Giant. Death. Robot.

[Hauldren Collider]

It's expensive, but, if you build it, it's almost unstoppable, as long as you can keep it from getting nuked. Unless the AI has started building more nukes, it will be extremely effective. As for not being able to build a nuke, that's not that bad, unless uranium is practically nonexistent. You can still build a nuke or two after one or two of these. Also, nukes are great weapons, but they can't capture cities for you. They help, certainly, but they hurt the city in the process. Unless the "penalty attacking cities" is 25+%, it will still be more effective than many other units, Even if the penalty attacking cities is that bad, though, it will still massacre units outside cities. It would take a fairly large force to take just one of these down, even on its own.

But instead of building it, you could have WON THE GAME. It's pointless.

[Proteus_MST]

Even with zero impact on the game, I really hope there will be an easy way to turn it off. Not only for unbalanced reasons, but for "realism". Yeah, I know. But Giant.Death.Robot.'s is way too much...

I have to admit that the best way was, like it was done in CivIV: BtS
those who wanted techs to expand into the future could enable the "Next War" - Mod and play the game with a tech tree that streches into the future and lead futuristic units.
Those who just wanted the standard techs, just had to play the "normal" game.

Nevertheless, as I am one of those people who prefer to play with the "Next War"-Mod (and loved Civ:CtP for its huge tech trees) I am looking forward to the GDR
(although I hope that Civ V will also include a Mod similar to "Next War" either in the basic game, or in one of its expansions, so that I will again be able to play far into the future )

[Nikolai]

Umm, so they have included something for the Transformers generation that has basically zero impact on the gameplay? Silly.
I would have rather seen a modern phalanx unit armed with titanium tank-piercing spears...now THAT would be a 'nod to the community'.

Seeing as most gamers are 30+ and Transformers came in the 80s...

Seriously though, this has been asked for and has been a running joke for years now. This is a NOD to the civ community, a way for Firaxis to say "we're there for you guys, believe it or not. See, we got this past QA."!

[Aro]

Seeing as most gamers are 30+ and Transformers came in the 80s...

Seriously though, this has been asked for and has been a running joke for years now. This is a NOD to the civ community, a way for Firaxis to say "we're there for you guys, believe it or not. See, we got this past QA."!

Hi, Nikolai!

Agreed. It is a private joke between the community and Firaxis... Very cool.

But I want a button or something to turn the GDR off... If not, I'll beg to you, modders, to tell me which lines I should erase to eliminate it...

I know it's not so simple...

[SpencerH]

Mod-ing units has always been very easy with civ. It'll probably be the same with CIV 5.

[Wyrda Edocsil]

I agree. it would probably be better to have this in a mod, so that people who wanted to have it in the game could, and people who did not want to have it in the game wouldn't have to sift through game files to find the right lines or files to erase in order to remove it.

[Hauldren Collider]

Or you could just NOT SUCK and win the game before the end of the tech tree.

[Aro]

Or you could just NOT SUCK and win the game before the end of the tech tree.

Btw, the mod idea is better.

[Hauldren Collider]

So then you would rather suck? Each to their own I suppose.

[Aro]

I suck, anyway. It's beyond my control...

But the whole point here is having fun...

[Snotty]

Theres a very good reason civ offers to let you carry on playing after you have won a game. A lot of people want just one more turn.

[OzzyKP]

Or you could just NOT SUCK and win the game before the end of the tech tree.

Seems reasonable enough.

[jkp1187]

I have to admit that the best way was, like it was done in CivIV: BtS
those who wanted techs to expand into the future could enable the "Next War" - Mod and play the game with a tech tree that streches into the future and lead futuristic units.
Those who just wanted the standard techs, just had to play the "normal" game.

Nevertheless, as I am one of those people who prefer to play with the "Next War"-Mod (and loved Civ:CtP for its huge tech trees) I am looking forward to the GDR
(although I hope that Civ V will also include a Mod similar to "Next War" either in the basic game, or in one of its expansions, so that I will again be able to play far into the future )

I completely agree with this... I really liked Next War in Civ4 (obviously; I spent a lot of time tweaking it, and fixing bugs in it,) but I never liked the Mech unit in there. Even the Civilopedia entry made fun of the unit, pointing out how silly it was.

If a Next War mod isn't included, I'd be inclined to start working on one (as long as I actually like the underlying mechanics of Civ5, and actually have some free time.)

Completely agree with the above posters -- if the unit comes too late to do any good, there's no point in it. And it's a bit cartoon-y. Its only salvation will be if it truly adds something good to gameplay. (And on THAT, I will reserve judgment until I see it in play!)

[jkp1187]

Hi, Nikolai!

Agreed. It is a private joke between the community and Firaxis... Very cool.

But I want a button or something to turn the GDR off... If not, I'll beg to you, modders, to tell me which lines I should erase to eliminate it...

I know it's not so simple...

If Civ5 is as easy to mod as Civ4 was, it honestly is that simple.

[ScrotusMaximus]

Boo. Giant robot walkers will never exist for military applications. They're not practical. Tanks are far superior for a number of reasons.

We are talking about a game, after all. If you can get past immortal world leaders and space ships traveling to other planets, I'm sure giant robots will only be a minor distraction.