Which is your favorite Sid Meier's Civilization game? - StrawPoll
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What is your opinion? Vote now: 1991 Sid Meier's Civilization, 1996 Sid Meier's Civilization II, 2001 Sid Meier's Civilization III, 2005 Sid Meier's Civilization IV, 2010 Sid Meier's

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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?

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  1. (1991) Civilization: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: - / -
  2. (1996) Civilization II: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 94 / 8.6
  3. (2001) Civilization III: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB |Metacritic: 90 / 8.4
  4. (2005) Civilization IV: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 94 / 8.4
  5. (2010) Civilization V: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 90 / 8.1
  6. (2016) Civilization VI: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 88 / 7.3
  7. (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.

  • PlzGibHugs@piefed.caEnglish
    3·
    6 hours ago

    I know four is a commonly referenced favourite, but I just couldn’t get into it. Beyond Earth on the other hand, was quite fun despite the hate, although didn’t have as much replayability or longevity.

    • Dathknight@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      5 hours ago

      Civ4 will always be on top.

      A lot of it is nostalgia. It introduced me into the series, so I played a lot!

      I even left my comfort zone and wrote after action reports and stories around running games in a forum.

      The spinoff Colonization was strange, but fun too!

      I am currently playing a play per mail game with a friend and I really miss this type of multiplayer in later titles.