Civilization V Primer - Game Guides at GameSpot. New to the Civilization series or looking to bolster your empire?
Our Civilization V Primer will provide you with policies to lead your people, technology throughout the eras, and strategies to finish all five victory types. Shaping a Nation: Find the country, leader, polices and technologies that will forge your ideal nation City Production: Lists for every building, wonder, and unit in the game World Affairs: How to manage your empire and work with other world powers Tips for Victory: Strategies to overwhelm through war, culture, science and diplomacy Shaping a Nation: Leaders and Countries There are 18 different nations to play as and compete against in Civilization 5.
Civilization 5 review: A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Civilzation 5 is the love child of a clandestine tryst between Civilization 4 and Civilization Revolution.
It is a game that shares genetic markers of both the PC and console iterations of the franchise, luckily receiving the best elements of both -- with a couple good mutations. Civ 5 has the grand, epic feel we expect from the series on PC, but so much of it has been streamlined for the better that Revolution's influence is undeniable.
I'm going to try something different in this review. Civilization has been around for almost two decades and the most divisive moment in the franchise's history was the creation of the console-based Civilization Revolution. With that in mind, I'm going to divide this review into three parts, with sections for [1] Civilization PC veterans; [2] those who enjoyed Civilization Revolution; and [3] "the uninitiated. " Civilization V Analyst - Home. Civilization V Analyst - Home.