Firaxis' Civilization V has been available for a little while now, and a number of editors at IGN have had a chance to check out the latest version of the most popular strategy franchise around. This includes those who've played the game before and those who've never tried Civilization and even generally don't deal with gaming on a PC.
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.
