• Jo Miran@lemmy.mlOP
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    4 days ago

    It bored me too and it was my first Civ. Which one do you recommend for a first timer? I also have a bunch of Anno and Tropico I got free or near free, so any recommendation for the genre would be appreciated.

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      4 days ago

      Civ 4 is great.

      Civ 5 is mostly great if you add the Brave New World (or maybe Gods and Kings) expansion, which revises the game mechanics. My main complaint is that I don’t like how religion affects the mid-late game, but the game is still great overall.

      Both can be had for cheap when they go on sale.

      There’s a free and open-source Civ-like game called Unciv. I haven’t played it, but I’ve seen it mentioned often enough that it might be worth a look.

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      Anno 1404 rules and is very playable still. I was never really interested in the series, but that game really got me.