IGN Hands-on Preview

[MarkG]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/656/656807p1.html

[MarkG]

The European leaders seem to have a bit more range -- well, except for Isabella who always looks kind of angry

poor lad couldnt get sexy isabella to like him

[alva]

Perhaps he plays just a tad too fast for her to really enjoy it.

but the standard seven-seat game shouldn't take more than 5-8 hours depending on how much you want to micromanage things.

Seems really short to me.

[Spiffor]

They said that a standard game of Civ3 would last for 4 to 8 hours.

That's why we have epic settings and huge maps!

[Tyranthraxus]

At this rate, in 2020, Civilization 9 will be played in a half hour. LOL.

And will be the only Turn Based game released in 10 years.

[conmcb25]

Originally posted by Tyranthraxus
At this rate, in 2020, Civilization 9 will be played in a half hour. LOL.

And will be the only Turn Based game released in 10 years.

With the explosion of ADD, Civ needs to evolve to satisfy the clientel

Good interview, Im still looking forward to it

[Imran Siddiqui]

Lot of tanks in those screenshots .

And I like the one where "Rock N Roll" seems to be a National Wonder.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Interesting... seems we still have eras... at least somewhat:

[Imran Siddiqui]

Glad to see the sense of humor continues

[Adagio]

One more turn

[Nikolai]

It seems like the happiness slider finally will have a use In older Civs, I mostly had it on minimum.

o begin, the happiness slider from the previous games is now a cultural slider. It still provides happiness for your people, but it also pushes your borders out.

[The diplomat]

Some interesting info on how the tech tree will work:

Given the more open-ended nature of the tech tree, it makes sense that the developers have included some key pre-requisites for units as well. It's not enough now to race right towards the tech that allows you to build the first gunpowder units or the first tanks. Even if you have the core technology that lets you create those units, you'll still have to research some supporting technologies. Stealth bombers require Flight and Robotics as well as Composites, for instance. In addition, many units require certain resources that carry their own technology requirements. So though the tech tree is much more open now, access to particular technologies still seems very well balanced. Since the four-turn minimum on tech research has been dropped, going back and getting old or obsolete techs won't be as big a burden this time around

[Colon™]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Glad to see the sense of humor continues

That top-down view looks really cool. Back to the good old days of Civ1.

[Adagio]

I wonder how many people will use that view most of the time... I myself haven't decided yet, so I'll probably be switching a lot between them in the beginning

[prscormier]

Originally posted by The diplomat
Some interesting info on how the tech tree will work:

. It's not enough now to race right towards the tech that allows you to build the first gunpowder units or the first tanks. Even if you have the core technology that lets you create those units

OK let me see if I understand how this works: Is it saying that you can research the tech that gives you the first gunpowder units, but you can't build the gunpowder units themselves until you research an "extra tech"? Maybe those "extra techs" are the techs shown in upper right in the tech tree?