funny

      My bet is the first mod adds it back in.

      Voltaire would think so; since God does not exist, it will be necessary to invent him

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      Hey mate, spare a sig?
    3. Re:Obligatory atheist flamebait by delinear · · Score: 3, Funny

      They prefer to think of it as intelligently designing the mod.

    4. Re:Obligatory atheist flamebait by thesandtiger · · Score: 3, Funny

      I thought the religious and corporate aspects of Civ IV were somewhat interesting, but other than just rushing to found a religion so that I could culture bomb my nearby opponents I didn't really care much for it as a gameplay mechanic.

      What I did love about it was when Suleiman threatened to war if my Islamic civilization did not convert to Judaism, or when Ghandi insisted that I renounce Hinduism, or Stalin suggesting that I should convert to Buddhism if I didn't want him to slaughter everyone in my empire.

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  2. Re:New AI by hotdiggity · · Score: 4, Funny

    I love diplomacy but it sucks when you know the AI is going to cheat. I hope Civ V will finally have an AI that doesn't cheat.

    You want nations that don't cheat on diplomacy?

    If we're going to abandon reality, why don't we just add wizard units and inter-dimensional portals too?

  3. Damn you, Slashdot by deniable · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just put in the Civ4 disk and lost three hours.

  4. Re:I'm already excited by magarity · · Score: 3, Funny

    religious people in the far flung future, seriously?
    Yeah, it's not like they ever put religion in sci-fi, young padawan
     
    GP did say *future*. Star Wars was a long time ago.