Which is your favorite Sid Meier's Civilization game? - StrawPoll
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What is your opinion? Vote now: 1991 Sid Meier's Civilization, 1996 Sid Meier's Civilization II, 2001 Sid Meier's Civilization III, 2005 Sid Meier's Civilization IV, 2010 Sid Meier's

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Do you have a favorite in the series? Which one do you want try and what do you would avoid? Is there any alternative game series you prefer over Civilization?

Sid Meier’s Civilization Series: Wikipedia

  1. (1991) Civilization: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: - / -
  2. (1996) Civilization II: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 94 / 8.6
  3. (2001) Civilization III: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB |Metacritic: 90 / 8.4
  4. (2005) Civilization IV: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 94 / 8.4
  5. (2010) Civilization V: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 90 / 8.1
  6. (2016) Civilization VI: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 88 / 7.3
  7. (2025) Civilization VII: MobyGames | GameFAQs | IGDB | Metacritic: 79 / 3.8

My story

I started with Civilization 1 on Super Nintendo. Amazing game, worked well with gamepad optimized port, but loading times were abysmal in late game. Won all matches by domination. Later played Civilization 2 on Playstation 1. Won all matches by domination too. This time loading times were even worse, to a point I stopped playing because of this. My next game in series was much later when Civilization 5 came out on PC, then later Civilization 6. Both great games. Its the first time I won by other means than domination and the loading times were not an issue anymore. Just purchased and downloaded Civilization 4, which I will try out after posting this.

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  • ShaggySnacksEnglish
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    1 day ago

    First game of the Civ series was Civ 3. Doom stacks, bombarding improvements to destroy economies, and building your palace.

    Next up was Civ Revolution for the Xbox. Very arcadey from what I remember. The Stacks of Doom were removed and replaced with creating armies when you merged three units of the same type together.

    Managed to pick up Civ 5. In some ways it was a massive improvement over Civ 3 and in someways a degrade. No ability to create armies which slowed down the game and no more able to bombard improvements.