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I play Civ IV quite a bit and am starting to play Civ VI some more. It
used to run my fan too much for comfort, but I've noticed as the PC
constantly updates that games that were hard on the fan are now at a
comfy rate. I'm talking about those updates like to the BIOS and
Windows 11 that come out about twice a month. That's where I suspect
the savings are coming from.
--
"It will be a long
And difficult war
It will be conducted
On many fronts
But as long as it takes
We will prevail
Across the world governments
Have heard this message
You're either with us or you're with the terrorists
Tyranny
Terror
& Lawless Violence"
-- George W. Bush
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:42:18 -0500, Mandrake the Perihelion <jfwaldby@gmail.com> wrote:

I play Civ IV quite a bit and am starting to play Civ VI some more. It
used to run my fan too much for comfort, but I've noticed as the PC >constantly updates that games that were hard on the fan are now at a
comfy rate. I'm talking about those updates like to the BIOS and
Windows 11 that come out about twice a month. That's where I suspect
the savings are coming from.

I wouldn't buy it right now. Everything I have learned about this game
tells me that it needs work.
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On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:48:07 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:42:18 -0500, Mandrake the Perihelion ><jfwaldby@gmail.com> wrote:

I play Civ IV quite a bit and am starting to play Civ VI some more. It >>used to run my fan too much for comfort, but I've noticed as the PC >>constantly updates that games that were hard on the fan are now at a
comfy rate. I'm talking about those updates like to the BIOS and
Windows 11 that come out about twice a month. That's where I suspect
the savings are coming from.

I wouldn't buy it right now. Everything I have learned about this game
tells me that it needs work.

I came to the same conclusion.

If you want a Civ like game that's different than Civ, check out Old
World. It's $10 on Steam right now.
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Rin Stowleigh wrote:

On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:48:07 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:42:18 -0500, Mandrake the Perihelion
<jfwaldby@gmail.com> wrote:

I play Civ IV quite a bit and am starting to play Civ VI some more. It
used to run my fan too much for comfort, but I've noticed as the PC
constantly updates that games that were hard on the fan are now at a
comfy rate. I'm talking about those updates like to the BIOS and
Windows 11 that come out about twice a month. That's where I suspect
the savings are coming from.

I wouldn't buy it right now. Everything I have learned about this game
tells me that it needs work.

I came to the same conclusion.

If you want a Civ like game that's different than Civ, check out Old
World. It's $10 on Steam right now.

Oh, I passed that over a couple days ago because of the $10 price, but
now I see it's because it's on sale for 75% off. Thank you.
--
"It will be a long
And difficult war
It will be conducted
On many fronts
But as long as it takes
We will prevail
Across the world governments
Have heard this message
You're either with us or you're with the terrorists
Tyranny
Terror
& Lawless Violence"
-- George W. Bush
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On 13/04/2025 16:42, Mandrake the Perihelion wrote:

I play Civ IV quite a bit and am starting to play Civ VI some more.  It used to run my fan too much for comfort, but I've noticed as the PC constantly updates that games that were hard on the fan are now at a
comfy rate.  I'm talking about those updates like to the BIOS and
Windows 11 that come out about twice a month.  That's where I suspect
the savings are coming from.

Everything I've read about it so far says it should be a no-buy
currently. There are mixed reviews with some people liking the new
mechanics and others saying this isn't a Civ game. That's really a
personal choice thing.

The big problem though, that the game isn't complete/polished seems to
have a strong consensus. Then you have that it's been set-up to sell DLC
that really should be in the base game. I mean why would you include
Britain in the base game as they have made zero impact on world history.
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JAB wrote:

On 13/04/2025 16:42, Mandrake the Perihelion wrote:

I play Civ IV quite a bit and am starting to play Civ VI some more.
It used to run my fan too much for comfort, but I've noticed as the PC
constantly updates that games that were hard on the fan are now at a
comfy rate.  I'm talking about those updates like to the BIOS and
Windows 11 that come out about twice a month.  That's where I suspect
the savings are coming from.

Everything I've read about it so far says it should be a no-buy
currently. There are mixed reviews with some people liking the new
mechanics and others saying this isn't a Civ game. That's really a
personal choice thing.

The big problem though, that the game isn't complete/polished seems to
have a strong consensus. Then you have that it's been set-up to sell DLC that really should be in the base game. I mean why would you include
Britain in the base game as they have made zero impact on world history.

I know what you mean. Diablo IV disincluded the Necromancer of all
classes. I refused to buy it separately as a matter of posterity.
Nevermind that it was my favorite class in Diablo II & III.
--
"It will be a long
And difficult war
It will be conducted
On many fronts
But as long as it takes
We will prevail
Across the world governments
Have heard this message
You're either with us or you're with the terrorists
Tyranny
Terror
& Lawless Violence"
-- George W. Bush
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On 14/04/2025 08:06, Mandrake the Perihelion wrote:

JAB wrote:

On 13/04/2025 16:42, Mandrake the Perihelion wrote:

I play Civ IV quite a bit and am starting to play Civ VI some more.
It used to run my fan too much for comfort, but I've noticed as the
PC constantly updates that games that were hard on the fan are now at
a comfy rate.  I'm talking about those updates like to the BIOS and
Windows 11 that come out about twice a month.  That's where I suspect
the savings are coming from.

Everything I've read about it so far says it should be a no-buy
currently. There are mixed reviews with some people liking the new
mechanics and others saying this isn't a Civ game. That's really a
personal choice thing.

The big problem though, that the game isn't complete/polished seems to
have a strong consensus. Then you have that it's been set-up to sell
DLC that really should be in the base game. I mean why would you
include Britain in the base game as they have made zero impact on
world history.

I know what you mean.  Diablo IV disincluded the Necromancer of all classes.  I refused to buy it separately as a matter of posterity. Nevermind that it was my favorite class in Diablo II & III.

Oh I agree, to me it's just a little stand against companies basically
take the piss out of you and saying they think you're stupid. You want
to do that then fine, but just don't expect me to buy your game.
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On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:13:09 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
wrote:

On 14/04/2025 08:06, Mandrake the Perihelion wrote:

JAB wrote:

On 13/04/2025 16:42, Mandrake the Perihelion wrote:

I play Civ IV quite a bit and am starting to play Civ VI some more.
It used to run my fan too much for comfort, but I've noticed as the
PC constantly updates that games that were hard on the fan are now at >>>> a comfy rate.� I'm talking about those updates like to the BIOS and
Windows 11 that come out about twice a month.� That's where I suspect >>>> the savings are coming from.

Everything I've read about it so far says it should be a no-buy
currently. There are mixed reviews with some people liking the new
mechanics and others saying this isn't a Civ game. That's really a
personal choice thing.

The big problem though, that the game isn't complete/polished seems to
have a strong consensus. Then you have that it's been set-up to sell
DLC that really should be in the base game. I mean why would you
include Britain in the base game as they have made zero impact on
world history.

I know what you mean.� Diablo IV disincluded the Necromancer of all
classes.� I refused to buy it separately as a matter of posterity.
Nevermind that it was my favorite class in Diablo II & III.

Oh I agree, to me it's just a little stand against companies basically
take the piss out of you and saying they think you're stupid. You want
to do that then fine, but just don't expect me to buy your game.

I bet Britain's leader is Oliver fucking Cromwell too, once you buy it.
Just to thumb their noses at the players.
--
Zag

This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)
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On 15/04/2025 23:58, Zaghadka wrote:

Oh I agree, to me it's just a little stand against companies basically
take the piss out of you and saying they think you're stupid. You want
to do that then fine, but just don't expect me to buy your game.

I bet Britain's leader is Oliver fucking Cromwell too, once you buy it.
Just to thumb their noses at the players.

Considering his role in the history of the British Isles he's surprising unknown beyond rode a horse, had a wart and won the English Civil war.

His biggest achievement though, showing the rest of the world how to
have a 'proper' revolution. Win a civil war, execute the king and then
shortly after decide maybe that wasn't a good idea and put his son on
the throne.
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