Civilization 5

[mastertypodemon]

Originally Posted by Russo

some people can't react like others when it comes to RTS games... im a avid follower of the C&C franchise since 95 and it wasn't until EA destroyed the gameplay and story that i thought it was the best games since Half Life/Portal...

Yeah, it was good all the way up until Yuri's Revenge. C&C3 started the downhill slide.

EA has a way with d'king up games.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

I'm going to download the demo version and see how I like it.

*edit*
Not going to download it today ... demo is 4.4 gigs!

Downloading now

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

Downloading now

How long do ya think it would take on dial up???

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28

How long do ya think it would take on dial up???

for a 56k, working optimally ... about 6 1/2 days. So probably more like 2 weeks since connections are almost always slower than advertised.

[drivingincamaro]

i bought the game when it came out and started a match and i ended up playing until 2 am I thought it was only 10 pm when i finished


i started out with 2 city states already hating me :(

but im at year 2080 now, and i basically had it on easy so i won
, next game im gonna make im gonna use less AI and have it on a harder difficulty


time consuming is a understatement

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

for a 56k, working optimally ... about 6 1/2 days. So probably more like 2 weeks since connections are almost always slower than advertised.

A rock solid 2.5-3K per sec on downloads
connected at 24.0K

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28

A rock solid 2.5-3K per sec on downloads
connected at 24.0K

That sounds about right actually. For some stupid reason, modems are usually measured in bits/s while download status monitors are in bytes. Since 8b=1B, your 24kb/s should download at 3kB/s, which apparently it does.

So at 2.5-3 kB/s, thats 16-19 days.

Unless you gave me kilobits both times ... in which case it would be 4-5 months.




Wow, I'm really bored right now

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

That sounds about right actually. For some stupid reason, modems are usually measured in bits/s while download status monitors are in bytes. Since 8b=1B, your 24kb/s should download at 3kB/s, which apparently it does.

So at 2.5-3 kB/s, thats 16-19 days.

Unless you gave me kilobits both times ... in which case it would be 4-5 months.




Wow, I'm really bored right now

Try life with dial up

[Steve Dallas]

weird...it says there's a post 51 here, but I can't read it.

edit: no post 51...lol. Well, now there is.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

weird...it says there's a post 51 here, but I can't read it.

edit: no post 51...lol. Well, now there is.

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

weird...it says there's a post 51 here, but I can't read it.

edit: no post 51...lol. Well, now there is.

You are correct, I have noticed it too latley.

When a thread reaches it limits for a next page.
The next page numbers is displayed, before there is a 51 first.
click page 3 and you just end up at the end of page 2.

seen it several times these past few weeks.

[2ndgenz28]

DGthe3

How did that download and demo go???

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28

DGthe3

How did that download and demo go???

Download took ~45 minutes. Game started up without an install. Then I had to go and take care of other things before I got to play. Though I did see the intro-movie. Very impressive graphics. That is all.

[Brokinarrow]

Ooooo i would love to get this one. But I'm still knee deep in Reach right now, not sure that I could split my attention between the two! too many good games coming out!