1. CIVILIZATION V
And so we come to first place. If Civ IV took Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley’s original design and nailed it, Civ V had to come along and improve on that, and it did.
The hexes and removal of unit stacking, both tedious relics, were a good start. But it’s through the game’s expansions that Civ V has really shone. The changes introduced in its second update, Brave New World, make this not just the best Civ game of all time, but one of the best video games of all time.
Ten years on from its release, and with a whole new game having followed suit, Civilization V remains the pinnacle of the Civilization experience, the most ideal balance between its competing systems and ideas. There’s a lot to do, but unlike Civ VI, not too much. Your AI opponents are at their most charming. It handled intangibles like culture, ideology, and faith wonderfully.
It’s a game so good I reviewed it twice
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