Quoting Mtn_Man, reply 5If the game had Sid Meier's name on the box, it would be pulling 8's easily.
If this game had Sid Meier's name on the box then I would be sending it back for a refund. The only reason I'm sticking with it is because I like Stardock and I think they will eventually fix the gameplay to a reasonable standard (whether they will turn it into the classic that it could be is another question).
Quoting Drala2k, reply 14I seem to recall Civ IV had a pretty bad launch with bugs, including booting problems and bad disks.
Yes, there were some problems with the Civ 4 release, particualrly the disks etc. BUT the actual game was complete and had compelling gameplay.
Elemental had many more and just as serious crash bugs as Civ 4, but more importantly has huge balance and gameplay mechanic issues.
I personally aren't really fussed about the stability problems with Elemental, they will get fixed. Improving and polishing the gameplay until it gleams is what I want to see.
If it had Sid Meier's name on the box you wouldn't be able to send it back for a refund.
Also Civ IV still even to this day isn't balanced. The AI is ridiculously stupid.
Hi, I'm going to declare war on you during 1800AD. I know you have gunpowder units stationed in all your cities, but I don't care. I think my elephant and catapult with some archers will do just fine! *Loses his "stack of doom"*. Oh hey this was purely just a misunderstanding! Can we call a ceasfire? What? I'm supposed to give you gold or something for you to sign this? Pffawh just sign it and call it a day! You don't want to sign it? Well fine! *Loses all but his last two cities.*. You want me to be your vassal? Well I think we're doing just fine on our own!
Yeah... anyways. I just love how the AI still spams cities all over the place. Single tile island in the middle of the ocean with no resources near it? That's a city! Two tiles of tundra in the one spot of my continent that my borders haven't swallowed up yet? That's another city! And when you go to war with them, raze their cities you can watch as settlers walk past your armies and plop another level 1 city with like one guard. Yeah don't emphasize on building a defensive army or anything, build more settlers!
The "higher difficulty" just penalizes you and buffs the AI. They don't get smarter and are still just as stupid unfortunatly. I'm willing to bet that's exactly what we get in Civ V.
