INSANELY silly post

[BeBMan]

I still like the Romans most, it was the same in Civ2, and also in Civ3 they are great

But I don´t think there is really one single "best " civ, they all have their strengths...

[Purple]

I'm with BeBro. The various traits and UUs make the civs different, not better or worse. You might really want a challenge, as pointed out above by Sabrewolf (English), or you might want to indulge your inner builder, or go into warmonger mode. You can chose the best civ for a given style, or try to play against type and try to turn the Aztecs, for example, into a builder civ.

Right now I'm cleaning AI clock as India, which was a surprise to me. I thought they would be harder to turn into a military power, but by the year 1815 I've wiped out four of the eight starting civs.

Different strokes.