Civilization 5--at a deep discount

[[AK]The Beast]

My copy turned up on Saturday. I'm installing it right now. The disc copy actually activates and installs through Steam, which is really cool, because it means I can install it on my laptop too. Probably won't have too much time to fool with it before my Thanksgiving vacation, but I'm looking forward to playing it (hopefully with you guys) when I get back next week.

Update: after installing, the game crashes silently to desktop right after the Firaxis cinematic. Loading without the movies doesn't help. Reloading on my gaming desktop from Steam's repository (hoping I just had a bad DVD). I'll have to see if it does the same on my laptop after I'm done using it as a spare TV for football. According to the Steam forums, this problem is fairly common.

[[AK]Ozzred]

I installed from disk without issue, so hopefully it was just a bad disk. XP .x64 OS.

[[AK]The Beast]

Still craps out after the movies (or immediately with intros off) on Win7 x64. Going to try it on my MacBook (BootCamp) to see if it's any better. Otherwise it looks like I'm going to have to contact 2K support with my DXDiag log.

[[AK]The Beast]

The game works fine on my MacBook, so at least I can play. Hopefully 2K support will tell me something good.

[[AK]Ozzred]

Good deal Beast!

So anyone up for giving the multi-player a try this Wednesday night?

[[AK]The Beast]

Won't be able to make it, unfortunately--will be getting ready for my annual Thanksgiving voyage. I'm up for pretty much any night next week, though.

[[AK]Hylander]

Just an FYI that I bought the "Deluxe" version of the game on Steam this evening and I'm in the middle of downloading it now.