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[forsaken1111]

The amount of mods, I reckon.

Really? because that would seem an unreasonable comparison considering how much longer Civ 4 has been around.

Civ 5 has been out for a year. I would have expected at least a dozen mods by now.

There are far more than a dozen available.

[Grakelin]

According to one prominent Civ IV modder (the lead on RiFE), Civ V is far easier to modify than IV, but there are certain impediments to producing overhauls. Overhauls are the mods we most often notice and talk about.

[Lorak]

I haven't played Civ V in a while because, to be quite honest, I was disappointed in the huge reduction in game options and customization, and not supporting mods in multiplayer.

Any changes on those fronts?

I just can't go from Civ IV where I could have ~30 nations on a relatively small cramped map to Civ 5 where you can only have up to 12, and max players are capped based on map size so everyone always has ample room to build 4 - 5 cities before touching borders with someone else.

Not to mention the FFH2 mod for Civ 4 turns it into one of the best and most fun strategy games I've ever played.  I actually think FFH2 has ruined any other turn based strategy game for me, because it's -that- good I always find myself wishing other games had certain aspects from FFH2 included.  :-P

[thvaz]

Singleplayer FFH2 was quite boring IMO. I really miss Rhyes' and Fall of Civilization.

[thvaz]

Singleplayer FFH2 was quite boring IMO. I really miss Rhyes' and Fall of Civilization.

despite having a quad core processor on a computer that came out a couple of years after Civ IV, Rhyes and fall of civilization caused major lag

it's a shame because the mod is actually awesome (I can play 50 rounds, then it lags like shit)

I could play it just fine up to modern age at my previous laptop, a core i5. I still have to test it on my my new core i7 laptop.

[klingon13524]

Anyone anticipating the expansion they're working on?

[lordcooper]

I didn't know there was one.  Is it an actual expansion, or more dlc fluff?

[forsaken1111]

I didn't know there was one.  Is it an actual expansion, or more dlc fluff?

Actual expansion. Adds in religion among other things, and looks pretty good. Civilization V: Gods & Kings is the name

[loose nut]

Here's a preview of the expansion.

This isn't very original of me, but whenever I see anything about it I think of it as "Civilization V: Beyond The Sword." It does look interesting though.

[Sowelu]

But the only reason I play Civ V is when I want a simpler game that IV...

It will be fun to see what religion does to city-states, I must admit.

[lordcooper]

This looks pretty neat, I'll likely pick it up.  I forsee an atheist mod where religions have negative effects on civilizations/cities and players aim to spread religion throughout their enemies turf while stamping it out on their own.

[Rex_Nex]

That would be an odd mod

[Sowelu]

Well, clearly atheism itself will be a religion; witness the "reason" civics and the USSR.

[BigD145]

Well, clearly atheism itself will be a religion; witness the "reason" civics and the USSR.

 

[Rakonas]

Here's a preview of the expansion.

This isn't very original of me, but whenever I see anything about it I think of it as "Civilization V: Beyond The Sword." It does look interesting though.

Sid Meier’s Civilization 5 rode a wave of high praise into stores and digital storefronts when it launched at the end of 2010. And why wouldn’t it have?

Stopped reading right there. When did this happen?
Don't get me wrong, Civ 5 isn't a bad game. I enjoyed playing around with it for a while. But other than the upgrade from tiles to hex and the single-unit-per-hex thing, the game felt like a downgrade. It could just be that I mainly played FFH2 to begin with, but I really didn't feel that it was a great sequel, and I don't remember it 'riding on a wave of high praise'.