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Positives : The overall concept of the game is an amazing feat already, choosing a world leader, which all have other bonuses, and then winning in one of the four ways. Each leader has a preferred victory, be it domination, culture, science or diplomacy, all are a fun way to win and all work differently. The game starts super simple, and gradually gets more advanced the longer the game has been going on. You have to make lots and lots of choices, and if you aren't smart about them, chances are you'll lose. The difficulty settings in this game are amazing too, there's a setting for everyone, the easiest difficulty is so easy a 4 year old could beat it, and the hardest difficulty is as it says, only for the best. Games are super customisable, you can choose the speed, the other players, the map, the amount of players and much more, you can create a game exactly how you want it. It's amazing how a game from 2010 could still be this amazing.

Negatives : The game still has some issues i feel the need to address, i don't feel like different leaders play very different, the bonuses you get are quite minor and don't actually change the gameplay most of the time, and some leaders are just better then others by a long shot, so if you only play to win, you'll stick to few super good ones. Also sometimes the npc's are straight up stupid, they can decide to start a war and then they attack you with like 3 troops, this is expected in such an advanced game, but still it can ruin the fun sometimes.

Verdict :

At first I wasn't planning on giving this high a rating, but after rethinking everything about Civilization V, it genuinely is the best game of it's kind, and only has some minor issues.

9/10.