Sid Meier's Civilization V (PC Digital Download) $6

Does this game have co-op vs ai? can me and a friend 2v2 against the ai?

Quote from Gambit16 : Great game for a good price. However, I bought Civ V Game of the Year edition from Gamefly for $10 a few months back. This version is just the plain, vanilla edition.

It's a good price for anyone testing the 4x waters or really just want to keep it casual while still getting that Civvy flavor. Probably also anybody transitioning from strategy board games like Risk or smartphone/tablet strategy.

But yeah, anybody trending towards diehard would probably want the full set w/ G&K, except I figure any 4x/Civ diehard would probably stick to Civ4, GalCiv2, or more complex games like Crusader Kings 2 and Hearts of Iron 2 (and just keep CivV as a break now and then).

I probably only played 2 aborted default-set games (pre-renaissance) and only finished 1 default-set game (I like to drag it out into Giant Death Robot). 41 hours played, and I enjoyed it, but I really should have waited for $15 at most hehe.

Never played any version other this Civ 5. If the reviews are true, Civ 4 must be the best game in the world because Civ 5 is pretty damn phenomenal.

Quote from xveganrox : I don't know how so many people think that IV was better. Just the fact that you couldn't stack a thousand units on top of each other on V makes combat much more strategic and not just a rush to field as many units as possible. I played V with and without G&K, and G&K is a worthy expansion, but it's plenty playable without, IMO.

This. Grognards will appreciate V for the elimination of unrealistic exploits that were seen in the previous games. I understand that IV has a tremendous following, but in reality, V is just a better game mechanically. It's not perfect, and the add-ons do add quite a bit more, but the fact that 50 units can't stack (hidden) in one tile cuts out quite a bit of the frustrating shenanigans that were found in IV.

Quote from mangodrink : But yeah, anybody trending towards diehard would probably want the full set w/ G&K, except I figure any 4x/Civ diehard would probably stick to Civ4, GalCiv2, or more complex games like Crusader Kings 2 and Hearts of Iron 2 (and just keep CivV as a break now and then).

Loved some GalCiv2. I should go back and check out HOI2. I was disappointed with III and never was able to get into it.

I too am looking for a cheap G&K expansion. Yes I already have 5 and like it, just looking for more content. Hope we'll see it go on sale again soon.

Highly recommend anybody who get this also get the God's and Kings Expansion.

I bought the God's and King expansion for $3 last month....just needed to buy Civilization V to play it. This works perfect!

Quote from slgerb : Never played any version other this Civ 5. If the reviews are true, Civ 4 must be the best game in the world because Civ 5 is pretty damn phenomenal.

*different kind of good*. Although, if CivV is your first in the Civ series, you'll probably be put off by Civ 4's stacks of doom, b/c they bog down gameplay and make it harder to figure out the state of everybody's armies. Plus Civ 4 square grid vs. CivV hex grid, and Civ 4 had more instances of older-era units taking down newer-era units that required extra imagination to keep the "narrative" intact (spearmen vs. tanks). Although I always laugh at continents completely built up with railways.

Your best bet is to try a Civ4 demo to get a feel for the controls, and then jump to the hour 20-30 of some Let's Plays and watch out for the highlighted criticisms. Personally, I'd probably just recommend you branch out and look at other 4X franchises or other strategy and complex sim games. CivV gives you the essential Civ experience already.

There is many people who would sell copies of Civ 5 GOTY for $9.

Quote from mangodrink : *different kind of good*. Although, if CivV is your first in the Civ series, you'll probably be put off by Civ 4's stacks of doom, b/c they bog down gameplay and make it harder to figure out the state of everybody's armies. Plus Civ 4 square grid vs. CivV hex grid, and Civ 4 had more instances of older-era units taking down newer-era units that required extra imagination to keep the "narrative" intact (spearmen vs. tanks). Although I always laugh at continents completely built up with railways. Your best bet is to try a Civ4 demo to get a feel for the controls, and then jump to the hour 20-30 of some Let's Plays and watch out for the highlighted criticisms. Personally, I'd probably just recommend you branch out and look at other 4X franchises or other strategy and complex sim games. CivV gives you the essential Civ experience already.

Was just sharing my experience, then got some good, hearty advice. Thanks =)

I've played and beaten Warcraft, Warcraft II, Warcraft III+FT, Age of Empires I, II+Conquers, III, and Mythology+expansion, Starcraft+BW, and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War + 3 expansions.

I have never played or touched a Civilizations game. So with the games I mentioned having played and beaten along with online/LAN play, what can you tell me about this game? How is the single player campaign? Is it a game that I would do better with getting a bundle of the expansions with it? Would you recommend I start with a different Civ game? The most I know about the game is "Gandhi is a dick" and its an RTS.

It isn't an RTS. It's a turn-based strategy game.

I was addicted to Civ2 in high school, and really havent played a PC game since. Thinking about jumping back in with this. How long does it take to learn how to play Civ5? Does it take a ton of man hours before the gameplay is completely mastered?