The Civilization 5 Hype Thread *Gamespot 9.0*

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With over nine million units sold worldwide, and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization® is recognized as one of the greatest strategy franchises of all-time. Now, Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive strategy game to unprecedented heights by adding new ways to play and win; new tools to manage and expand your civilization; extensive modding capabilities; and intensely competitive multiplayer options. Civilization® V will come to life in a beautifully detailed, living world that will elevate the gameplay experience to a whole new level making it a must-have for gamers around the globe!

In Civilization® V, players strive to become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age, waging war, conducting diplomacy, discovering new technologies, going head-to-head with some of history's greatest leaders and building the most powerful empire the world has ever known.


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World

More than just a strategy game - the expanded visuals and immersive audio invite would - be kings to take up the reigns of power and forge a mighty empire. Civilization V offers a limitless variety of vast, realistic and diverse landscapes for players to explore, battle over and claim as their own.

Inviting Presentation
An intuitive interface eases both new players and Civ veterans into the game. Guided by a set of trusted advisors who will explain game functionality and provide counsel for significant decisions, even first-time players will be confident in the choices they make.

Huge Battles
Combat is more exciting and engaging than ever before. Wars between empires feel massive with armies spreading across the landscape.The addition of ranged bombardment allows players to fire weapons from behind the front lines, challenging players to develop clever new strategies to guarantee victory on the battlefield.

Live History
Write your own epic story each time you play! Choose one of eighteen historical civilizations to lead from the stone-age to the space age on your quest to build the world's most powerful empire.

Improved Diplomacy
Negotiate with some of history's most cunning rulers, each with a well-crafted plan for victory. Successful diplomacy will depend on players carefully managing relationships with other leaders, trading items, plying them with gold, and deciding if they are friend or foe. City States will present a new diplomatic battleground on which the major powers of the world will vie for supremacy.

In-Game Community Hub
Compete with Civ players from all over the globe via the Internet, offering endless ways to rule the world.

Modability
With unprecedented modding tools, players will have a nearly unlimited options for modifying Civilization V any way they like.

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================Reviews================

Gaming Nexus
100
Maintaining the beloved "Civilization" feel while adding some delicious "boardgame" goodness, Civilization V is a solid addition to any strategy library.

The Escapist
100
My favorite Civilization to date. Hex tiles and no stacking makes combat fun and more tactical. The new systems work incredibly well without altering what makes the game Civilization. Civ V is an excellent game.


Joystiq
100
For a game so very, very large, it delivers everything in an easy to understand package no matter what route you take to playing it. The core Civilization experience is still there, but it's like an efficiency expert came in and streamlined everything that had gotten clunky with the series. It's a "friendly" strategy game.


Game Informer
98
As a hardcore strategy gamer who is no stranger to planning out my empire's production dozens of turns in advance, I've already turned to Civ V for my world-conquering needs – but at the same time, if anything is going to rear a new generation of strategy gamers like the very first Civilization did for me, it's this.


Destructoid
95
Improvements to the user interface and AI at all levels result in it being more approachable for newcomers without losing any of the strategic depth that long-time fans crave. It vastly improves combat, making the micro-level gameplay both more complex and entertaining. It trims all the fat, leaving only decision-making, strategic planning, and the sheer joy of crushing your enemies. Civ V is the pinnacle of the franchise to date.


GameTrailers
94
Civilization V is a brilliant expression of the turn-based strategy game by the undisputed masters of the form. It's a great entry point for newcomers, and veterans will delight in all the wrinkles and refinements.


PC Gamer
93
Gorgeous graphics, deep combat and a user-friendly makeover makes the fifth Civilization a great place to start or renew your interest in global domination. [Nov 2010, p.52]


Computer and Video Games
93
What you have here is the cleanest, best looking, smoothest playing, most tactically enjoyable version of the deepest and most addictive strategy game of all time.


Wired
80
In a sea of shooters with pounding soundtracks and frenetic gameplay, Civilization V is one of the few games to challenge players' minds - to have them sit back and analyze situations methodically. If Halo: Reach is heaven on earth for twitch-gamers everywhere, then Civilization V is the thinking man's paradise.

Gamespot
9.0
Excellent tactical battles and a slick interface make the latest Civilization another wonderful addition to a cl@ssic franchise.

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#2 Fried_Shrimp
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AAAA
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#3 Espada12
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AAA, and nice thread! Finally!

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#4 Raymundo_Manuel
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Finally someone makes a proper hype thread.

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#5 argetlam00
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It really deserves an AAAA, but ill vote AAA.

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#6 Espada12
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Wired is on a roll :lol: first halo reach now Civ5?

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#8 argetlam00
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Wired is on a roll :lol: first halo reach now Civ5?

Espada12

I don't like what they did there at all...They gave it an 80 because it requires you to think :|

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#9 devious742
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I was going to say there's already another thread on the front page, but this one is better. Nice OP :3

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Thnx:D I did what I could since I didnt see any other hype threads:oops:first time using imageshack. hope its reliable

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#10 rcignoni
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Finally, a deserving thread. AAA all the way!
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#11 Ragingbear505
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The spreadsheet grows. Hopefully Gamespot will give it a 10 so console kids can shut up "But teh PC doesn't have a single AAAA!"

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#12 mo0ksi
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Great thread! I'm calling AAA. Hopefully I can get into this one.
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#13 JohnF111
Member since 2010 • 14190 Posts

I really want this game after watching the demonstration... hope i win a copy to save my pennies from the iron grasp i have on them.... Hope my PC can handle this game.

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#14 Rev3nger
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This game has AAA on deadlock.
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This game will rule. MAKE THAT PUN INTENDED.
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#16 kozzy1234
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Gamespot will give it a 9/10 at least.

Just preordered this game today :D

Also, AWESOME hype thread bud, best one in awhile imo :)

Add a few more screenshots and its perfect :P

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#17 TerrorRizzing
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I bow down, I only made my thread because I didnt see a hype thread... this game deserves one for sure.

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#18 adamosmaki
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Cant wait to try the editor
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#19 kuraimen
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Wired is on a roll :lol: first halo reach now Civ5?

Espada12
LOL funny what they said on the Civ 5 review about Reach :P
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#20 meme_peddler
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Hi :) AAA is 9.0+ right? This will score 9.0+ for sure. There are a few reviews available on other sites and they are very positive about this game. The only negative seems to be the editions they offer. It is unclear what you are really getting with every edition, because we don't know their future packages. For instance D2D offers Civilization V with the first downloadable content for free. The Deluxe edition will get you the Babylonian civilization. It's not clear whether Babylonian civilization will ever be available other than in the Deluxe edition, and whether it will be part of the next downloadable package. If the reviewer takes the weird prizing into account, then the score may lower.
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#21 oldkingallant
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AAA.

I wish my computer was strong enough to run this well, the System Reqs are ridiculously high for some reason. I could even run Civilization IV on a Macbook Air but this is gonna struggle on our desktop. I guess I'll just get it when I build a PC next year.

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#22 Ncsoftlover
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I hype this game AAA:)

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#23 kozzy1234
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If you have a computer.. get this game people :)

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#24 shinrabanshou
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Easily AAA. I wish I had a computer that would run it well...

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#25 RyuRanVII
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It's a AAAA game on my books and probably my personal GOTY. I think Gamespot will give it 9,5.

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#26 argetlam00
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Yeah its very surprising how high the requirements are. Especially for a TBS.

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#27 deactivated-5f19d4c9d7318
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Such an addictive game! Simply can't wait, 4gb of ram, 2.6ghz dual core and an nvidia 9800gt should be fin shouldn't it? Gonna pass on this years CoD and pick up Fm 2011 and this for around the same price as Black Opps, two games that will get about 4x as much play than CoD.
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#28 chaplainDMK
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Yeah its very surprising how high the requirements are. Especially for a TBS.

argetlam00

They ain't that big... The minimum requirements are basicaly a 5 year old PC. 256 mb GPU, decent dual core, and 2 gigs of RAM. Thats what my old 600€ PC from 2006 had :)

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BTW, what engine is Civ5 using?
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#30 jedikevin2
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Get ready for a 3-4 page Kevin V Spectacular review...... Can't wait to get this game. Been waituing for a LONG time. I'm starting to get too many games now. Arma2: Operation Arrowhead, Starcraft 2, Reccetear, Amnesia, waiting on f1 2010, and offcourse this... Gonna have a long fall/winter ahead of me now.

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#31 Ravenchrome
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9.5.

I hope

Another 9.5 for PC!!!

Which means 11 on consoles.

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#32 Ace6301
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I'm thinking it will get a 9. Looks great to me.
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#33 Cruse34
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Excepting a ten is too much, but if it doesn't get a 9.5 I will be crushed. Preordered collectors edition months ago

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#34 FIipMode
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This hype thread is very attractive, AAA.
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#35 sam_nintendo
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I'm predicting AAA from GS, but to me it will be AAAAA. That's right, five A's.
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#36 lawlessx
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like i said before..it's almost impossible for this game to get lower than an AAA
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#37 hypoty
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I'm predicting it'll be AAA. I'm disappointed it's coming out on the 24th where I live, but waiting 3 more days couldn't hurt.

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#38 Arach666
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Great thread devious.;) My hype is AAAE.
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#39 PabloEscobar20
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Anyone recognize the soundtrack near the end of the Gametrailers review here?

It starts at 7:00, and it's really familiar. Anyone know what it is?

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Anyone recognize the soundtrack near the end of the Gametrailers review here?

It starts at 7:00, and it's really familiar. Anyone know what it is?

PabloEscobar20

Two Steps from Hell - Moving Mountains

there you go8)

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#41 PabloEscobar20
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[QUOTE="PabloEscobar20"]

Anyone recognize the soundtrack near the end of the Gametrailers review here?

It starts at 7:00, and it's really familiar. Anyone know what it is?

devious742

Two Steps from Hell - Moving Mountains

there you go8)

Oh man, thanks a lot!

I have been looking for the two soundtracks in that review for the whole day. The one in the middle turned out to be the soundtrack used in Mass Effect 2's trailer, was by that same group.

Two steps from hell rocks!

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#42 hiphops_savior
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AAA as always. Plus, there's this.

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#43 HelloMoto56
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AA.

i called it.

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#44 TacticalDesire
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Weee, finally a Civ V hype thread...I'm hyping AAA.

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#45 Jynxzor
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Guessing a 9.5 going to be loving this game to death.
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#46 TacticalDesire
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Wired is on a roll :lol: first halo reach now Civ5?

Espada12

I know I was thinking the same thing...guess they're getting stingy giving two solid 90+ games 80s.

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#47 hypoty
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Only 16335 more posts until we beat the Halo Reach hype thread!

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#48 GeneralShowzer
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AA.

i called it.

HelloMoto56
:D No. It's either getting a 9.0 or 9.5.
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#49 DivineSword  Moderator
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Definitely hyping it AAA for me.

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#50 Ncsoftlover
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Only 16335 more posts until we beat the Halo Reach hype thread!

hypoty

#2 selling game on Amazon now, number 3 for the last few days actually, it's doing just fine, maybe not so much in system wars, but still...