The story begins in stoneage not realy stoneage but where the first civilizations started to emerge , witness the development of your civilization and technology with the time passing by turn by turn.
A Magical Journey
Well it is not magical actually everything is going according to history , but the slow phase development , military tactics and bureaucracy lures you in inside the game a creates a unique fabric that will make you addicted to ruling.
It is a slow phased turn based strategy game like the board game Risk , you need to pick a civilization and you will develop it and try to get complete world domination. How can you get the world domination ? there are several ways to get it , cultural influence , being a warmonger , politics and scientific development. The each individual way requires different tactic and build and it is quite intriguing.
One of the things I really love about the game is the decisions you need to take every turn , because you are going to feel the pressure of leading each and every turn and in the early game one move can take you back for ages. Civilization doesn't have champaign mode so the biggest decision you are going to make is going to be which civilization you are going to play. Each and every civilization got some perks , on war , science , culture or etc.
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To more to perks basicly you can't pick Mamadha Gandhi and be a warmonger , well you basicly can but the perks didn't design like that. Everything in Civilization matters , geographical position , water amount because British got Naval advantages , some ancient civilizations fight better in sturdy terrains like forest and deserts. Religion , Tourism are good way to spread your influence to further and Tourism helps the cultural victory.
Obviously , when we consider these variables these makes the Civilization the type of game that you want to just play over and over again. I wasn't fan of the older version of civilization but after V the civilization game turned in to something amazingly addictive , I can't play games longer than 2 hours to be honest I don't have patience for it anymore but it is different with Civilization 5 because I remember myself playing it 12 hours without moving my arse from the chair.
The reason is simple , you win or lose in this game . I like to play Warmongers like Cenghis Khan because I'm a warmonger some people like to play peacefull nations like Japanese or Indians and play for cultural victory , in this game you can craft your own story with your actions.
The Verdict
Well I played this game for 300 hours , therefore it may affect my judgement however this game was the best game of that year. The flexibility in tactics provides a unique gaming experience to the players. Graphics turn based combat everything is great and it even gets better if you buy the Dlc's for Civilization V.
My only complain about Civilization V is going to be about their buggy Multiplayer version , the company promised to fix it when they first release the game however I played it again 4 5 months ago with some friends it was still same. It is impossible to play Multiplayer mode when you are doing a war and if you want to make a war the game becomes super slow when you have a lot of units
It is a great game overall if you haven't play it yet , I highly reccomend it this game will suck you in like a good movie.
