Morning Discussion

by Alice O'Connor, Feb 18, 2011 5:00am PST

I would very much like to tell you something about video games this morning but the truth is that I'm far too excited to concentrate. Tomorrow evening I'll be seeing the truly wonderful and dreadful Troll 2 along with a documentary about it, Best Worst Movie. I'm a sucker for enjoyably bad movies, especially bad horror movies, and oh my gooooooooooooooood Troll 2 is fantastically bad.

But video games are real, they do exist, and they are happening, so let's get onto those, yes? I hear they have buttons and everything nowadays.

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Do I buy Civ 5?

Feb 18, 2011 3:42pm PST

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Do I buy Civ 5? : mrseldowski
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- Do you own Civ 4? : Happy Doodle Muffin
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  if you've played civ 3 or 4 and loved it, then maybe. i've heard lots of bitching about lacking features ... : biskits
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    Yea I haven't really, I like city building games though. I loved Dawn of Discovery, but I guess that is d... : mrseldowski
    - Both Total War and Civ are nothing like city builders. Both great series if you want good strategy games ... : Hemtroll
    - TW is great - start with Medieval 2 if you don't have a good system. : Dessicator82
- Yes. : HockeyJohnston
- No, you have to trade two strategic resources and 12g per turn for it. : Nali4Freedom
- I think it's great, others don't. If you have no previous experience with Civ but think it looks fun then... : Hemtroll
- for $30 on steam? I'd say it's worth that. For $50, no.. : dotpain
- I was going to, but the amazon reviews are really harsh : Omning
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  Civ 4 is 7.50. Supposedly that's the superior game. : MPLStagger
  - That is a hell of a deal. : re-verse
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  People are whiny cuntbuckets. Civ 5 is a different game with its faults but fun. Go ahead and take the pl... : buzzbat
  - Its faults include an AI that can't understand the combat system. That's no trifle, and criticizing the g... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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    Don't listen to this whiny cuntbucket, Civ 4 is still better : locater16
    - For someone who has played in excess of 700 hours of Civ 4, I agree. But Civ 5 is still fun. : buzzbat
- I could never get into Civ 4, but I've dumped over 100 hours into Civ 5. It's pretty darn good. My only... : Grumbeld
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  It provides sufficient entertainment for $30 right now. I just bought Civ IV for $7.50 to see how it comp... : BlackCat9
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    Wait, I just bought the Civ IV complete pack and there's four things in there. Which one do I play? I ass... : BlackCat9
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      I'd start with a few games of vanilla Civ 4. Beyond the Sword is excellent and you'll never play without ... : Happy Doodle Muffin
      
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  By: _jon x Show Full Post
  
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  Of course! It's fun.
  
  Feb 18, 2011 4:27pm PST
  
  Of course! It's fun. : _jon
- Will not buy until pitboss is in. : NexusOne
- I like the not having to stack a billion units in your town to defend them, and no pollution cleanup, etc... : Donborvio
- I think it's good but I never really spent a whole lot of time with Civ 4. Otherwise I probably would thi... : The Grolar Bear

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