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I've only played Civ V. I liked Civ V.
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I was always the obscure game guy elsewhere. Here I am the episode of Futurama where Leonardo da Vinci was the dumbest man on his home planet.
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That may be so, but your pop culture references are spot on, so you'll fit in just fine here.
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Segata wrote:I was always the obscure game guy elsewhere. Here I am the episode of Futurama where Leonardo da Vinci was the dumbest man on his home planet.


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Ack wrote:I call bullshit on Civ II looking bad. It looks like a lot of other games from its time. Yes, it's got balancing issues and weird AI problems, but I've played way less attractive titles from that same era.

Agree with Ack. And Civ II always holds a special place in my heart because it was my first AND the wonders were still massively overpowered.
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FreeCiv is the place to start these days.
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marurun wrote:FreeCiv is the place to start these days.


ooh good call actually. I have that on my list of freebies I want to get to soon.
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Freeciv default configuration is very CivII-like.
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and apparently the browser version of Freeciv works well on tablets. Hmm.
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In all seriousness the best Civ is Alpha Centauri.
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