I have played Civilization IV (and expansions like Warlords and Beyond the Sword) many many times. I seriously believe Turn-based games like CivIVrequires very much strategy like RTS games because of genius Sid Meier. He made slow-paced and borrring turn-based genre an exciting and one of the most selling PC games in the history with his Civilization series.

Recently I bought Civilization IV complete edition, which comes with all Civ4 games and Colonization standalone expansion. I didn't play Colonization before but after playing it - I must say his magic is still growing. It is indeed a great expansion.

I can't stop playing it ... Hats off to you Sid Meier for this great franchise.

I mean ... come on, I have played through all my Steam games, few games 2/3 times. I don't want to re-play those games anymore, what the hell should I do with those games?

If I had those games in CD or DVDs, I could easily sell those games and buy new games instead. But now I am freaking stuck with those bloody games with my Steam accounts... forever. Even if I don't use Steam for next 100 years. Sucks!

Thant's enough for me. Bye bye Steam ... and Valve.I will only buy retail DVD now onwards. If it's required Steam, then I will not buy that game (read modern warfare 2 here).

And some bloody game publishers should take cue from football manager 2010 and the sims 3. Sims, Civilization, Football Manager from SEGA - these are my favourite series. And this year, all of their latest games came without specific DRM scheme, at least I have choice over DRM schemes. The Sims 3 and Civilization Complete Edition came with simple DVD-check. Football Manager 2010 has option not to go through Steam and use DVD-check. So unless my other favourite franchise gives me choice about DRM schemes, they are not going to get my money.

By the way, just got Civilization IV : Complete Edition and it's without Steam. Thanks Sid Meier and Firaxis and 2K games.

My Internet connection ran into some problem in mid-September. So I was unable to visit the site at all. It seems it will be resolved in coming weeks. I will be back soon!

happy gaming!

EDIT: Everything's fine now. I've got my internet back. I'll be online and try to be regular at the site as much as my job and family allows.

take care.