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Do you have a favorite in the series? Which one do you want try and what do you would avoid? Is there any alternative game series you prefer over Civilization?
Sid Meier’s Civilization Series: Wikipedia
- (1991) Civilization: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: - / -
- (1996) Civilization II: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 94 / 8.6
- (2001) Civilization III: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB |Metacritic: 90 / 8.4
- (2005) Civilization IV: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 94 / 8.4
- (2010) Civilization V: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 90 / 8.1
- (2016) Civilization VI: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 88 / 7.3
- (2025) Civilization VII: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 79 / 3.8
My story
I started with Civilization 1 on Super Nintendo. Amazing game, worked well with gamepad optimized port, but loading times were abysmal in late game. Won all matches by domination. Later played Civilization 2 on Playstation 1. Won all matches by domination too. This time loading times were even worse, to a point I stopped playing because of this. My next game in series was much later when Civilization 5 came out on PC, then later Civilization 6. Both great games. Its the first time I won by other means than domination and the loading times were not an issue anymore. Just purchased and downloaded Civilization 4, which I will try out after posting this.
I haven’t played all of them but I would say Civilization III is my favorite. It has the classic elements in their most polished form. My dark horse, though, is Civilization Revolution for the Nintendo DS. While Revolution on the other platforms was basically a simplified version of Civilization IV, the DS couldn’t handle that and got an even more simplified 2D version. In simplifying it they really made the 4X gameplay crisper and more focused. They should release a version of that for mobile phones.
I mainly play on PC nowadays (well emulation is a thing, but for Civ I don’t need emus). Currently trying out Civ4 and Civ3 is on my todo list. Hmm if 3 is like a polished version of its predecessors, then I think that’s it, I will never touch 1 or 2 again probably.