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Steam Top 10

[Jun 24, 2012, 2:30 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Here's Valve's report of the 10 bestselling games on their Steam service for this past week:

Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings
Arma II: Combined Operations
Deus Ex: Collections
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Collection 2
Max Payne 3
The Elder Scrolls V" Skyrim
Deus Ex: Human Revolutions
Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
Torchlight II

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Re: Steam Top 10

Jun 24, 2012, 16:39

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Sepharo wrote on Jun 24, 2012, 14:40:
As far as the expansion goes... Meh, I don't think it brings all that much to the game. Spies and religion felt very minor in terms of my empire. I had some religious perks that gave me gold for every follower, faster border expansion, and faster religion expansion. Being the top religion was very easy and maintenance free and I got some big borders and extra gold out of it.

I disagree. Spies make a huge difference to diplomatic victories and mean that city states are no longer just huge money sinks. Faith allows you to customise the game to your play style, which for me means a focus on happiness and/or production. More importantly, the AI has received a complete overhaul and is much more compelling - especially now that you can take cities from the sea (very useful for dealing with city states). In addition the entire game has been rebalanced, so cities are much stronger and siege units are much more important. And the new civs have some interesting perks, like the ability to annex a city state via forced marriage or razing cities at twice the rate.

I put the expansion right up there with Beyond The Sword.




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Comment [quote="theyarecomingforyou"Jun 24, 2012, 16:39][quote="Sepharo"Jun 24, 2012, 14:40]As far as the expansion goes... Meh, I don't think it brings all that much to the game. Spies and religion felt very minor in terms of my empire. I had some religious perks that gave me gold for every follower, faster border expansion, and faster religion expansion. Being the top religion was very easy and maintenance free and I got some big borders and extra gold out of it.[/quote] I disagree. Spies make a huge difference to diplomatic victories and mean that city states are no longer just huge money sinks. Faith allows you to customise the game to your play style, which for me means a focus on happiness and/or production. More importantly, the AI has received a complete overhaul and is much more compelling - especially now that you can take cities from the sea (very useful for dealing with city states). In addition the entire game has been rebalanced, so cities are much stronger and siege units are much more important. And the new civs have some interesting perks, like the ability to annex a city state via forced marriage or razing cities at twice the rate. I put the expansion right up there with Beyond The Sword. [/quote]

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