Anyone try Civ 5?

**Marshall Louis-Nicolas Davout** · 09-26-2011, 23:00

Has anyone tried it?(It has the modding feature in it) I would like to hear your thoughts on whether to buy it or not?

Civ 5.

Should I buy it or not?

**Kekvit Irae** · 09-26-2011, 23:51

If you're looking for a more complex version of Civ IV, then pass on buying it. Civ V has been dumbed down in many areas. However, this streamlining does provide a good deal more enjoyment to micromanaging your cities (IE: happiness is now an empire-wide statistic rather than on a per-city basis). Military units cannot occupy the same square as another military unit, and the same goes for civilian units as well. Personally, this makes the game more about placement and tactics than "lol 100 Panzer steamroll" you will find in Civ IV.

But honestly, the question you should ask yourself is "do I like Civilization?" If the answer is yes, then the choice of whether to buy Civ V or not is an obvious one. It's still Civilization, through and through.

**Marshall Louis-Nicolas Davout** · 09-27-2011, 00:15

Ah,I never tired it before.Thanks anyway

**econ21** · 09-27-2011, 00:50

If you have never tried Civ, Marshall, then I highly recommend you do. It's got a lot in common with total war. Except the battles. I know that's a lot. But by compensation it does have very competitive AI, nice diplomacy and generally excellent gameplay. You can't play it looking for historical realism, but if you love history, you may get a lot of joy from the scope and richness of the historical flavour.

I have not read much good about Civ5. If you want to try Civ, I'd say start with Civ4, ideally with all the expansions.

**seireikhaan** · 09-27-2011, 02:17

Originally Posted by econ21

If you have never tried Civ, Marshall, then I highly recommend you do. It's got a lot in common with total war. Except the battles. I know that's a lot. But by compensation it does have very competitive AI, nice diplomacy and generally excellent gameplay. You can't play it looking for historical realism, but if you love history, you may get a lot of joy from the scope and richness of the historical flavour.

I have not read much good about Civ5. If you want to try Civ, I'd say start with Civ4, ideally with all the expansions.

Ditto this. Civ 4, with its expansions, is just a better, more fun game. Civ 5 does some things better, particularly with hex movement vs square, and disabling the ability to stack multiple units on one tile. But there's just a soul missing from it that 4 has. It's kind of hard to put into words, but 4 is just more fun.