http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/civilization-v-announced-for-autumn

SC II and Civ V in the same year...I guess the gaming industry REALLY wants me to fail out of college.

Looks like we get actual ARMIES now and there are also more diplomatic options. I just got Civ IV last year and I can't imagine what Civ V is going to do to me, let alone with SC II.

Release date is expected to be Fall of this year.

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SubtleArt

2710 Posts

February 18 2010 17:30 GMT

Wish it would be out by summer. Its the only time I have to play 5 hour games. Still awesome tho :O

Jyvblamo

Canada13788 Posts

February 18 2010 17:51 GMT

The hex-grid reminds me of Settlers of Catan haha.
Man, this is going to kill hundreds of hours for me.

sharkeyanti

United States1273 Posts

February 18 2010 17:54 GMT

And all the tiles look like Catan as well. Weeeeirrd. Should be another time destroyer

Fedaykin

Netherlands2003 Posts

February 18 2010 17:54 GMT

Kinda hope it's gonna be out before SC2, if not, then it might be some time before I'll get my hands on this new civ.

On February 19 2010 02:51 Jyvblamo wrote:
The hex-grid reminds me of Settlers of Catan haha.

Now you mention it, yeah, looks a lot like that

Pyrthas

United States3196 Posts

February 18 2010 18:07 GMT

So excited when I saw this on Kotaku. All but guaranteed preorder from me.

WeSt

Portugal918 Posts

February 18 2010 21:32 GMT

YEAH! I installed civ II and III yesterday to remember the old times :D

Adeeler

United Kingdom764 Posts

February 18 2010 21:36 GMT

I thing that turned me off civ 4 was the border regions be uncontrollable unless you keep huge armies all over all of your borders. I would get ppl coming over mountains all the time invading my mines and stuff was really annoying and made me bored to fast.

Corvi

Germany1406 Posts

February 18 2010 21:49 GMT

this makes me so wanna play civ 4 now.

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

February 18 2010 21:54 GMT

#10

Hex eh, seriously, it makes me think Catan too. Especially since the tiles just somehow look similar to Catan.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

February 18 2010 21:56 GMT

#11

I really really hope the Diplomacy system has been revamped.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

February 18 2010 22:12 GMT

#12

screenshots look nice but I kinda like the old tiles better

Thratur

Canada917 Posts

February 18 2010 22:12 GMT

#13

This hypes me more than SC2.

ramen-

90 Posts

February 18 2010 22:15 GMT

#14

I hope they redo the unit system, I think the way combat works out right now with a series of one on one confrontations is a bit dated.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

February 18 2010 22:17 GMT

#15

City states is the new battleground for diplomacy what the hell?

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98421-Civilization-V-Coming-to-PC-This-Fall

triangle

United States3803 Posts

February 18 2010 22:25 GMT

#16

OMG so excited :D

I love the civ games.

mcneebs

Canada391 Posts

February 18 2010 22:27 GMT

#17

This is awesome. Hope they addressed the SoD and the late game total boredom issues.

Fontong

United States6454 Posts

February 18 2010 22:29 GMT

#18

Yay I love hex grids.

HOMM anyone? When they switched to square tiles it was really stupid...

Manit0u

Poland17851 Posts

February 18 2010 22:46 GMT

#19

On February 19 2010 02:27 shindigs wrote:
Looks like we get actual ARMIES now

To me it just looks like 'show single unit' option turned off (which I always have 'on' in C4) and changing squares into hexagons.

I just wish it's going to run perfectly on Linux, just like C4 does.