Review Chauliodusi 2/5 · May 9, 2022
Civ's Cartoony Board Game Shift
Paying road maintenance tax is too damn realistic in a Civ game. In all the others terraforming the surface of the planet to be one giant spiderweb of roads is just what good workers should be doing in their spare time.
I do not think that Civ V has improved on Civ IV at all. I gave Civ V an …
Paying road maintenance tax is too damn realistic in a Civ game. In all the others terraforming the surface of the planet to be one giant spiderweb of roads is just what good workers should be doing in their spare time.
I do not think that Civ V has improved on Civ IV at all. I gave Civ V an enthusiastic chance and I even played it throughout listening to an audiobook for The Holy Bible. I find that the unit tiles being spaced apart and the softer 3D models for the units gives the game a simpler feel that is less of a Human Race simulation and more of a strategy board game. The details of the tiles and resources lack the natural detail that Civ IV has. Civilization always feels addictive, but I found that Civ V achieves being addictive while subtly softening the educational value of the previous games.
I found the late game to feel empty and it seems like every game will end in mech unit domination. I recommend Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword.
