LarryP
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Joined: 5/15/2005 From: Carson City, NV Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: LarryP Have you read the forums about Civ-V? The bad reports are really coming in now. Lockups galore among other issues. I played the 100 turn demo and it drove me back to Civ-IV with it's expansions. Been having an excellent time. Civ-V should be on sale by Christmas with some patches. Larry are you ever correct. I have a system that should handle running anything in the world. But the game I've been waiting for all these years locks up my computer tighter than a bank vault, usually after a few moves of turn one. All I can do is a hard reboot. So I too am right back to Civ-IV. What a let down. That is a let down. I hate that feeling of looking forward to a game release date, only to have it crash right away. Especially when it requires the off button. Ouch! Most of the lockups I have read about are with the higher end rigs, multi core, Windows 7, etc.. I bet Firaxis will issue a patch soon that corrects that issue, along with fixing the intro movie issue. That's a big one too. I had a problem with that on my desktop but I just waited it out and the main menu finally came around. This of course was with the demo. I like the smooth menus in Civ-V, they are very easy to get used to. I also like the help that is everywhere. I realize it is a lot different than it's predecessors, and for me that's OK, but reading about the lockups causes me to want to wait until it's cheaper. Back to the original thread post, the manual is extremely nice to read. Full color and pictures that enlarge. I wish all manuals could be this nice. I personally find no fault in the game, but I do like Civ-IV better. Sid just made a different game in the series and that is making a lot of hard core Civ fans angry. It will be interesting to see what mods will make of the game and also a couple of patches. I believe it will end up being another excellent one in the series after all is done, but having it ONLY on Steam is kind of a low blow to some gamers. I find no fault in Steam, but there was a day when I did, more than others.
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