This not only makes you keep your soldiers to the front while your ranged units bombard from the second line, but it also gives you a better idea of what your enemy is up to (instead of everything hiding in a stack). Alright, so it's not as fun for those who prayed at the " stack of doom" altar, but for those who had to rely on culture/economy/science tactics to win because the whole battle system was obtuse, this is the game that'll turn that around - it may even make you into a warmonger.Ĭivilization 5 is a game that needed to happen.Only one unit is allowed now per square - sorry, hex. If this is the love child of the aforementioned Civs, it was raised by a nanny who loved European board games. But it actually serves the franchise - which was getting into convoluted "empire simulation" territory - and yanks it back to being a strategy game.
Yes, the console Civ's influence is all over this game: the interface, the lack of money/science sliders and the transparency of statistics. This is the most streamlined Civilization to date, but please don't let the Revolution talk scare you. Housekeeping issue #2: Take those " recommended" PC specs seriously. However, first thing to do once you get the game - who are we kidding here, you know you vets are buying it! - is switch the auto-save function from every 10 turns to every three (or less). Don't panic, I'm sure this will get resolved.
Okay, empresses and kings, let's get some housekeeping out of the way first: The review copy of Civ 5 I played crashed (very inconveniently) from time to time on each of the three different computers I used. With that in mind, I'm going to divide this review into three parts, with sections for Civilization PC veterans those who enjoyed Civilization Revolution and "the uninitiated." Read all three perspectives and find out if this latest Civ unites the tribes. Civilization has been around for almost two decades and the most divisive moment in the franchise's history was the creation of the console-based Civilization Revolution.
I'm going to try something different in this review. Civ 5 has the grand, epic feel we expect from the series on PC, but so much of it has been streamlined for the better that Revolution's influence is undeniable. It is a game that shares genetic markers of both the PC and console iterations of the franchise, luckily receiving the best elements of both - with a couple good mutations. Civilzation 5 is the love child of a clandestine tryst between Civilization 4 and Civilization Revolution.
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