@skulkers: also since you can fire it up and quick match perfectly fine, its not all that odd to test that, see the servers are working and set up the stream.
Just here being enough of an absolute nerd to know that the Yam was the mongol pony express.
I like how the age-up stuff seems to all be unique to the civ you're playing. One of my complaints about previous games has often been that civs felt real similar, because most of the differences were just stats, this gives me hope that by cutting the majority of them, it allows them to make each one that much more unique.
I will miss the connected campaign stories, but the documentary cutscenes seem really well presented.
I still kinda feel like PS5 is pushing the speed thing harder than they really need to.
The difference between PCIe 3 and 4 is not a whole lot in terms of loads and a whole lot in terms of $$$. Coulda just done 3 in the PS5 and 4 in the inevitable PS5 Pro instead of having $400 SSDs.
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