Quote from: Eva on Oct 27, 2014, 10:12:56 PM
Quote from: Vertigo on Oct 25, 2014, 07:41:24 AM
The new Civilization game came out yesterday. I have already racked up 13 hours, and am very pissed off at my frail sleep-needing human body depriving me of playing time.
I'll try some more Civ V games, now that my brother offered me his version of the game, including all the extras. I remember the last game I played with the new City State civ (can't remember the name of course). Won big time, allied with all the remaining city states in the game lol.
That's the only way you can win on the highest difficulty levels - AI get ridiculous amounts of free money, production, science and happiness, but they spend it all on buying vast armies, territory and buildings; they never buy off city states. So even if the AI factions are fighting with jet fighters and tanks while you're still fielding cannons and knights, you can still win a diplomatic victory if you focus on your economy.
Venice (the City State faction) is a great choice for that, because they get 2x the number of trade routes. Unless you have a money-earning religion, trade routes are the only way to generate decent cashflow in Civ 5.
Just remember to build up a large military ASAP or the AI will kerbstomp you as soon as their territory encroaches on yours. My main dislike about Civ 5 (and I'm including Beyond Earth in that) is the way the AI is programmed to handle warfare - they'll only attack you when they have a massive advantage. If you keep pace on tech and army size, they'll never pick a fight, making all that sexy military tech pointless. And personally I find that picking a fight myself makes me feel like a psychopath.
