News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1B hours played, and 66 versions. Parent comment

Re:Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1B hours played,... by zem on Thursday February 18, 2016 @11:35PM (#11131569)
no, missed everything between alpha centauri and civ5. I just picked civ5 up out of nostalgia when the humble bundle ran it.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1B hours played,... by danharaj on Friday February 19, 2016 @12:19AM (#11131730)
Civ 5 is definitely the weakest game in the series. I think Civ 4/Beyond the Sword was the highest point the series has yet reached.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1B hours played,... by tdsamardzhiev on Friday February 19, 2016 @12:59AM (#11131892)
That was my first impression, but I've actually found that I enjoy Civ 5 more. It's more dynamic and polished, and they've removed exactly these aspects of the game that I used to find annoying.

No Baba Yetu, though :(

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1B hours played,... by eropple on Friday February 19, 2016 @07:22AM (#11133064)
I felt that way before the Civ5 expansions. Bounced right off of it. With the expansions, though, I enjoy Civ5 quite a lot. It is emphatically not the same game as Civ4BTS, which I still play pretty regularly too, but it's a pretty decent spin on the formula as far as I'm concerned.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Civilization: 25 years, 33M copies sold, 1B hours played,... by chris_wot on Friday February 19, 2016 @07:40AM (#11133128)
I loved Civilization: Beyond Earth, except I could not stand the 500 turn limit. It killed the longevity of the game for me.
[ Parent | on HN ]