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ORIGINAL: Qwixt

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

ORIGINAL: RisingSun

Better off doubling that base memory up to 16GB.

I have only 8 GB of RAM and it is enough (along with i7 and GeForce GTX 580 with 1,5 GB) to run Crysis smoothly at near maxed out settings. And now I find out it may not be enough for newest strategy games [X(]

Civ VI recommended memory is 8gb, and 4gb for min spec.

Yes, this is why I recently bought a new PC (with 32 GB of RAM & 8 GB of VRAM) for the new and future PC games...

Give me more soldiers, noble leader, that they may sheathe their swords in the beating hearts of our enemies!

In fact having more memory will reduce the lags in mid to late eras. Depending on how big the world is and how many civilizations along with many, many cities and units.

Much better game:

http://www.grandages.com/us/

There are more negative ratings than positive on Steam for this game. 551 positive and 727 negative ones.

Grand Ages on Steam

I don't know why, I'm playing it now and have no complaints. I like that it has a European setting.

ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14

Much better game:

http://www.grandages.com/us/

Since Civilization VI isn't even out yet, I don't know how anyone could make that claim. But I own and have played Grand Ages: Medieval and I didn't like it as much as Civilization V. So I guess it's just a matter of personal perspective.

If you want it, wait. The price will drop and I am pretty sure they going to have to patch it at some points. I want to hear from players and see if they really enjoy it.

Old Civ1/2 player & in some ways I'm glad they've kept updating this though there's some things I hate from the previews & press copies I've seen played on Youtube. I got Civ5 to try to see how much had changed since I last played & like it a lot & the one thing that really gets me that I saw in the press release Civ6 & from me playing 5 is on Barbarian/City State spawns. The AI always seems to run a unit near to get the camp spawning & then lead them right to you & let you continually deal w/ them while they just run off. Also the City States spawning so many units & all they do is just get in the way when you're trying to go through them just makes you want to go to war w/ them just to clear them out. Hopefully these things will be dialed back in official release else they'll be turned off & useless programming lines in my games.

ORIGINAL: LarryP

There are more negative ratings than positive on Steam for this game. 551 positive and 727 negative ones.

Grand Ages on Steam

Never judge a game by steam user ratings. I've seen herd mentality over the stupidest things. You have to read the reviews.

Since Civilization VI isn't even out yet, I don't know how anyone could make that claim.

I'm judging Civ VI by its trailers. I'm not impressed and do not plan on buying it even if it gets good reviews.

ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14

Since Civilization VI isn't even out yet, I don't know how anyone could make that claim.

I'm judging Civ VI by its trailers. I'm not impressed and do not plan on buying it even if it gets good reviews.

To each his own. But I'd wait until the game has been out for awhile before passing judgement on it.

ORIGINAL: Greybriar

ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14

Since Civilization VI isn't even out yet, I don't know how anyone could make that claim.

I'm judging Civ VI by its trailers. I'm not impressed and do not plan on buying it even if it gets good reviews.

To each his own. But I'd wait until the game has been out for awhile before passing judgement on it.

Agreed, I have failed of buying a lot of games what came out, not even finish.

ORIGINAL: Greybriar

ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14

Since Civilization VI isn't even out yet, I don't know how anyone could make that claim.

I'm judging Civ VI by its trailers. I'm not impressed and do not plan on buying it even if it gets good reviews.

To each his own. But I'd wait until the game has been out for awhile before passing judgement on it.

Aye. Here too.

What I truly miss: Is the end of Sid Mier's stand alone battle games, the last being Austerlitz. To me they were all gems, never could bring myself to purchase or even try Civ games after feeling stand alones being abandoned.

ORIGINAL: Qwixt

ORIGINAL: LarryP

There are more negative ratings than positive on Steam for this game. 551 positive and 727 negative ones.

Grand Ages on Steam

Never judge a game by steam user ratings. I've seen herd mentality over the stupidest things. You have to read the reviews.

Steam and Metacritic, only way to go. [:'(]

ORIGINAL: operating

What I truly miss: Is the end of Sid Mier's stand alone battle games, the last being Austerlitz. To me they were all gems, never could bring myself to purchase or even try Civ games after feeling stand alones being abandoned.

I miss his Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon. The first one and only good one made. The rest are child's toys. I still have a tough time playing the first one against the ai. Just needs a graphics update but back in the day it was awesome.

I see a lot of things I like about VI, but I feel like V has only been out and "finished" with expansions for a relatively short time. I'm perfectly happy with playing it when I need a Civ fix.

I picked up Civ4 and 5 cheaply on Steam and I prefer 4, and stacking is the main reason. I pretty much don't buy anything at full price any more, save the odd Grigsby title.

I'll wait a while on Civ6 before picking it up.

Cheers,
CC

ORIGINAL: aaatoysandmore

I miss his Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon. The first one and only good one made. The rest are child's toys. I still have a tough time playing the first one against the ai. Just needs a graphics update but back in the day it was awesome.

There is a free download of Sid Meier's Railroad Tycoon Deluxe - courtesy of 2K Games. It isn't the original Railroad Tycoon, although it is indicated as such on the download page I linked to. It runs on my 64-bit Windows 7 PC.