Worth moving on to SE5 from SE4?

PsychoTechFreak · #1 March 2nd, 2008, 05:51 AM

Sardia, you are very talkative...

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Chaedwards said:
given that I'm a casual player and play single-player exclusively, is it worth buying SE5, or should I just stick to SE4?

I read between the lines: Are there AI improving mods already, or will there be as many as for SE4. Will SE5 ever be as good as SE4 singleplayer-wise.

capnq · #2 March 2nd, 2008, 09:40 AM

I'm probably spending more time playing SEV than SEIV, but I don't see a strong reason to "move on" and play only one of them exclusively. (OTOH, most people don't have as much free time available as I do. I can afford to play both.)

One difference I do see between them is that in solo play, I can generally do more turns per gaming session in SEIV. I haven't gotten familiar enough with the SEV interface yet to smoothly do what I want to, which makes SEV more mentally fatiguing for me to play.

The first thing I did to customize the SEV interface was reassign some of the hotkeys back to the ones I'd memorized in SEIV.

gregebowman · #3 March 4th, 2008, 02:37 PM

go for it. I was in the same boat about 1 1/2 years ago. Should I play a well and established version like SEIV, or go for the gusto and buy SEV? At the time, the sticker price was $40. but when I actually went and bought it, the register rang up $20. I was relieved not to have to spend the extra $20, and I was really pleased and happy when I installed it. I haven't even thought about going back to SEIV, even if it means I can't play some of my favorite mods.

PsychoTechFreak · #4 March 5th, 2008, 07:14 AM

I would really like to hear some more solo player only comments about that - if they are still around that is.

capnq · #5 March 5th, 2008, 10:32 AM

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PsychoTechFreak said:
I would really like to hear some more solo player only comments about that - if they are still around that is.

There are frequently threads about that at the Strategy First SEV forums.

kalthalior · #6 March 25th, 2008, 04:13 PM

I'd say V is well worth buying, and I play exclusively solo as well.

I've yet to go back to play SEIV since I bought V, although I probably will do so at some point - just like I went back to play III after I spent 18 months playing IV.

The UI takes some getting used to, but having gone through the transistion from III to IV, I was prepared to grit my teeth and simply work through it.

Atrocities · #7 March 25th, 2008, 06:43 PM

I would say yes, both of the game have attributes that endear them to the player thus making both of them great a gaming value.