I like Civ 5

[mkorin]

With all the negative comments on the board, I thought a honest but positive opinion should be heard for those you look at the board before buying the game. I believe this is the best Civ out of the box yet. I really like the throw back to hexes and no SODs. It gives it a much more tactical element to wars. I also like the bigger variety for the unigue features of each leader. I find that the balance between happiness, money, production and intellectual progress to be much better than any previous version. It is easily worth the money.

Mike

[Jiks]

I agree. To start with I wasn't too sure about the changes but the more I play the more I'm liking it it. As you say one of the best features is that each leader is significantly different. I tended to play previous versions in pretty much the same way every time, now each civ requires a different style making it all much more interesting.

To start with it seemed odd having a much smaller army but I enjoying that too now - Wellington style wars of maneuver rather than WW1 trench warfare or the ridiculous SoD, etc. Obviously some areas still need work but already best of the 5 IMO.

[KatieRowe]

I like that pace of the game is much quicker. I was annoyed waiting for a technology or unit to be unblock. Now the gameplay is much more smooth for me.

[Supr49er]

I like it too, but find it much easier to put it aside in the middle of a game.

Welcome to Apolyton KatieRowe

[Sarxis]

Like it much too.

[MxM]

I really like the throw back to hexes and no SODs.

Back to hexes?

[mkorin]

Back to hexes?

I'm old school enough to remember when war gaming was done on tabletops and always hexes. In fact that was one of the things I disliked about Civ II.

Mike

[Jaybe]

I'm old school enough to remember when war gaming was done on tabletops and always hexes. In fact that was one of the things I disliked about Civ II.

Mike

Absolutely! Hexes are much better for us traditional 'real' war gamers.
Though my first war game, Tactics II, used squares.

[PrinceBimz]

I really like all the changes they had done in Civ 5. I love the City States its like once you learn the things you can do with them its great! Plus the way you can now puppet a city and also the way it takes several turns to raze a city those are good changes.