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Civilization V: Brave new World

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heidi2521 Original post #1
Apr 7, 2013 at 11:45 PM
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World is an expansion pack for Civ V.

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Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World introduces nine new civilizations, eight new wonders, two new scenarios, four new gameplay systems and dozens of new units, buildings and improvements offering an expanded variety of ways to build the most powerful empire in the world.

New Culture Victory: Spread your culture across the globe, dominate all other cultures. Create masterpieces with Great Artists, Writers and Musicians that are placed in key buildings across your empire like Museums, Opera Houses, and even the Great Library. Use Archaeologists to investigate sites of ancient battles and city ruins for priceless cultural artifacts. Become the first civilization with a majority influence in all other civilizations to achieve a Culture Victory, becoming the envy of the world.

New Policies and Ideologies: Enter the Industrial Age and choose the ideology of your people: Freedom, Order, or Autocracy. Each ideology grants access to increasingly powerful abilities, and serves the different victory conditions in unique ways. The choices you make will impact your relationships with other civilizations for the rest of the game.

World Congress: The importance of diplomacy is intensified and city-state alliances are more important than ever. Change the diplomatic landscape through a new World Congress that votes on critical issues like implementing trade sanctions against rogue nations, limiting resource usage, designating host cities for the World Games, and the use of nuclear weapons. Game-changing resolutions, vote trading, intrigue and a new lead-in to the Diplomatic Victory ensures that the end of the game will be more dynamic than ever before.

International Trade Routes: Build your cities into hubs of international trade by land and sea, creating great wealth and prosperity for your people, while also spreading religion, cultural influence, and science. The number of trade routes increases through the advancement of economics and technologies, the creation of wonders, and the unique abilities of your civilization. Will you connect to a closer city for a lower payoff and a safer route, choose a longer route with more risk for the bigger payoff, or perhaps point your trade route inward, sending vitally important food and production to the far corners of your own empire?

New Civilizations, Units and Buildings: Nine new leaders and civilizations are introduced, including Casimir of Poland, each with their unique traits, units and buildings.

New Wonders: This expansion set introduces eight new Wonders including the Parthenon, Broadway, the Globe Theater, and the Uffizi.

Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World

The confirmed civs are Poland(Casimir III), Brazil(Pedro II) and Assyria(Ashurbanipal).

UPDATE: Maria 1 of Portugal and Shaka of Zulu confirmed.

Screenies:

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More at: *www.escapistmagazine.com/gallery/view/35/10263/1247
icebags
icebags #2
Apr 8, 2013 at 12:06 AM
i never liked Civ seises, i had CivIII, and after 30-40 hrs of turn turn turns, pc just used to hang and crash. in my personal opinion, tbs is too slow and sux. :(
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Apr 8, 2013 at 12:07 AM
seems awesome..

just started downloading civ 5 digital deluxe edition.
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Apr 8, 2013 at 12:26 AM
seems awesome..

just started downloading civ 5 digital deluxe edition.

Why didn't you get the Gold edition? It contains everything released for CiV until now(DLC & Expansions).
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Apr 8, 2013 at 12:54 AM
Why didn't you get the Gold edition? It contains everything released for CiV until now(DLC & Expansions).

bought it long back..gold edition wan't there then.. never got time to install.. doing it now.. ;)
gameranand
Apr 8, 2013 at 1:03 AM
New Civ game coming or not ??
darkv0id
Apr 8, 2013 at 5:45 AM
New Civ game coming or not ??

^Imo a new Civ game is all but a certainty, makes no sense to discontinue such a successful series. However all news regarding the launch date is just speculation. I think we should expect a 2014-15 release, if you look up the launch dates of the previous Civ games, there's been a gap of 4-5 years b/w successive entries. Civ 5 was launched in 2010, so there you go...
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bippukt #8
Apr 8, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Can't wait for this new Expac to come!

i never liked Civ seises, i had CivIII, and after 30-40 hrs of turn turn turns, pc just used to hang and crash. in my personal opinion, tbs is too slow and sux. :(

Your PC must have been real bad - mine never hung with Civ3.

Civ games are definitely slow and time consuming. That's part of their charm. Heck, I deliberately set the game speed to Epic instead of Standard ie 50% extra turns in a game :D
Piyush
Piyush #9
Apr 8, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Great news. Looking forward to play it.
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bippukt #10
Apr 8, 2013 at 11:06 AM
There are two new scenarios as well:

- American Civil War: Fight the "War Between the States" from either the Union or Confederate side as you focus on the critical Easter theatre of operations between the capital cities of Richmond and Washington.


- Scramble for Africa: The great colonial powers of the world are scrambling to explore the Dark Continent and extend their reach into its interior. Search for the great natural wonders of the heart of Africa as you explore a dynamically-generated continent each time you play.

Personally, I don't like scenarios much. They just don't appeal to me in a Civ game.
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heidi2521 #12
Apr 8, 2013 at 11:33 AM
New Civ game coming or not ??

We'll probably get CiV complete edition some time after BNW, after which Firaxis will start giving us details on Civ VI
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Apr 8, 2013 at 7:00 PM
just downloaded civilization v. played for an hour, not sure what i'm doing in the game.
gameranand
Apr 8, 2013 at 7:41 PM
Civilization games are too slow for me. Played the games but didn't liked much.
I would really like if Firaxis would announce new XCOM game. :D:D
icebags
icebags #15
Apr 8, 2013 at 8:41 PM
Your PC must have been real bad - mine never hung with Civ3.
Civ games are definitely slow and time consuming. That's part of their charm. Heck, I deliberately set the game speed to Epic instead of Standard ie 50% extra turns in a game :D

yes, that pc was kinda weak - celeron 950mhz, 256mb ram (with 1 module half burned), but still these games are epic slow, heard u can play civ with someone over email - i.e. u make a turn, mail that turn file to ur opponent and u load his file when he sends u his turn file.... :(
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heidi2521 #16
Apr 8, 2013 at 9:10 PM
just downloaded civilization v. played for an hour, not sure what i'm doing in the game.

Civilopedia, the advisors and the internet are your friends :)

Civilization games are too slow for me. Played the games but didn't liked much.
I would really like if Firaxis would announce new XCOM game. :D:D

I want a non consolified TFTD HD real bad. But it will probably never happen :(
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bippukt #17
Apr 8, 2013 at 11:47 PM
yes, that pc was kinda weak - celeron 950mhz, 256mb ram (with 1 module half burned), but still these games are epic slow, heard u can play civ with someone over email - i.e. u make a turn, mail that turn file to ur opponent and u load his file when he sends u his turn file.... :(

Yes, PBEM was there. Not sure how MP works now. You should check out the civfanatics or 2k forums to find out about MP if that interests you. I don't like MP in strategy games, unless it is cooperative play.
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heidi2521 #18
Apr 12, 2013 at 8:25 PM
Civilization 5 BRAVE NEW WORLD Early Look! New Leaders, New Culture Victory, Trade Routes and More!



Civilization V: Brave New World hands on – how camels and art solve the late game slump


Civilization V: Brave New World hands on - how camels and art solve the late game slump | PC Gamer

Looking better by the second.

Portugal and Zulu confirmed.
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bippukt #19
Apr 13, 2013 at 12:30 AM
Thanks for the video. The new culture system, trade routes and ideologies sound interesting.
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heidi2521 #20
Apr 15, 2013 at 10:25 AM
BeefJack | Civilization V: Brave New World interview

Morocco Confirmed.

GI BNW Preview:

Second Civ V Expansion Will Be

Culture flipping of cities is back.
Challenge: Win a domination victory without using your military to capture any city other than the capital.
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heidi2521 #21
May 1, 2013 at 9:41 PM
Boxart is up:

*i.imgur.com/UWooYFi.jpg
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heidi2521 #23
May 3, 2013 at 8:55 PM
Civilization 5: Brave New World Gameplay Walkthrough! Portugal, Culture, World Congress, and more!



Looks awesome.
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bippukt #26
May 24, 2013 at 1:14 PM
^ Video removed.
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heidi2521 #27
May 24, 2013 at 1:35 PM
Mirror:



Video in spanish on the Civil War scenario:

sujoyp
sujoyp #28
May 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM
Thats a good news...I am a civilization 5 fan now...but didnt like one fact that there r no robots even in most advance ages....it was fun in rise of nations game :)
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heidi2521 #29
Jun 3, 2013 at 8:29 AM
Thats a good news...I am a civilization 5 fan now...but didnt like one fact that there r no robots even in most advance ages....it was fun in rise of nations game :)

coughGiant Death Robotcough
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Jul 11, 2013 at 10:06 PM
how do i capture a city in civ 5.. :(
it is near to impossible to me though i keep on attacking a city with ranged units. waiting for melee unit to attack once health goes critical but it's health keep growing after every turn..
Sarang\m/
Sarang\m/ #31
Jul 11, 2013 at 11:17 PM
Bring a variety of ranged units like archers, catapaults, trebuchets and a strong melee unit to fortify until the city health becomes critical. But it depends on the defense of the city and your position of attacking. You need more attack power as the city defense increases. And it depends on some other things also like if you are attacking across the river then you'll take more damage and deal less damage. Just make sure you have more attack power than city health gain so that the attack doesn't go in vain. At times i start hitting with the melee before the critical health and get heal now when my soldiers level up. Or sometimes I take two melee units and keep hitting and healing. I am ot very good in the game but i have found success via these methods. You may ask in civfanatics forums , they give good tips and are happy to help.
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heidi2521 #32
Jul 12, 2013 at 12:39 AM
how do i capture a city in civ 5.. :(
it is near to impossible to me though i keep on attacking a city with ranged units. waiting for melee unit to attack once health goes critical but it's health keep growing after every turn..

Which era are you in? I won't recommend trying to capture cities very early in the game via brute force.

To be able to capture a city take atleast 2 - 3 melee units, 2 ranged units and a catapult. Keep on bombarding the city with your ranged units and catapult and withdraw them and fortify them until healed when they accrue significant damage. Keep your melee unit in "fortify until healed" when not being used to try and take some of the enemy bombardment off your ranged units. Try and use your melee units to ensure that your ranged units do not get damaged, but do not be afraid to use your ranged units to protect themselves or other friendly units. Attack the city with your melee units from time to time if they are inactive and in full health and refortify them as soon as possible. Once the city is weak enough, attack with all your melee units in the same turn and take over the city. Try keeping a great general nearby for the combat bonus. Do not be afraid to withdraw if your units are weak. Make sure that the city doesn't heal more than you damage it. Take advantage of unit promotions and make sure that you don't get a tile disadvantage due attacking over a river.

It is possible to take cities with small forces and different setups, but for an inexperienced map starer, this should be a cheap but effective strategy. Once you play the game enough you should be able to think up your own strategies and create unit setups more suited to the city you are trying to capture.
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heidi2521 #33
Jul 13, 2013 at 3:30 PM
My brave new world experience so far:

*i.imgur.com/OHk1WKs.png
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Jul 13, 2013 at 3:58 PM
Well that worked.. just needed more force to capture.
Sarang\m/
Sarang\m/ #35
Aug 1, 2013 at 4:51 PM
How is the brave new world DLC???