heard the long-term vets of the series still prefer Civ4 or 5

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49697370)

I really liked civ 6 actually -- it's funny that a lot of the gamer retards prattle on about how 5 is the best in the series but in reality 6 is extremely similar to 5, just with some extra stuff tacked on. 5 was a huge change from 4, but 6 was very incremental compared to 5

civ 7 changes the core gameplay loop though and it's terrible. basically the game is now divided in to three periods, and at the end of each period your tech tree resets/is fast forwarded. units are auto-upgraded. etc. the problem is none of the periods last long enough to really feel like you've done anything, the whole mechanism is just implemented really poorly and destroys the most core mechanic of civ, incremental progression via the tech tree+units

it has a bunch of other problems but so did every other civ game at launch I've ever played (4 for example was unplayable for the first year). but the shift in core gameplay loop is just a terrible decision that can't be fixed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49697412)

there are a lot of very very good mods for civ 5 that essentially make it into entirely new games (which are significantly better than the original game)

i'm a civ 5 enjoyer btw although i don't play anymore, or at least haven't for a while

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49697431)

it's not even "civ" anymore in the sense that it follows human historical progression. it's just some goofy made up artificial sandbox lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49697428)

Also, I think you end up switching civs when the eras change-- like you don't play Rome all the way through.

Just really fucked up everything. My guess is that women were involved somehow in these changes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49697443)

Yeah I totally forgot about that. It's painfully nonsensical/retarded and removes a large part of the fun "RP nerd" aspect of the game. Half the fucking point of Civ is that you get to play Rome With Lasers or Neolithic Victorian England or whatever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49697447)

i almost died, but this was probably the last time gaming was 180 in a frutiger aero-sense. that is, the inherited optimism and aesthetics from the late 90's to early aught's.

bioshock infinite just came out, diablo 3 about to be released before people trashed it (and blizzard, once considered like the HBO of gaming) indefinitely, half-life source games/mods although losing steam still going strong (CS:S, L4D2, DoD:S), call of duty peaked (Modern Warfare 1/2).

today and now, in every fantasy franchise/license games to films; female characters are all contractually obligated to look like Lupita Nyong'o or worse while you're squinting and shifting thru which MTX currency type from the game store allows you chop off your pink polka-dot cock because it offended a server GM and ended up getting you banned.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49697499)

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(Sounds like a peak experience on all levels, tyvmft)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49697678)

I like all the exploration & planning stuff... but I want to curbstomp the cpu opponents so bad, I play on easy levels.

Any setback at all pisses me off

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49697453)

the difficulty levels (at least in civ vi) don't correspond to better or worse AI, it just gives the AI different levels of handicap. e.g. on easy modes you get a slight bump in unit strength in battles, and on deity the ai civs get extra settlers and units. it doesn't change the ai's decision making.

so gameplay isn't fundamentally different on different difficulty levels, you're just giving either yourself or the AI a boost. if you're not a beginner and you're good enough to beat the AI in general then medium difficulty shouldn't be a problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49697768)

Even if the game were good I’m not buying that woke garbage.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49712237)

start chickenshit wars with one or a couple civs / city states in distant places, use those couple units to pillage mines / lumber mills / commerce hubs / harbors with double yield policy card to max out gold and then end the wars once pillaging is done. also pillage campuses to advance science

start spamming knights in midgame

hit tanks before anyone else, use pillaged gold to upgrade all your knights to tanks

rape

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49730580)

any other strategy just isn't nearly as fun imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5838680&forum_id=2.#49730595)