Marius from Lazygamer reviews Civilization 5
"Civilization has always been known to be a patient and deep game. You progress your empire from a single city to ruling over a whole continent or even the world (if you are that ambitious). It teaches you a lot in decisions making, history and resource management. The game is enormous in content. You play from the ancient era of basic agriculture to the future times of nanotechnology.
Number V is more simplified and the AI handles a lot of your management tasks, unless you specify them. The simplification did take away some of the depth in knowing how the game play functions. This, however, does make the game more friendly and should also attract more types of players"
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.