Ohai there Game Informer, last month's entry seemed to stump quite a few people, only ended up having 1 person be able to guess the game. It was a tough one for sure. This month's entry should be a little easier, I think...
Allow me to welcome you to Guess that Game, a monthly feature loosely based off of the game of 20 Questions. The first thing you might want to do is make sure you are viewing this with the website lights turned on (the switch is located at the top of the website near the search box). If you don't...the clues and answer might be inadvertently revealed as you read this.
However, instead of each of you asking me 20 questions, I have come up with 20 clues about a game whose identity you are trying to guess. The clues start out rather generic and progressively get more revealing, so if you have to read all of the clues, the answer should be fairly obvious by the end (or if you read only the 20thclue, you have a fairly good chance of guessing it, but that kind of defeats the purpose). Your goal is to guess the game after reading as few of the clues as possible starting in numerical order with Clue #01.
NOTICE: Of course I have no way of verifying the integrity of your answer, so should you choose to leave a comment with your score, it is based off of the honor system. I'll take you at your word.
Now, you might notice that except for Clue #1, the rest of them are blank. How are you supposed to read the rest of them? Ah, using the magic of technology...the clues are there, however the font is white so the text appears invisible. In order to view them, all you have to do is highlight the text by clicking and holding the cursor on the text and dragging the cursor over each clue. This is an extremely easy process that most of you are undoubtedly familiar with. Oh, as a reminder - if you're viewing the GI website with the lights off, obviously this isn't going to work since the font color is reversed. I recommend turning the lights on when viewing this blog.
The same concept applies to the answer which is found at the very end of the blog.
With that said let's jump right into the clues!
Good luck, you'll need it!
GOAL: Guess the game by reading as few of the clues as possible, starting at #1.
CLUES:
1. This game comes from a franchise that started way back in 1991
2. There have been games from this series on many different consoles including PC, 360, Super NES and even the Nintendo DS
3. There have been over 10 games in this series, including expansions.
4. This particular game came out in 2010
5. There are multiple ways to win this game including combat or diplomacy
6. This game had multiple terrains, each with benefits and disadvantages
7. Players also had to collect resources from those terrains in order to progress
8. This game has over 80 different units for players to use
9. Players are able to discover new technologies in order to help them throughout this game
10. This series has had the name of the original developer on every game
11. This game originally had 18 factions to choose from when starting a game, eventually rising to over 40
12. There are many famous historical characters in the games from this series
13. This game is a turned based strategy
14. When players capture enemy cities they are able to decide what to do with it including razing it or annexing it
15. There are many famous landmarks that players are able to build in this game including the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids, Stonehenge and many more
16. The previous game in this series was known for having "death stacks" of soldiers
17. Many people who have played this series suffer from "just one more turn" syndrome
18. An error in coding in earlier games from this series made a normally peaceful leader go full nuclear late in the game
19. This game featured hexagonal tiles for units to move across
20. Players will advance from the stone age all the way up to the future as the progress towards victory.
CONCLUSION:
So, how did you do? Finals for school edition!
Got over 100% by getting bonus points! Woohoo! (1-5 clues)
Did really well and was still able to get some great grades! (6 - 10 clues)
Forgot about that one really important final, whoops! (11 - 15 clues)
You know those dreams where you're in your underwear and have to present in front of the 300 person class? Like that except real... (16 - 20 clues)
I never was able to play much of this game as I didn't really have anything that was able to play it until a few years ago. This was my first time playing a game in this series as well and I loved it.
ANSWER BELOW:
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Until next time, Game Informer
Regards
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