Crusader kings 2 is great, if very frustrating. I haven't really got into banished either.

That needs to go in the film and video thread, it fits in nicely with the inception discussion.

I'm surprised there's no mod for civ v that makes it look all alpha centauri-esque. I've still got my original copy of alpha centauri, the manual was ridiculously detailed, talked all about the science of the centauri system and other stuff.

What's the name of that indie game that's seen as AlphaC reboot?

Are the monuments supposed to have zero relevance to the characters?

Oh yeah this is the AlphaC clone I was on about.

It has taken me several years to get over my intial anger at Civ 5.  I felt that it looked very pretty but was nowhere near as immersive as Civ 4.  I've now gone back to it and with the DLC (my rant on the concept of DLC should be saved for somewhere else) it has piqued my interest more than it intially did.  The main problem is that the mods for Civ 4 such as Caveman to Cosmos or Fall From Heaven 2 were incredible and vanilla Civ 5 was never going to be able to compare favourably.

I've run through a couple of games now and it is growing on me although I am still trying to get my head around the differing mechanics to the previous versions.

The diplomacy really irks me- I did some reading, and came across some chats about there being diplomacy mods which I've not managed to get installed.

I've not won a single game as I've intended, still not had a tourism/culture victory- but I've been really close. Playing that way doesn't half make for a nervous game as you're constantly trying to maintain friendship, open borders, diplomats in key places whilst trying to maintain a grip on the UN when suddenly out of nowhere the AI goes armageddon on your ass and it's near impossible to boost tourism with music tours, etc.

One day though, one day.

What level are you playing at, Scot?

Did the last game at Prince level but it was fairly obvious as I entered into the last couple of eras that I would win.  By the end there was only the incredibly aggressive Polish left but while they were rampaging across the other continent I just turtled and maxed out the science output until I could build the spaceship.  I only ever had one major war (against the Inca who were on my continent) and when that was over it was just a matter of popping the odd city on random islands when interesting resources appeared.  More recently I've been having a crack at some of the scenarios.  The Africa one was quite interesting and I'm mid-way through the pacific islands one now.  I still have the feeling that something is missing from the game though that was there in previous versions.  I can't quite place what it is but the 'just one more turn' vibe isn't as strong.

Civ rev on iOS is the single much buggy game I've ever played. It crashes all the fucking time.

Some footage.

http://kotaku.com/a-quick-look-at-civilization-revolution-2-1597901033/all

Games can be over within an hour or two, which is a bit worrying.

I cannot even imagine how a game that ran shorter than one or two hours would play. I certainly wouldn't want to play it. The original Rev was way too watered down for my tastes. Like Birdorf, I want a portable Civ with a little more meat on its bones.

It's not Civ unless a game lasts 24 hours.

Beyond earth up for pre order. October release date allegedly.

I've been hammering it. It's pretty much a reskin from what I've read and very similar to the DS version from what I remember.

It's a real shame they didn't add a little more depth, stuff that could have been ignored on easier difficulties, but vital if you want to beat it on the hardest setting.

It screams lazy cash-in, but I'm loving it and have definitely had my ten quids worth.