Civ5 still has some edges and inconsistencies the developers need to fix, but alltogether it's an enjoyable game. What I don't know is why developers still bother with diplomacy. I have yet to find a single game where you can really trust an AI player to uphold his end of the bargain or not stab you in the back at the first opportunity.
Has anyone else noticed that one of the Civ 5 ambient cow noises is the same as the one used in Lords of the Realm 2 from 1996? Driving me nuts, I just finished a long LotR2 marathon a month ago and Civ keeps spamming me with the cow noise.
If it isn't the same it's bloody well close.
It's the same all right and I got very nostalgic when I first heard it (the royal edition of LotR2 is, coincidentally, lying right next to me). Developers often buy these sounds from specialised companies and sometimes those have been used in another (well known) game before. A certain bird sound comes to my mind, which has been used in at least three different games, which I can't name right now, but one is part of the settler series.
Sometimes they do it on purpose though. For example, in Dawn of War 2 when you equip something to your squad, it plays the exact same sound used for the same purpose in Chaos Gate (another Wh40k game, albeit a much, much older one; this one is lying next to me as well... for some reason).
I used to play lord of the realm 2 a whole lot, loved it. I was so disappointed with lotr3
Same here. They really f'ed up that one and destroyed the chance for a "real" LotR3.