This fourth of July, I started the day at a family dinner pool party, spent the early afternoon watching BBC’s Sherlock with my grandmother who instantly fell in love with it, and tonight, I will be in my home study playing Civilization V Gods & Kings probably until 4 or 5 a.m.
However, I have discovered I have been outclassed! This will not stand. Exhibit A: This is my Civilization V setup …
My setup for Civilization V Gods and Kings … I haven’t been using the room because the furniture companies are still dropping stuff off (hence the delivery tags) but I’ll break in for the game.
Exhibit B: This college student hooked his laptop up to a 64″ high definition television screen, just like our friends Ashly and Ian out East. I need this! A trip to Best Buy or Nebraska Furniture Mart will be happening shortly. Better yet, I need to create a Civilization V war room like the White House Situation Room. That would be amazing.
The best part? The soundtrack will be through the Bose surround sound system, meaning when I declare war, the game will be intense. I don’t want to go to work tomorrow … but I will. I should. This needs to happen ASAP!
Update:
I played as General George Washington and the United States to celebrate Independence Day. I crushed the world. I turned on my youngest sister, who betrayed me in a game three nights ago, and burned her cities to the ground.
If you have never seen how nuclear missiles look in Civilization V, watch this demonstration:
And this one, but start at 28 seconds:
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Reader Comments (6)
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TheLonelyHumanist
July 7, 2012
There is only Civ II. I don't know why anybody has ever bothered to attempt to make other games...
Ian Francis
July 7, 2012
Replying to TheLonelyHumanist
Sigh... Civ II was great, but there was certainly room for improvement. You Civ purists can't get out of the past. Since Civ V I don't know how you can live with stacked units.
TheLonelyHumanist
July 7, 2012
Replying to Ian Francis
I tried III. I really did. And I have heard IV was worse. If I get a chance, I promise to give V a go.
Joshua Kennon
July 12, 2012
Replying to TheLonelyHumanist
Make sure you get the Gods & Kings expansion! It changes the game radically. As The Washington Post said (I think it was their review), had they used a different graphics engine, they could have put "Civilization VI" on the box it is such a significant upgrade.
Konstantin
July 7, 2012
Almost useless diplomacy screen is the biggest problem of Civ V by far.
Joshua Kennon
October 25, 2012
Replying to Konstantin
You mean you don't like how you can be friends with someone, be trading, happy, everything great, and suddenly they lose their mind and attack you? Yeah. It makes no sense.