Civilization V Announced, Now With Hexes!

[A Black Falcon]

Yeah. Of course, Civilization is a simple strategy game, in which war is only dealt with in a very basic fashion.

True, but the strategy options added by going to hexes do add to the game I think.

Why does everyone hate III? I love III.

Because it was really disappointing, that's why. :)

Civ II was pretty much the perfect game, in my opinion. It has flaws, but they don't matter at all. Then came Alpha Centauri, which matched its quality while being different. But then Brian Reynolds (the lead designer of both of those games) and some other people left Firaxis, and I was really worried about Civ III... and indeed, it disappointed be badly compared to Civ II.

Some of the bad changes compared to Civ II:
-Removal of wonder movies
-No video high council
-Nowhere near as great music
-Game looks nice, but it just doesn't match the simple perfection of Civ II...
-Siege weapons can't kill enemy units. Seriously, what the heck? That was one of the stupidest moves ever...
-No irrigation from tiles near the sea, only from rivers. MAJOR, MAJOR flaw! You'd better hope you start near a river, because otherwise you're in big, big trouble... and it's even worse if you start surrounded only by mountains and sea, then you're just stuck until you can make another city somewhere else. What in the world were they thinking? Awful!
-Interface may have been fullscreen, but wasn't better.
etc. I don't know if I even ever finished a game, it just did not make me want to play it at all. It just made me want to go play something better again, such as Civ II.