Oh boy. If Civilization V screenshots were enough to get you arranging for sick leave and divorce papers, you may not want to watch this trailer. Or, you may want to. Up to you!
In addition to showing the nuts and bolts of the game – like menus (I have a fetish for menu shots in trailers) – there’s also pledges that the game will not only ship with modding tools, but that the best mods can be showcased from within the game itself.
In a world where games like Call of Duty are increasingly reluctant to even bother paying lip-service to the strengths of the PC (and Mac!) community, it’s great to see Civilization hasn’t forgotten where its bread is buttered.
Escape
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 3:40 PMSwoon!
Michael Barnes
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 3:42 PMDid anybody count how many times the commentator said “Sid Meier’s Civilization 5″?
Jorian Drake
Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 12:51 PM7
Aidan Dullard
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 4:02 PMI counted at least 10 by the narrator (not counting all the talking heads).
And… I think I’m in love with this game ♥
f4cti0n
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 4:36 PMSo excited for CivV :D
Kwenton
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 5:00 PMmmmm Buttered Bread….
milali
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 6:06 PMeven with 2k’s price fixing i still want it so bad!
Jeremy
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 10:06 PMThere is not a hope in hell of me buying it in Australia at 60% over the US price. (Plus currency conversion costs!) Dear 2k, go F*** yourselves.
OT
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 6:12 PMwow is better than i ever thought it would be hurry September
Oshada Kurukulasuriya
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 6:27 PMLOVE menu shots.
Aliasalpha
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 8:10 PMAnyone else having trouble with videos not showing up on here lately? This has to be the third or fourth story I’ve loaded in the last week where there’s just no frame for the video
Aliasalpha
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 8:12 PMNow that I look, the links for gizmodo and the other sites are all vertically arranged at the top left of the page, wonder if it’s related
Seamus Byrne
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 8:12 PMLooks fine for me in Firefox…
Aliasalpha
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 8:27 PMHmm seems to work in chrome for me, weird but thats computers for you I guess
David
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 9:32 PMI remember playing the original Civ in Black and White on my Dad’s old Mac Classic. I remember having all the patterns memorized and thinking how much they were dumbing the game down by adding colour (I was young, cut me some slack). I remember when they changed from a top down view and I remember when they added culture. Civ has been a constant in my life as long as I can remember and it never disappoints.
I will buy this game.
Braaains
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 11:49 PMI think “incredible graphics” is going a little far. I mean it looks OK, but hardly “incredible”. Bt at least you already know the gameplay will be sublime.
CloneTrooper
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 12:44 AMCiv’s the only game I play for PC.
Civ IV with Beyond the Sword was as perfect as I thought it could get…was one of only 3 games i’d rate as 10/10.
This is looking like it will leave Civ IV for dead.
Cannot. Wait.
DKnight1000
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 2:50 AMCiv 5, a game that suffers from just one more turn oh crap it’s 3am. But next turn I get X, just one more turn.
markgreyam
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 10:18 AMWhat t-shirt was Michael Curran wearing (1min30 to go) that required them to blur it out?
El Phantasmogoro
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 11:24 PMYes. So very yes.
I will buy this game. My girlfriend will hate me. I won’t care.