There are a lot of game choices out there. That's my challenge primarily with Civ 5. When I've got spare time to spend playing a game, I just didn't find Civ 5 that engaging, it felt much like the previous versions. All quibbles about how rubbish it is compared to earlier versions aside, since that sort of complaint comes up with any series. Besides, the game has been done frankly, and needs to really just be put to bed. The moment in time was Civ 1 and possibly Civ 2, and again, everyone can argue about that all day. But at the point of release, Civ was unlike most things out there because the field wasn't as crowded at the time, it was a crazily addictive game and everyone I knew at the time wasted away days playing it. Good times, but that moment has passed.

The one thing I'll say, and this is frankly feint praise, because the fact remains, I'll play yet another S2 campaign before I'll ever pick up Civ 5 again (in fact I recently uninstalled it), is this, the game updated its graphics, they did indeed look good, and for me at least, the battle implementation that did away with stacks was a nice change, I was simply bored out of my mind by SOD's in every previous iteration. So it was refreshing there was even a modicum of planning required to position units to maximize there effect, or that ranged weapons actually had ranged effects.

Does better graphics and an interesting change in combat mean the game is worth playing given the array of other options? Nope. Time is limited, and this one has been done for most ppl, certainly has for me. RIP Civ, good run.


P.S. Want to see a turn based game that BEGS to be remade identical to the original with just the graphics updated that I'd happily pay 60 bucks for? X-com: UFO Defense would be my choice hands down.