I believe it's time to add my voice (albeit rather late) to the chorus singing this games praises.
Prior to this, I had played Civ 3, and while I enjoyed it, there were a few things that bugged me, such as unit stacking. When I purchased Civ 5, I was expecting these annoyances to be removed, and a graphical improvement, but little more. Fair to say, when I played it for the first time I was blown away by the advancement.

Now, every Civilization has a distinct playstyle, the new tiling makes the game far more interesting with unit movement and made the late game less boring. Moreover, the game looks beautiful - perhaps it's not the most high definition see-every-blade-of-grass game, but the colours and effects use make it enjoyable to look at while keeping the FPS high.

If I had one criticism, it would be that although the late game is better, it's still rather dull, and that the renaissance, an interesting and beautiful patch of history, is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ short. However both of these are easily fixed by the very active modding community.

I love this game, and realise that in this review there are so many positives I didn't put because I'm a lazy bastard However, I'm sure you can find these out for yourself. Looking forward to seeing this legacy carried through to Civ 6.

I believe it's time to add my voice (albeit rather late) to the chorus singing this games praises. Prior to this, I had played Civ 3, and while I enjoyed it, there were a few things that bugged me, such as unit stacking. When I purchased Civ 5, I was expecting these annoyances to be removed, and a graphical improvement, but little more. Fair to say, when I played it for the first time I was blown away by the advancement. Now, every Civilization has a distinct playstyle, the new tiling makes the game far more interesting with unit movement and made the late game less boring. Moreover, the game looks beautiful - perhaps it's not the most high definition see-every-blade-of-grass game, but the colours and effects use make it enjoyable to look at while keeping the FPS high. If I had one criticism, it would be that although the late game is better, it's still rather dull, and that the renaissance, an interesting and beautiful patch of history, is so god damn short. However both of these are easily fixed by the very active modding community. I love this game, and realise that in this review there are so many positives I didn't put [strike]because I'm a lazy bastard[/strike] However, I'm sure you can find these out for yourself. Looking forward to seeing this legacy carried through to Civ 6.