What's the consensus on the game? It's been out a bit now and is only $10 on Steam at the moment. I loved Civ IV. Never got into Crusader Kings though and I hear the game is partly Civ + Crusader Kings
>>1924333>What's the consensus on the game?That you should stop making the exact same thread asking the same fucking questions every month, you cunt. You clearly don't care about answers, so simply just buy an ad>inb4 this is the ad I boughtThen drink bleach and die
>>1924333Is good if you like CK and civ.
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>>1924333its fine but nothing special, have plenty of customizable options and some interesting ideasbut i didn't like it enough to keep playing
>>1924333It has a lot of good ideas.It also has a lot of bad ideas.The different ideas it tries don't always work together too well in practice.It's worth buying if it's on sale. Right now it's about $10 on Steam which it is definitely worth.Maybe a DLC or 2 if you like the particular DLC's subject matter.There's a DLC for people who like Ancient Greece (and the Hittites for some reason).There's a DLC for people who like the religion mechanic.There's a DLC for people who like Ancient Egypt (and Ancient Kush which at least makes some sense)There's a DLC for people who really like Wonders (and half-baked leader bonuses)There's a DLC for people who like the Crusader Kings style character/politics management side of the game and want more of that (and letting the game play itself with the Grand Vizier mechanic)The combat system is really counter-intuitive and kind of ass until you get the hang of it at which point it's still kind of ass but not as frustratingThe tone can't decide between historical, highly embellished historical, Hollywood trying to be historical, or just straight up fantastic with a vaguely historical aesthetic.Parts of the tech tree and unit upgrade paths feels really generic, arbitrary, and ambiguously defined. Also some of it was basically copy pasted from CIV IV with small changes (I'm looking at you Warrior-becomes-Axeman-becomes-Maceman-becomes-Swordsman they literally just swapped Maceman and Swordsman it is otherwise the same upgrade path from CIV IV yes it's the same lead designer but still. And that's not really how infantry developed during Late Antiquity but I get that there really isn't a good standard development path that most cultures of this place and time period took regarding infantry so it was always going to be rather arbitrary and whoa this is turning into a rant)Overall, it's a mix of good and bad that you may or may not like depending on your preferences and tolerance for highly variable historicity.
>>1924333it has by far the best AI in any 4x game that can play competently without cheats. that alone makes it standout. it also doesn't really have any blatantly superfluous mechanics that plague other 4x games (won't even talk about pdox, but stuff like religion, tourism or global warming in civ6).it's also great from technical standpoint, good UI, amazing start game customization (i think it's the only game where i couldn't find any setting i might miss. it has everything you'd want). the obvious downside compared to other games is that the focus is entirely on classical period. if you're fine with the more condensed setting, to me it absolutely blows everything else out of the water. i can't overstate how great it is to have a game where the AI is good and you're not playing against braindead opponents that only rely on resource boosts and nothing else.but as always, just pirate and see for yourself.
>>1924953The AI is definitely better than the AI in Civ VI, but I think you might be overselling it a bit. It has basic competence at best, though given the state of 4x game AI that's probably about as good as it gets at the moment. It still gets bonus resources (especially Orders) and it's "skill" in combat is mostly because it takes human players a while to learn the combat system's counterintuitive set up (hint: don't keep your army on your border, keep them one turn of movement away from where you think the enemy will be if they choose to invade). Once players learn how combat actually works the AI's sub-optimal decision making becomes more apparent. The AI also doesn't seem to actually simulate character management and barely simulates domestic politics so it isn't quite playing the same game as you. Kind of like CIV in a way. Or Total War.
>>1924951thank you anon. I did purchase it just haven't played it. I am one of those dorks that must watch countless videos and read the manual before even booting up the game. (same type of guy that reads the manual for his new vacuum, or his new car...)I am curious and interested about this Grand Vizier mechanic. I do enjoy elements of games that play themselves out. Distant Worlds. Out of the Park Baseball (a baseball sim).>>1924953>>1924957on a separate topic what 4x /vst/ style games have very good AI? I have found the MoO1 remake called Remnants of the Precursors pretty good. but again that game is much simpler and so I suspect easier to program good AI.
>>1925123>I am one of those dorks that must watch countless videos and read the manual before even booting up the gameReally not necessary with Old World in my experience, the new player contextual tips coupled with great integration of nested tooltip system make it very natural to learn in-game as you play.>on a separate topic what 4x /vst/ style games have very good AI?It's not a standard 4x and I still haven't gotten around to trying it, but a lot of people say AI War
>>1924333I found it incredibly boring and formulaic.No matter the map/game setting and faction/leader I played all games felt the same.It's also very disjointed feeling.I prefer Millenia, even Humankind over it.
>>1924951>It's a DLC platformHARD pass
>>1924333Why the fuck does this game still have performance issues, I don't care if you think I'm a poorfag for running it on a 1050Ti, the memory leaks are from the UI OVERLAYS! Inexcusable!
>>1931498It doesn't, upgrade your computer, thirdie.
>>1931505learn to code poojet
>>1931547game was made by whites rajesh, try again once you get a graphics card from this decade.
>>1931562>game was made by whiteswhats next are you going to tell me, that Saarifield was made by Todd himself?
>>1931566bot broke
>>1931569people complained about it being unoptimized since its release, you really must be shit eating jeet/marketer to defend this civ5 looking slop.
>>1931574works on my machine ranjeet
>>1931622Keep projecting shitskin, i will not buy your game
>>1931635you already bought it, since you complained about your machine's inability to run it. Please go away until you purchase a modern gaming PC rajnet.
>>1931644Not only game has demo i would never pay for a shitty clone of mediocre civilization game. Should update your script Kumar.
>>1931657ESL
>>1931674>illiterate>discord troon lingo >fanatically defends incompetencekek, was obvious from the start im talking to mentally ill faggot.
>>1931691Don't you have something better to do with your time little gupta? You'll never get an H1B if you don't study!
>>1931704>gets BTFO so hard he copies my insulti accept you concession
>>1931713I accept your consneedsion.
>>1924333>$10 on steamIt was in a humble bundle which means you can get a key for less than $2 now.
