Tuesday, July 1, 2014
GENERAL INFORMATION
Civilization V (PC)
Developer: Firaxis
Publisher: 2K Games
Release Date: September 21, 2010
MSRP: $49.99
Sid Meier's Civilization® V is the fifth offering in the multi-award winning Civilization strategy game series featuring the famous "just one more turn" addictive gameplay that has made it one of the greatest game series of all time.
With over 9 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization® is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Firaxis will take this incredibly fun and addictive strategy game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new tools to manage and expand your civilization, unprecedented modding capabilities and intensely competitive multiplayer options. Civilization V will come to life in a beautifully detailed, living world that will elevate the gameplay experience to a whole new level making it a must-have for gamers around the globe!
In Civilization, players strive to become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age waging war, conducting diplomacy, discovering technologies, going head-to-head with some of history's greatest leaders, and building the most powerful empire the world has ever known.
The player leads a civilization from prehistoric times into the future on a randomly-generated map or a pre-determined map, scenario or mod (player created modification), achieving one of a number of different victory conditions through research, diplomacy, expansion, economic development, government and military conquest. The game is based on an entirely new game engine with hexagonal tiles instead of the square tiles of earlier games in the series. Some elements from Civilization IV and its expansion packs have been removed or changed, such as religion and espionage. The combat system has been overhauled, removing stacking of military units and enabling cities to defend themselves by firing directly on nearby enemies. In addition, the maps contain computer-controlled city-states that are available for trade, diplomacy and conquest. A civilization's borders also expand more realistically, favouring more productive terrain, and the concept of roads and railroads has changed so they now cost maintenance to cut down on "road-spam".
FEATURES
Believable World
More than just a strategy game, the world is more beautiful than ever before in a Civilization V game.
Inviting Presentation
An intuitive interface that will ease the new players and will please the veterans.
Huge Battles
Combat is more exciting, with 1 unit per tile restrictions making you more careful on your approach to battle.
Live History
Write your own epic story each time you play it.
Improved Diplomacy
Negotiate with some of history's most cunning rulers.
In-Game Community Hub
Compete with CIV players from all over the globe via Internet.
Modability
Players will have a nearly unlimited options for modifying Civilization V any way they like.
CIVILIZATIONS LIST
United States of America
Leader: George Washington
Special Ability: Manifest Destiny
Special Unit: B17
Special Unit: Minutemen
Arabia
Leader: Harun al-Rashid
Special Ability: Trade Caravans
Special Unit: Camel Archers
Special Building: Bazaar
Aztec
Leader: Montezuma
Special Ability: Sacrificial Captives
Special Unit: Jaguar
Special Building: Floating Gardens
China
Leader: Wu Zetian
Special Ability: Art of War
Special Unit: Cho-Ko-Nue
Special Building – Paper Maker
Egypt
Leader: Ramesses II
Special Ability: Monument Builders
Special Unit: War Chariot
Special Building: Burial Tomb
England
Leader: Elizabeth I
Special Ability: Sun Never Sets
Special Unit: Longbowman
Special Unit: Ship of the Line
France
Leader: Napoleon Bonaparte
Special Ability: Ancien Regime
Special Unit: Foreign Legion
Special Unit: Musketeer
Germany
Leader: Otto Von Bismarck
Special Ability: Furor Teutonicus
Special Unit: Landsknecht
Special Unit: Panzer
Greece
Leader: Alexander
Special Ability: Hellenic League
Special Unit: Champion Cavalry
Special Unit: Hoplite
India
Leader: Gandhi
Special Ability: Population Growth
Special Unit: War Elephant
Special Building: Mughal Fort
Iroquois
Leader: Hiawatha
Special Ability: The Great Warpath
Special Unit: Mohawk Warrior
Special Building: Longhouse
Japan
Leader: Oda Nobunaga
Special Ability: Bushido
Special Unit: Samurai
Special Unit: Zero
Ottoman
Leader: Suleiman the Magnificent
Special Ability: Barbary Corsairs
Special Unit: Janissary
Special Unit: Sipahi
Persia
Leader: Darius
Special Ability: Archaemenid Legacy
Special Unit: Immortal
Special Building: Satrap’s Court
Rome
Leader: Augustus Caesar
Special Ability: The Glory of Rome
Special Unit: Ballista
Special Unit: Legion
Russia
Leader: Catherine
Special Ability: Siberian Riches
Special Unit: Cossack
Special Building: Krepost
Siam
Leader: Ramkhamhaeng
Special Ability: Father Governs Children
Special Unit: Naresuan’s Elephant
Special Building: Wat
Songhai
Leader: Askia
Special Ability – River Warlord
Special Unit – Mandekalu Cavalry
Special Building – Mud Pyramid Mosque
Babylon (DLC/Deluxe Edition)
Leader: Nebuchadnezzar II
Special Ability: Ingenuity
Special Unit: Bowman
Special Building: Walls of Babylon
