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mycroftholmes in history_time

Catherine the Great (in bed)

Oct 31, 2010 20:17

The Civilization games have always been wonderfully addictive, so when Civilization V came out early this month, I snatched it up and have been playing it daily. In the course of the game, you interact with other leaders. Catherine the Great of Russia is portrayed quite flirtatiously.

You can see all her dialogue in this video, beginning at 4:02 ( Read more... )

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cordilleran2 November 1 2010, 03:43:49 UTC

On a non-history related note, how IS the gameplay of Civilization V, and, even more importantly, are the Byzantines in it? :-X

(I still have a soft spot for Catherine though. She was pretty awesome.)

thewronghands November 1 2010, 04:44:19 UTC

I'm highly amused that the spoken dialogue is only a very loose match for what's in the transcripts. (I only get the Latin easily of the ones I watched, but still, someone must have had a lot of fun with that.)

evilstorm November 1 2010, 07:11:13 UTC

Quite a lot of things have been tweaked. I find one-unit-per-tile makes combat AWESOME, but the fans of stacks of doom have done nothing but complain about it. Some game mechanics are still unknown, as it always is with new Civ games. Gold and research and culture are all separate now, so no, cottage strategy doesn't work any more. The pace of the game...feels a lot slower in the beginning, because everything just takes more turns to build. Civics and religions are gone, replaced by social policies, which are...kinda like a second tech tree but earned with culture (which is calculated across the whole empire now, not city by city).

I find CiV easier than cIV, but I am playing quite a lot of both.

cordilleran2 November 1 2010, 09:59:59 UTC

That sounds fantastic. I look forward to acquiring a copy should I ever get money again....

BTW, you seem amazing and hilarious, might I friend you?

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ptolemi November 1 2010, 09:15:28 UTC

How have I not played this game ! Is it for sale at game stores right now?

mycroftholmes November 2 2010, 02:08:59 UTC

Absolutely. Civ V was released in October, so it should be easy to find.

I have loved the Civilization games ever since a friend got a free copy of Civilization II somewhere and told me about it. The game has a bit of a learning curve for some folks, but there is a tremendous range of difficulty levels to choose from, and you have "advisors" to help you make decisions so it's not frustrating to learn.

I enjoy a wide range of games, but I don't think there's any game that have so consistently loved as the Civ games.