I have also thought that barbarian villages should go from something to be eliminated/managed to something to be protected/respected as the game goes on but idk
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 15:57 (four months ago) link
what I always enjoyed most about this game was upgrading military tech/units and warmongering, am probably doing it wrong. It's sort of amusing, becoming a sprawling continent dominating, purely evil, high-tech nuclear warfare empire, with military robots of destruction, and you still have horseback cavalry units waiting for an upgrade. I feel like playing this again but it sucks with a PS controller and am not even sure if my crap pc is good enough to run it.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 16:06 (four months ago) link
nah calz I don't think that's "doing it wrong", I like that civ doesn't pitch that as the only option like many similar games do but it's certainly AN option
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 19 December 2023 16:10 (four months ago) link
look i love a good game of civ but talking about moral issues w/r/t it is kind of absurd. 4x games are literally imperialism. "explore, expand, exploit, exterminate". if you're going to treat civilization (small c) as a "game" to be "won" you might as well just kill everybody! i find it to be a great power fantasy, a great way to get out my aggressive urges towards the concept of post-westphalian nation-states.
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 19 December 2023 16:18 (four months ago) link