What's your Civilization preference?

[psychospacecow]

I like Civilization, the game that is. So, what's your favorite civilization in the games you've played?

I like playing as The Vikings in Civilization 4.

I prefer China and Brazil in Civilization 5.

[Koopaul]

I've played 2 a long time ago on my brother's old computer. My friend owns 5 and we played as the Polynesians on a world archipelago.

[Sengir]

I love all Civs equally.


But I almost always play as Attila the Hun in Civ V.

[puggsoy]

I own III, IV and V, but haven't played any of them yet. The farthest I've gotten is the menu screen in IV to check if it runs.

[Mag]

"Just one more turn."

Looks at the clock, it's 6 AM, and that one turn became 200.

Brazil is pretty fun to play as, with all those culture bonuses, especially in combination with a culture based religion. I tend to go with Brazil, Germany to keep warmongers at bay, Ottoman for that bandit boat bonus, or Spain for the exploration bonuses.

EDIT: I'm talking about Civilization 5, never played the older ones, are they any different?

[psychospacecow]

EDIT: I'm talking about Civilization 5, never played the older ones, are they any different?

They're very different in a lot of ways. 5 is typically seen as oversimplified actually, though I prefer it.

[Sengir]

They're very different in a lot of ways. 5 is typically seen as oversimplified actually, though I prefer it.

Honestly Civ IV's expansions made the game so complicated that Civ V's simplification was desperately needed.

Brave New World did add some really unnecessary mechanics, but overall Civ V feels a lot cleaner and is just a more pleasant experience.