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[Grakelin]

4 days!

[Shades]

4 days!

7 for me damn EU release date.

A chunk of us where I work have it pre-loaded ready and waiting for an day 1 multiplayer where none of us have a clue what we are doing

[ILikePie]

4 days!

7 for me damn EU release date.

Add a month to that and you the Israeli release date.

[Aqizzar]

Oh yes, this is exactly what I need.  It's not like Stalker and Blood Bowl aren't dominating enough of my time.  Oh fuck no, what I need, need in my soul, is to feel that tried and true Sid Meier crack flowing through my veins again.

I've lost combined weeks of my life to every Civilization title, and most of it's similar forays.  I'll be on this game like stink on a monkey, and it'll be the monkey on my back.

[Deon]

I was pleasantly surprised by the live broadcast of Civ V. Sure, it's simplified and needs a lot of stuff added, but it's still Civilization, and it has some new nice interface and gameplay additions. So with expansion packs I think I'm gonna love it.

[forsaken1111]

I'll be buying this.

Anyone know if they'll have it on Impulse?

[Ivefan]

I'm going to give this a try as it seems to be a bit different to the previous games which never played more than once.
Which is curious because iI ove Alpha Centauri and it's basically the same game.

[mipe9]

4 days!

7 for me damn EU release date.

Add a month to that and you the Israeli release date.

Add a year to that and you get the Finnish release date. We live in the middle of nowhere

[forsaken1111]

I'm going to give this a try as it seems to be a bit different to the previous games which never played more than once.
Which is curious because iI ove Alpha Centauri and it's basically the same game.

Alpha Centauri was fantastic. So much better than the previous Civs. I really liked Civ 4 as well.

[Mephansteras]

Oddly, I think I got the most playtime out of Civ 3 over any of the others. Mostly because I modded it heavily, with a whole magic tech branch added on and tons of units that I got off of the Civ Fanatics forum. Great fun, although I never did finish all of the stuff I was going to mod into that.

[Fikes]

Anyone confirm that day 1 multiplayer will work? Will we be able to play over LAN? I am seriously considering taking Tuesday off to play, but I've had mixed results with Day 1 excitement.

[Thexor]

Anyone confirm that day 1 multiplayer will work? Will we be able to play over LAN? I am seriously considering taking Tuesday off to play, but I've had mixed results with Day 1 excitement.

According to the review I just read, multiplayer is available out-of-the-box, but is limited to simultaneous turns, and you can't save. Haven't read anything about LAN play recently, but a quick Google search reveals that you'll still have to use Steamworks. This'll mean that you'll need everybody playing to own a copy of the game. Nobody's giving a clear answer as to whether it'll be LAN play using Steamworks, or if you'll be forced to connect online.   



I'm tempted to buy this, but I think I'd rather wait a bit. I've never really played Civ games online, and the single-player game will be just as good (if not better, yay patches!) once it's half-price on Steam. 

[forsaken1111]

This'll mean that you'll need everybody playing to own a copy of the game. Nobody's giving a clear answer as to whether it'll be LAN play using Steamworks, or if you'll be forced to connect online.   

I don't understand why this is a problem, unless you live in a location without some kind of internet service?

[Ivefan]

Maybe he wants to have a game on the computers in his home without having to purchase additional copies?

[Fikes]

For me it is much more of an issuse of the stability of those servers. I don't mind buying games, particularly consistantly good ones like Civ.

I'd like to have a day 1 battle against my friends, but if the game servers are all fucked up I basically wasted a day off of work.