As someone who has spent more hours than I care to admit playing Civ, I think I can safely say this article is somewhat inflating the claims for the game! Yes, you research pottery and steam power and electricity and you have to decide on you civilisation’s political structure etc, but really Civ is no more than a complicated game of sudoku which, once you have played for hours and hours and hours, you can pick through to victory with your favourite well worn stategy. At the most difficult levels, you really have few options open to you as the route to victory becomes more subscribed by all the things that lead to defeat. But it is addictive and (especially Civ 5) beautiful to look at. 10/10 for Sid Meier for creating a great series, but other more sophisticated claims for the game are not proven.
As someone who has spent more hours than I care to admit playing Civ, I think I can safely say this article is somewhat inflating the claims for the game! Yes, you research pottery and steam power and electricity and you have to decide on you civilisation’s political structure etc, but really Civ is no more than a complicated game of sudoku which, once you have played for hours and hours and hours, you can pick through to victory with your favourite well worn stategy. At the most difficult levels, you really have few options open to you as the route to victory becomes more subscribed by all the things that lead to defeat. But it is addictive and (especially Civ 5) beautiful to look at. 10/10 for Sid Meier for creating a great series, but other more sophisticated claims for the game are not proven.