Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings Preview | Cheatcc

Sid Meier's Civilization series is one of the few games left carrying the torch for the turn-based strategy genre. With genre offerings being so thin, it's natural that fans have high hopes for every release in the series.

[C_Menz]

Sounds great to me. Should get me back into Civ 5 a bit more.

[Canary]

What I don't get is if they're making the expansion "based on player feedback," they're still not including the very simple, easy-to-implement feature I've seen people begging for off and on for more than a decade: customizable leaders.

It wouldn't be that hard to randomize traits/personalities, add a basic character creator so you could make your own unique leader, and so that other leaders could, you know, die. It never made sense for the same people to lead their respective nations for thousands of years.

Plus, it'd add more depth to the gameplay, as diplomatic relations could change with the regime. Allied nations could become antagonistic, old enemies might find new kings more amicable to our collective player causes.

But, nope. It's just more of the same. Some minor tweaks, some new civs and new set leaders.

[Grap]

play Crusader Kings II if u want all that

[Kahvipannu]

That's really not the point of CiV.. No RPG elements to CiV please, there is plenty of choose from if you want something like that..

[r2kcipher]

would never work seeing that 4000 B.C till 0 A.D goes by too fast. I'm sure they have thought of doing it before but realized it would severely slow down the game play.

If people really wanted that there would be a mod anyway, which i dont think there is.

[Canary]

Depends on the time scale you choose. I always opt for the slowest, or near-slowest myself.

And I can only wonder at people who think something like that is an "RPG element." Pretty much EVERY OTHER historical RTS game out there acknowledges the fact that, you know, human beings are mortal. It's a simple enough thing to implement and would really change any gameplay mechanics (except to add a slight layer of dynamics to diplomacy).

But given the HURRDURR NO response I got, I guess the fanbase just wants more of the same... which explains why the franchise has changed so very little over the decades.

[gamernova]

Man, this looks awesome...