Zavvi.com: "The fundamental gameplay mechanics of Sid Meier’s consistently brilliant Civilization series quite frankly didn’t need any re-tuning. Like Nintendo’s immaculate Advance Wars series, Civilization’s all-encompassing purity seemed to have been oiled to faultlessness many moons ago, and more so than any comparable franchise that comes to mind, fans would have been more than happy with just more of the same. Civilization V does throw..."
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.