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On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:44:28 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Not brave enough to pay for it yet. It looks interesting, especially the
>cultural improvements. Anyone install this sucker and give it a spin?

Sure... just as soon as it drops in price twenty bucks.

On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:20:07 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote: 

>On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:44:28 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Not brave enough to pay for it yet. It looks interesting, especially the
>>cultural improvements. Anyone install this sucker and give it a spin?
>
>Sure... just as soon as it drops in price twenty bucks.
>
>
Ding. I did the same for Gods & Kings.

Let me be blunt: Anyone stupid enough to buy this full price? ;^)

-- 
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

Zaghadka  <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Let me be blunt: Anyone stupid enough to buy this full price? ;^)

Two of the four people in my Steam friends list payed full price for
it apparently.  I don't know if they would recommend it though, but they
do play Civilization V a lot.

					Ross Ridge

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On 27/07/2013 1:06 PM, Zaghadka wrote:
> Let me be blunt: Anyone stupid enough to buy this full price? ;^)

Bless the early adopters, because they're the ones that feed enough 
money into the system that the vendors drop the price for the rest of us.

Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> writes:

> Zaghadka  <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Let me be blunt: Anyone stupid enough to buy this full price? ;^)

> Two of the four people in my Steam friends list payed full price for
> it apparently.  

        It was available at 30% off ($21) from Green Man Gaming for a
while.  I was tempted, but I'm still really dubious of all things Civ V.

                           - Tim Skirvin (tskirvin@killfile.org)
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On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:11:53 -0500, tskirvin@killfile.org (Tim
Skirvin) wrote:

>Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> writes:
>
>> Zaghadka  <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Let me be blunt: Anyone stupid enough to buy this full price? ;^)
>
>> Two of the four people in my Steam friends list payed full price for
>> it apparently.  
>
>        It was available at 30% off ($21) from Green Man Gaming for a
>while.  I was tempted, but I'm still really dubious of all things Civ V.


I have no problem with Civilization V. Well, not with the gameplay. It
has some nice innovations that I feel really improve the game (in
particular, the addition of those minor countries that you can ally
with but don't expand their borders). Some of the other changes
(combat, in particular) aren't as welcome but don't ruin the game. 
I do have a problem with paying $30 for an expansion pack, though.

I do have a problem, like many fans, /playing/ Civilization V though
(or any Civ game, for that matter). Left unchecked, it could destroy
my life ("It's /what/ time in the morning?!?!?"). Its why I purposely
limit my access to the game. So maybe it's for the best that the DLC
is so overpriced; it keeps me from buying it, reinstalling the game
and not getting any sleep for a month ;-)

On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:49:00 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,
David Lamb wrote: 

>On 27/07/2013 1:06 PM, Zaghadka wrote:
>> Let me be blunt: Anyone stupid enough to buy this full price? ;^)
>
>Bless the early adopters, because they're the ones that feed enough 
>money into the system that the vendors drop the price for the rest of us.

True that. Someone has to front the money, by paying full price for the
same game three times. Honestly, if I see some positive reviews, I'm
willing to be an early adopter on this one. The culture overhaul looks
pretty cool. I'd throw some money at it if I wasn't so leary of hype.

-- 
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 10:01:52 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote: 

>Left unchecked, it could destroy
>my life ("It's /what/ time in the morning?!?!?").

Heh. Been there and done that. I've logged more hours in Civ V than in
every other Steam game by a factor of 10 (possible 100). We're talking
orders of magnitude more time spent playing.

It's a very good game. Well worth the money I spent. And the backported
updates have streamlined the gameflow, even if you didn't buy the
expansion packs.

-- 
Zag

No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

Concerned about price? Find some free strategy games (in the Civ style, such as C-evo and Freeciv) reviewed and partly analyzed on the Civilization Games Wiki - http://civilization.wikia.com - which incidentally now has an official partnership with Sid Meier's Firaxis.

Concerned about staying up all night? Ignore the above note!!! (Or have some free fun anyway.)


Robin - born 1940, still going strong