Civ V/Civ VI

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Caoimhghín
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Civ V/Civ VI

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This topic is not so related to Buddhism, but I figure the lounge may be a suitable place to post it.

Does anyone here play Civ V? Is anyone eagerly awaiting, like me and my boyfriend, Civ VI?
Then, the monks uttered this gāthā:

These bodies are like foam.
Them being frail, who can rejoice in them?
The Buddha attained the vajra-body.
Still, it becomes inconstant and ruined.
The many Buddhas are vajra-entities.
All are also subject to inconstancy.
Quickly ended, like melting snow --
how could things be different?

The Buddha passed into parinirvāṇa afterward.
(T1.27b10 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra DĀ 2)
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Re: Civ V/Civ VI

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I love Civ V.

I don't know about Civ VI though. A lot of the achievements look too easy to get. It seems to be a common theme these days to make strategy games easier. Not a fan of that.

I think I'll miss douche-face Alexander though. It was so satisfying to defeat him :)

I wonder if Civ VI will have the same quirky, miss-it-if-you-blink charm of Civ V. Like, I'm pretty sure that the defeated Catherine the Great implies that she will be more than just my political prisoner :shock:
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Re: Civ V/Civ VI

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I've been tentatively impressed so far. Civ V was such a welcome simplification of the somewhat Byzantine user interfaces of III and IV, specifically in that it made multiplayer a lot more feasible, sometimes at the expense of the solo game. I think Civ VI seems, IMO, actually a "cautious return to complexity". I can attest that it has a far steeper learning curve that V did, for certain.
Then, the monks uttered this gāthā:

These bodies are like foam.
Them being frail, who can rejoice in them?
The Buddha attained the vajra-body.
Still, it becomes inconstant and ruined.
The many Buddhas are vajra-entities.
All are also subject to inconstancy.
Quickly ended, like melting snow --
how could things be different?

The Buddha passed into parinirvāṇa afterward.
(T1.27b10 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra DĀ 2)
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Re: Civ V/Civ VI

Post by sillyrabbit »

Coëmgenu wrote:I can attest that it has a far steeper learning curve that V did, for certain.
Then I may check it out after all.
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