CSM: A two-decade old bastion of strategy gaming bliss in the PC world, the basics of the Civilization franchise remain firmly intact in CIVILIZATION V. Players select an authentic historical leader and begin the game with a single city in a sparsely populated ancient world. As the years flip by, you scout the land, find additional cities, and meet strange new cultures that you can either crush with your armies or become friends with as you work toward satisfying diplomatic, cultural, or scientific victory conditions. And it’s all been made more accessible than ever before.
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.
