After two and a half years of work, Sid Meier’s Civilization V is about ready to be unleashed on the masses. Fans of the past series and turn based strategy in general should be pretty happy with what’s coming out.
What I first noticed right off the bat was how great the game looked. I mean the map just looks gorgeous when the person demoing the game was panning around showing off the various tile sets they had. The tile sets range from Asia, America, Africa, and a few others but they all looked incredibly detailed for a Civilization game. To show off the land, they lifted the fog of war, which is actually pretty nicely represented by overhead clouds. As you traverse the land discovering new areas, the clouds dissipate in the areas you discover but normally, it just looks like a very cloudy day for the unknown.
Civilization V continues to be one of the most popular grand-strategy games you can play on Steam, for about three years.
Love strategy but your processor and graphics card doesn't love you? The best strategy games for low-end PCs have you covered.
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.
