Civilizations 5: Gods & Kings Expansion Pack

[Morganator]

Hey guys. Did anyone other than me get the new Civilizations 5: Gods & Kings Expansion Pack? I got mine on the 19th and I have to say, it's freaking awesome. It definitely added a whole lot more to the core game and it's made it much more challenging and fun.

[Rapture]

Can you summarize its improvements? Also, I imagine units have ten times their health as being annoying, so is this the case?

[Morganator]

Okay. The full list of additions and improvements I've seen thus far.

Additions:

Units
Composite Bowmen
Battering Ram (Carthage)
Machine Gunner
Great War Infantry
Marine
Great War Landship (first generation tank)
Tri-plane
Great War Bomber
Great Prophet
Great Admiral
Inquisitor
Missionary

There's 9 new civs

Resources:
Citris
Copper
Crab
Jewelry (can only be obtained by mercantile city states)
Porcelain (can only be obtained by mercantile city states)
Salt
Truffles

Addition of Religion.

Addition of Espionage which officially starts when the first person gets to the Renaissance Era.

All Units have more HP and the combat system has been revamped to deal with it. You will no longer be able to just take out enemy units or cities in one fell swoop.

You may now stack one combat naval unit with a non combat naval unit or land unit.

There has been a whole new era added called the Atomic Era.

There are new wonders like Leaning Tower of Piza, Great Firewall, Hubble Space Telescope etc...

There are new buildings like the Police Station, Ampitheatre, Bomb Shelter, Cantebury etc...

New technologies like Drama Poetry etc...

There is A LOT added to the game.

[John25]

Thanks for the Info Morg ,I haven't played Civ 5 for a while now have to get back into it

[PS3!!!!!]

just in the middle of building my pc. I cannot wait to play civ 5 again with this expansion. There looks like a ton of new features and content that makes it worth it

[F34R]

I've tried the demo of Civ V, but I can't really get into the game properly. I'd love to learn and play it though.

[Morganator]

I've tried the demo of Civ V, but I can't really get into the game properly. I'd love to learn and play it though.

It's a pretty fun and in-depth game once you learn it. Perhaps, I could give you some pointers sometime.

[F34R]

I'll try the demo again, for the third time lol, and get some advice and learning tips from you or anyone lol. THanks Morg.

[Mo-green28]

Man Civ. Revolution is so fun(I say "is" because I still play it xD ) I wish they would port Civ. 5 (Civ Revolution 2) to PS3 or even PSVita maybe both with crossplay

[John25]

It's a pretty fun and in-depth game once you learn it. Perhaps, I could give you some pointers sometime.

haha a while ago I set up the biggest game I could and slowly built an army that spanned 3 Continents but I forgot to turn one of the Win conditions off and after 500 turns it was Game Over & the Chinese won lol I was proper Devistated grr .

[Morganator]

haha a while ago I set up the biggest game I could and slowly built an army that spanned 3 Continents but I forgot to turn one of the Win conditions off and after 500 turns it was Game Over & the Chinese won lol I was proper Devistated grr .

You do know you can keep going even if you lose so long as you aren't conquered. LOLz.

[John25]

You do know you can keep going even if you lose so long as you aren't conquered. LOLz.

Really how ?? ,I haven't played it in a while ,but the only option I got was a 1 more turn option lol

[Morganator]

Really how ?? ,I haven't played it in a while ,but the only option I got was a 1 more turn option lol

Yep. Click the one more turn option and keep going. You can save it right after you click that option and still win a domination victory at any point.

[F34R]

Re-downloading the demo in a few.

[Morganator]

Re-downloading the demo in a few.

Sweet man. My steam name is RRAHH in case you want to play sometime.

[Varsh]

Man Civ. Revolution is so fun(I say "is" because I still play it xD ) I wish they would port Civ. 5 (Civ Revolution 2) to PS3 or even PSVita maybe both with crossplay

Not going to happen, Revolution's largest map is about half the size of the PC counterparts. Playing Civ on the PC with over 30 countries, loads of neutral factions, and barbarians on a planet sized map and playing a marathon game is epic! Takes several thousand turns and rapes your PC but it's glorious.

[Morganator]

Not going to happen, Revolution's largest map is about half the size of the PC counterparts. Playing Civ on the PC with over 30 countries, loads of neutral factions, and barbarians on a planet sized map and playing a marathon game is epic! Takes several thousand turns and rapes your PC but it's glorious.

Yes yes and yes. There's nothing like duking it out with 21 other nation and 41 city states and starting from the ancient era.

[Varsh]

Out of curiosity how does the religion work in this iteration, is it like Civ 4 where your religion that spreads can create civil unrest? Also do borders count more where you can swallow up an opposing city and eventually you take it over via influence? Those are the two things that I missed the most.

[Morganator]

Out of curiosity how does the religion work in this iteration, is it like Civ 4 where your religion that spreads can create civil unrest? Also do borders count more where you can swallow up an opposing city and eventually you take it over via influence? Those are the two things that I missed the most.

Nah. Religion works via its own system. It does spread and can be spread to other civs but it doesn't turn any cities to your empire except the religion they follow.

[F34R]

After playing the demo, I decided not to buy it... I just couldn't get the fun out of it really. Meh... probably my own fault because some of my friends really enjoy the game.

[admartian]

I'm gonna wait for a price drop on Steam.

[Rapture]

Maybe Shogun 2 would be more your kind of game, Fear.

[admartian]

Maybe Shogun 2 would be more your kind of game, Fear.

Yeah, The Total War series is just plain awesome!

I recommend you get all of them.

[Stingraysito]

Yeah, The Total War series is just plain awesome!

I recommend you get all of them.

They are good games, more combat focus. In Total War Rome the diplomacy is not as it best, i remember building an alliance with the barbarians of the north and they attacked me the next turn -_-.

[F34R]

Maybe Shogun 2 would be more your kind of game, Fear.

Thanks Rapture... I'll check it out.