I fought every other civilization in my current Maya-based game of Civilization V: Gods & Kings and that means that, by the middle of the XIXth century, I am a leading civilization but not the best I could be, lacking behind in terms of tech (I am trying to spy to catch up) and Wonder production (I have no real solut... |
8 August 2012
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After a solid defensive effort, I manage to make peace with most of my enemies, with just Siam and Carthage still at war with me, and I have faith that I can take a few cities from them, beef up my army even more and then take over most, if not all, the continent.
I don’t usually play this way but I am now com... |
4 August 2012
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I loved the idea of one military unit per hex that the development team at Firaxis introduced for Civilization V, because it dealt with one of the biggest problems of the series: the tendency to create enormous killers stacks that were hard to counter in any simple and elegant way.
Unfortunately, the Artificial Inte... |
3 August 2012
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Firaxis has assured Civilization V players that the diplomacy engine for computer controlled opponents has been improved for the Gods & Kings expansion and I might have just experienced one aspect of the upgrade in the form of a Medieval World War I.
Last time I checked in I was bringing up a lone siege engine and a... |
1 August 2012
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I managed to find a string of Ruins, one of the most important early game tasks for all Civilization V players, and one of them has given me enough Faith in order to make my first important choice linked to religion.
First, the player is asked to select a Founding belief, which can range from getting more culture fr... |
30 July 2012
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Pacal goes against everything I am looking for in a Civilization V leader. Normally I would not choose to play the Mayan civilization, but the session I have in mind for this Gamer Diary is one where I will go against my usual play style and see where the game takes me.
I tend to aim for a technology-based victory o... |
28 July 2012
18:51 GMT |
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