Civ V: Gods & Kings expansion due late spring

will air unit be able to bomb???

It hasnt crashed on me yet.  I just have a problem with having to pay for the rest of the game I should gotten on my first civ 5 purchase.  That seems to be a growing trend.  Make a game.  Remove a portion of the content.  Sell it again later.  Bottom line is 60 + 30 = 90 dollar game.  Brilliant!

What about fixing the current game? Everyone knows it is the most unstable game in existence, crashes on dime for everyone. I was 'attempting' to play it again with the latest patches to see if it was fixed, boy was I wrong ~ it is still a major crashfest.

am i the only one hoping they put the random events and quests from beyond the sword in this expansion ?

I was amazed that they didn't divide this expansion in three or four DLC, they were going too far with that. Nice for Firaxis, and hope they add some forgotten religions!

Never really got used to hex combat in Civ V. Here's hoping they are working on VI behind the screens.

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Ah yes, an expansion back full of features that should have been in the base game.

My problem with Civ 5 is that the AI doesn't know how to play, rendering the game fundamentally broken. I'm all for bringing back Religion and Espionage, but I'd feel better if they'd fixed the AI before layering more complexity on a broken foundation.

Were is Civ 5: Colonization I was hopeing they would do this as an alternative gameplay addon rather then a stand alone? Also is this an expansion if so plz o more addons or dlcs include evrything on this and start making Civ5 : Colonization.

finually, the netherlands are back baby!

@darkeyez81 You're right, but I also have the DLC for that, too.

@CamoBullo GOTY edition doesn't include the Korea DLC.

Very glad they are putting religion back in, I was hoping for that. I loved it in in Civ IV, how it added that extra layer. Spies...OK, I guess. A combat revamp could be VERY good, depending on what they do. Guardedly optimistic here. :-)

Though I wasn't expecting it anymore, these are great news, for sure! I loved Civ V, but at first it was so shallow, its features (specially diplomacy) so incomplete... But over time the patches and DLCs added some simple but interesting mechanisms (ie. the buildings became more useful, AI's diplomacy became somewhat smarter) and features, making it a enjoyable-to-addicting game to me. And I believe these returning features will make it even better and complete. Since espionage is returning, I do hope they completely revamp that "demographics" panel. You're dealing with civilizations, the best part of the game should be when you look for information to compare your progress with your opponent's. Right now you just know who is the better and who is the worst, there isn't an actual ladder, graphs and this kind of thing... Also, I'd expect more than just 4 new civilizations... but I guess they're keeping it to future DLCs...

@mnrunner "Reworked" doesn't mean "fixed". It mean it's going to be altogether different in various ways. This is an actual , not some crappy DLC, you'd be paying for more than a patch.

It's great that it is an expansion, not a DLC. I like expansions, not DLCs. DLCs is paying $15 for 3 maps, expansions are paying $30 for tons of new content (map packs vs. Shivering Isles) Now that I'm done, looks like a quality expansion. I will most definitely pick it up. Also, seems a bit odd to have a GOTY edition out before this is released....

I was just thinking about buying the GOTY edition of this game, too. Looks like the "thinking about" just turned into a definitely.

So, basically this will be the game it should have been at launch with diplomacy restored. Maybe we'll be able to switch from Civ IV after it comes out, then.

But... I have the Game of the Year Edition, which has all DLC and when I thought no more DLC would be announced, another one is being released? Thank God. I want as much content as I can get with this game.

@Grovilis: Trust me, if I had anyone that played Civ 5 in my area that I knew, I'd play with them in a heartbeat.

At last i thought civ5 was wasted cos of the stuff they left out cos lets face it the DLC was pretty rubbish and before u say im a civ hater im a long time fan of the game played all of em since amiga days including the spin off AC.

" the expansion brings a "reworked" combat system, as well as more educated artificial intelligence" Is this in a planned patch or the DLC? I only ask because I'm not a fan of paying for patches. Just fix your game.

@abompro I guess. I personally, though, refuse to play with random people. I just don't find that fun in these types of games.

I'm all over this. I don't have time to wait for long-running MP games, so jacking up the difficulty among the provided leaders/scenarios is a huge plus for me. Adding the Religion-based aspects is a welcome change; it's an entirely different way to play the game.

This is nice and all, but I won't buy, especially since I can't even find a game to play in the lobby, since they only show you games that are in your general area. Stunts the growth of the game, if you ask me.

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Civ 4 makes DLC: fans praise the heck out of it Civ 5 makes DLC: fans get bent out of shape Makes sense. Seriously, though, Firaxis has obviously seen their glaring mistakes and decides to fix/add features that fans have been literally begging for only to end up getting spat in the face? Whether you like it or not, this DLC is giving MUCH better fan service than a LARGE majority of DLC packs out there and I'm grateful for that.

Sounds good. I'm guessing there will be some large scale fixes since they're reworking a bunch of stuff.

I think most people would be better off going back to Civ4. Civ5 was not a worthy successor.

I didn't play Civ5 yet, but there are NO religions in the standard game?!?! What blasphemy is this?! How can this be a simulator of a proper civilization without religion?! HURRRR!! Being an atheist myself, I just LOOOOVE switching religions constantly and have anarchy reign in my Civ4....

So nothing about fixing the broken multiplayer? Shame.