Should Civilization V have a different name?

[Mace]

Looking forward to CiviliZation V. The big "V" kind of reminds me of the old "V" TV miniseries from a long time ago.

[Dauphin]

The Germans prefer "Zivilisation".

[Dauphin]

The Z usage isn't an Americanism, it's an out of favour British English usage. Oxford English Dictionary uses the Z.

[Provost Harrison]

Do you pronounce "civ-ull-uh-zay-shun" with an S sound where I put zay? I know the English language isn't always the most intuitive, but I'm gonna stick to my American spelling since it honestly makes more sense.

However, I do like using the digit over the Roman numeral. CivIV always looked weird to me, or even the too-clever-for-its-own-good CIV. Civ5 is much easier to recognize at a glance, particularly for someone who -- as is evident from my post count -- does not come here routinely.

A single s is often pronounced soft in many words (plasma, basil), and almost invariably in pluralisation and possessive (apples, chairs). So don't be surprised that a single s is pronounced soft in a word like civilisation.

[SpencerH]

Yeah, I was always quite amused by those that thought they were clever and using Civ, CiV, and CIV

Given your profession, you must understand the importance of repetition when trying to influence the masses. The correct usage is Ci V.

[Boris Godunov]

And since Civ3 sucked in so many ways, one can safely assume a trend it started is probably crap.

[N35t0r]

I think Civ 2 mostly referred to itself as Civ2, so the first to start the numerals-heavy trend was 3.

[campm@jor]

The should at least make it C IV...

I agree, this new installment to Civ legacy should be Civ5. It is easier and looks nicer.

[rah]

Yeah, I was always quite amused by those that thought they were clever and using Civ, CiV, and CIV

[Azuarc]

Name change is definitely in order, to Civilisation V, the correct spelling.

Do you pronounce "civ-ull-uh-zay-shun" with an S sound where I put zay? I know the English language isn't always the most intuitive, but I'm gonna stick to my American spelling since it honestly makes more sense.

However, I do like using the digit over the Roman numeral. CivIV always looked weird to me, or even the too-clever-for-its-own-good CIV. Civ5 is much easier to recognize at a glance, particularly for someone who -- as is evident from my post count -- does not come here routinely.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

we have walking robots

[Dale]

Name change is definitely in order, to Civilisation V, the correct spelling.

[playshogi]

Yes, I think it should be Civilization 5.

[MxM]

No

[Robert]

Activision would sue them, but on the other hand, they can solve that by calling it even