Civilization V - Page 2

Prince Toad · 09-27-2010, 02:47 PM

Ugh. I played a game for a Cultural Victory. I got it, but it was the most boring game of Civ imaginable. I just sat there with two cities pumping out culture and techs and building wonders. At one point I conquered a city-state so that a couple other city-states would be my ally, but it turned out to just be a huge gold suck. Eventually Persia conquered it (it was halfway across the world and I had no units there... I only had like 3-5 units at a time anyway, even fewer before I conquered the city-state). The only tangible result was that I got +20 gold per turn because I didn't have to maintain its buildings.

I get wanting to support alternate styles of play, but playing for Culture is just seriously boring as ****. You can't even build or conquer a bunch of cities like you might if you were going for science, because every new city makes the social policy cost shoot up by 30%. Lame.

(Also I happened to be playing as America. Their bonuses seem totally worthless, though the Minuteman is decent.)

Metal Man · 09-28-2010, 02:38 PM

Culture was boring in past games too. Generally, you only play that if you hate combat.

Prince Toad · 09-28-2010, 10:25 PM

Good point. I guess I never did it before. Maybe it's the subtle allure of achievements...

09-27-2010, 02:47 PM	#21
Prince Toad Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,720 Thanks: 50 Thanked 65 Times in 56 Posts	Ugh. I played a game for a Cultural Victory. I got it, but it was the most boring game of Civ imaginable. I just sat there with two cities pumping out culture and techs and building wonders. At one point I conquered a city-state so that a couple other city-states would be my ally, but it turned out to just be a huge gold suck. Eventually Persia conquered it (it was halfway across the world and I had no units there... I only had like 3-5 units at a time anyway, even fewer before I conquered the city-state). The only tangible result was that I got +20 gold per turn because I didn't have to maintain its buildings. I get wanting to support alternate styles of play, but playing for Culture is just seriously boring as ****. You can't even build or conquer a bunch of cities like you might if you were going for science, because every new city makes the social policy cost shoot up by 30%. Lame. (Also I happened to be playing as America. Their bonuses seem totally worthless, though the Minuteman is decent.)

09-28-2010, 02:38 PM	#22
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Culture was boring in past games too. Generally, you only play that if you hate combat.

09-28-2010, 10:25 PM	#23
Prince Toad Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rookery Gender: Posts: 11,720 Thanks: 50 Thanked 65 Times in 56 Posts	Good point. I guess I never did it before. Maybe it's the subtle allure of achievements...