We know that Sid Meier and the Civilization V crew wanted to make a pretty game, but some of the results have been ugly. The game is remarkably slow on mid-to-high end machines that can run Crysis, and some attempts to lower the resolution can make the game look brutally bad. There’s also long load times – the opening cutscene is unskippable for a minute as the game loads, and save games take a surprisingly long amount of time to load as well.
For a turn-based strategy game, Civilization V seems to be one, big, fat resource hog. Being anchored to Steam can’t help, either.
Civilization V continues to be one of the most popular grand-strategy games you can play on Steam, for about three years.
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Philip Boyes:
When I was a kid, I played a lot of Civilization 2. I played a lot of strategy games in general, but having a deep love of both history and sci-fi, the epic sweep of Civ 2 from prehistory to the stars held a particular appeal. I loved taking my little people from their huts and ziggurats to the world of science and advanced space-flight.
