Damn I cant wait to get this game!

Hi Flynn!

These screen make the game look very small. One of the greatest things bout Civ 1-4 was the huge maps you could play. These ones look like you can only have 1 or 2 cities per civilisation which would suck so hard.

This new CSS profile is really shitty! It's clipping ma' images!!

Ah! Some Civilization nostalgia!

I fear for this game on consoles. Flop imminent.

Hmm... I was actually more excited before I saw these. I noticed they labeled the "Sinai River" - which seems to indicate playing on a very realistic Earth. I hope the continent generator is still there. Half the fun of Civ is recognizable cultures within a new geographic world (otherwise geography plays the fated role it always does and things have a hard time being much different than they always turned out). It also looks small, as Nayl said.

Looks like some of the negotiation possibilities have been neutered too, which is a shame since they've been building those up for years.

Hopefully it will just get better and my fears are just screenshot-misunderstandings!

Mmm, can't wait for the DS game. Civilization on the go ftw.

@iskew: Yeah, I've had the same feeling. From these screens the game looks way too cartoonish and seems to offer way less possibilities !

Throne room back? Hell yah

The big question is, does it contain Leonard Nemoy ?

Im still disturbed by how "Tokugawa" is wearing his swords on the wrong side.

Other than that really looking foward to this game!

@iskew: The last update featured a picture where you NAMED the river - so I assume the random world map still exists.

"Sire, the whole town only contained 8 gold! Here you go, I kept it in my pocket!"

Is it too much to ask for a game to have a realistic economy or at least one where you can't personally carry your entire civilization's wealth on your person?

@Excalibur: Think of 8 gold as more like 8,000,000 in whatever currency you feel like.
They've just applied a ratio so your screen isn't filled with zeros.
Just like the unit system.

I have never played Civ before, but I really am getting hyped to play this one.

It is nice to see more multiplayer games with a slower pace hitting the consoles. I thought Catan and Carcassone were both excellent fun despite their slower turn based play styles. Keep 'em coming devs! ^_^

@Zeouterlimits: Oh boy, 8,000,000 Hungarian pengő!

@wired_fenix: Civ is great. The best 8 hour stretches without a restroom break ever.

@Tetelestia: It must be good to not stop during a turn based game. ^_^

I might have to go buy a copy of Civ 4 and give it a go.