Steam sale over so first impressions

[big_ole_jpn]

Originally Posted by Safon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Civilization 5 Complete - At 92 percent off, taking price from 130$ to around like 10$, can't argue

Plz no. As it shipped, civ 5 was a total scam. Definitely not a $130 value by any stretch although I do like the game now.

[pickled_heretic]

vanilla civ 5 had the worst ai of any civ i have ever played

i am, in fact, including civ 1 in this, where the ai was practically nonexistant

[big_ole_jpn]

Originally Posted by pickled_heretic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

vanilla civ 5 had the worst ai of any civ i have ever played

i am, in fact, including civ 1 in this, where the ai was practically nonexistant

The AI is still complete shit at winning combat. Deity is only difficult because they can produce units at a rate of like 8 to 1 of yours -- yet they're so stupid that it's winnable.

But yeah, it has improved from complete lobotomy alpha mode.

[AzzarTheGod]

I prefer my pixelated Castles II by the legendary developer and publishing house Interplay. Great Random Number Generator system for combat, extra units just meant extra DPS and additional dice rolls. Simple AI system feels good man.

Man Interplay were the dawgs dawg. What yall know about that?

Too bad I forgot how to use Dosbox properly and what commands it takes to execute the game.

[big_ole_jpn]

Originally Posted by AzzarTheGod [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I prefer my pixelated Castles II by the legendary developer and publishing house Interplay. Great Random Number Generator system for combat, extra units just meant extra DPS and additional dice rolls. Simple AI system feels good man.

Man Interplay were the dawgs dawg. What yall know about that?

Too bad I forgot how to use Dosbox properly and what commands it takes to execute the game.

Just torrent it and there'll be a .bat that do it, that's how I ran it after you last mentioned c2. Also ya interplay was dope, so many top tier games it's off the chain.

[AzzarTheGod]

What sucks about the torrent/pirated (last I recalled)

Is the cutscenes weren't ripped from the CD. So theres supposed to be immersive cutscenes from a King Henry movie that we don't get to experience during diplomatic encounters. I only remember the cutscenes because I owned the original game in 1998.

I like to play C2 as psycho as possible, holding donw the right mouse button indefinitely. And see if I can still win. Its a nice zero-commitment game you can just load up and go psycho on without stressing over anything then X it out and do it again next week.

I think its cute how the pirated version still has that oldschool security check to see if you actually bought the box/CD and it asks a question to see if you actually owned the manual that came with the box....much hipster, very neat.

[big_ole_jpn]

O shit, yeah that's true. The version I pirated was like 20mb.

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by big_ole_jpn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

O shit, yeah that's true. The version I pirated was like 20mb.

its reel hipster certified too, from like a 1950's movie (don't care to look it up I just remember that the movie was old as fuck which was what made it cool that they used real classic movie footage).

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by big_ole_jpn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also ya interplay was dope, so many top tier games it's off the chain.

These nerds will deepthroat Bethesda but not pay any respect to the founding fathers of the games Bethesda makes.

Interplay created every single IP that Bethesda profits off of.

Bethesda Softworks sued Interplay in 2009, regarding the Fallout Online license and selling of Fallout Trilogy and sought an injunction to stop development of Fallout Online and sales of Fallout Trilogy. After several trials spanning almost three years, and in exchange for 2 million dollars, Interplay gave to Bethesda full rights for Fallout Online. Interplay's rights to sell and merchandise Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel expired on December 31, 2013.

Yall nerds pay Interplay 2 play Fallout games.

[pickled_heretic]

i have an actual castles 2 cd in a cd binder. might have to bust that out since I've been on an old games binge recently.

I can always go back to master of magic / master of orion II though. I always keep those two installed.