Buyin Games and Stuff

Posted by KaBob799 on May 25, 2012, 2:55 p.m.

I'm hopefully going to get Civilization 5 GOTY edition this weekend cause its on sale for 75% off on steam. You guys should get it then we could have a Civ 5 marathon or something, I don't really know how the multiplayer works except that it probably takes forever =p

I'm hoping to get Pikmin 2 Wii when it comes out in June. Pikmin 2 is one of my favorite games ever so a widescreen wii version is worth $20 new =p Speaking of pikmin, Pikmin 3 info is coming at e3 =D

Anyway, I'm currently in the 2nd to last day of my first summer class =D Although I'll miss being able to work on CheeseMod/websites during class =p

For some insane reason, I don't have enough credits so I'm going to have take 2 more extra classes in addition to the ones required for my major/minor. I dunno why though, I've taken more extra classes than most people I know because I switched my major and minor after taking multiple classes for them.

But it looks like the best option is Spanish since I'm already kinda familiar with it. I dunno if I'll go Spanish 1 and 2 or do Spanish 1 and something else =/ So in the end I'll have taken 5-6 foreign language classes <_<

Comments

JuurianChi 12 years, 6 months ago

I've never tried using the Multiplayer on Civ V…

Actually, I've never played it since I bought it a year ago…

I don't even know if it runs…

Dammit, I better check.

KaBob799 12 years, 6 months ago

Haha, I've only ever done 2 player Civ 4 on a single computer. Never tried online. I was suprised when I saw that it came out in 2010, doesn't feel like its been so long.

Iasper 12 years, 6 months ago

I've only played Civalization on XBox which was awesome too. Another language you could take is Dutch seeing it looks a lot like German except for the stupid cases so you should be able to get the hang of it quite fast.

KaBob799 12 years, 6 months ago

I've never seen dutch offered anywhere =p

Iasper 12 years, 6 months ago

Can't you just continue German and get better at it?

KaBob799 12 years, 6 months ago

I could but I'm not very good at it so a German 4+ class would be harder than spanish 1, plus theres only one german class I could take this summer.

Iasper 12 years, 6 months ago

You can ask around and see if any of your friends knows a specific language you might be interested in or ask them if they're taking a class for a specific language soon so you can learn it together :)

Juju 12 years, 6 months ago

Civ 5 multiplayer is absolutely terrible. Stay far, far away on the other side of a reinforced concrete wall lined with depleted uranium. All turns are simultaneous so you can make a move and a second later, someone has got in before you and has moved a unit or made an attack. I was playing a LAN game with a flatmate and any P2P combat was utterly futile - you had no idea what was going on because the lag was so bad. I repeat: this was a LAN game. It's entirely pointless to even attempt an internet game.

This assumes you can even find each other. Apparently, there's a region lock-out for match-making where not even Canadian and American players can find each other. The save/load functionality in multiplayer doesn't work properly either, you can only load autosaves and even then they're often glitched beyond recognition. Multiplayer is also a gigantic resource hog ontop of a game that's already way too heavy-weight for what it delivers.

Seriously, rethink the "Civ 5 marathon." You'll avoid disappointment.

KaBob799 12 years, 6 months ago

Haha, well I think/hope they'll add the traditional turn based multiplayer mode and etc in an update/expansion, maybe the one thats coming out next month. I think there must have been something wrong with your connection, people complained about lag in multiplayer but not to the extent that they could barely play even in a tiny LAN game. I'll still try to play multiplayer at least once =p

Juju 12 years, 6 months ago

1) Perhaps but that really should have been in from the damn start.

2) No, it's just a badly made game.

3) Good luck!