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Sid Meier's Civilization V

2010 · Strategy, Simulation · PC, Mac, Linux · Aspyr Media

Sid Meier's Civilization V is ranked no. 72 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,857 and 74% of duels won.

World rank

no. 72

ELO score

1,857

Wins

74%

Duels played

359

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About Sid Meier's Civilization V

Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based strategy game in which players lead a civilization from the ancient era through the future. Players found cities, research technologies, build improvements, train military units, and engage in diplomacy with AI or human opponents. Victory can be achieved through domination, science, culture, diplomacy, or by having the highest score when time runs out. The game features a hex-based tile system, city-states as minor factions, and ranged combat that prevents unit stacking on a single tile.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,857 ELO points over the last 123 days.

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  1. 69 Dark Souls: Remastered 1,859
  2. 70 Tetris 1,858
  3. 71 Limbo 1,857
  4. 72 Sid Meier's Civilization V 1,857
  5. 73 Hollow Knight 1,853
  6. 74 Super Mario World 1,853
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  1. Sienna_67

    I picked it up during a slow winter and ended up finishing three full campaigns before spring.

    Rae_1990

    Replying to AnastasieByte

    I did that once too, a rainy October with nothing else going on, ended up restarting my save more than actually finishing it.

    AnastasieByte

    Trois campagnes en un hiver, c'est pas un peu exagéré ou t'as vraiment rien fait d'autre?

  2. LuckyKid

    Not perfect diplomacy, but the core loop still holds up better than most recent strategy games.

  3. davis_lelah

    my dad and i used to play this on weekends, he always builded wonders while i just spammed units and lost anyway

  4. Kihn76

    I kept restarting because my capital always got rushed early, restarting became the actual game for me honestly.

    TurboLegend

    Restart devient vite un aveu, un bon placement de départ ne devrait pas peser autant sur toute la partie.

    Johnnie_22

    Restarting because of a rushed capital taught me more about placement than any tutorial ever did, and that's the REAL game people forget to mention.

  5. GlitchPilot

    Le rythme du début est excellent, les premiers tours filent tout seuls, mais passé la moitié de partie ça s'étire clairement, l'IA militaire ne suit pas vraiment le niveau du reste.

    Vinyl_Alfonso

    La IA militar que no sigue el ritmo del resto es exactamente lo que me hizo dejar mi última partida a medias, y todavía me molesta.

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