In all, Civ V gets just about everything right, again. It takes some admirable chances on major gameplay changes, and while it doesn't always succeed, it's also completely open for modding and tweaking by fans -- so what isn't perfect out-of-the-box is up for fixin' down the line. It may be intimidating, or it may be the kind of game you never quite got around to digging into, but if you have any sort of soul for strategy, you oughtn't let Civilization V become just another name you drop at parties.
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.
