The second expansion of Civilization V not only adds new content, but reinvents some of the fundamental mechanics.

Playstyles finally balanced; Increased interactivity; Brilliantly designed scenarios; Much improved interaction between nations

Unreasonably hardware demanding; Somewhat inept AI

While the path of peace has always been a more noble and challenging route to take when playing Civilization, grinding through turns to win a cultural victory is crushingly dull when you could be whooping it up as a warlord and stomping all over your rivals.

Divide and conquer in this new installment of the Civilization franchise. Divide and conquer with a massive army, use cunning diplomacy and negotiations to woe foes to allies, or dazzle and confuse enemies with your technology; these are some of the ways you can dominate the world.

Amazing graphics; detailed game play and information; clear and clean menus; balanced and improved combat system

Late game turns take a while

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Greatly improved combat; City states add are an excellent addition; Slick interface.

Frequent but isolated crash problem

Ambition. On mobile, deciding how ambitious to be is arguably one of the trickiest choices a developer can face. All too often on Pocket Gamer you'll encounter reviews slamming games for being too simplistic.

Civilization V is the latest entry to the epic PC franchise and it's as innovative as ever, writes Daniel Lipscombe.

Refined, improved, and now with giant death robots – the best just got better.

franchise has stood the test of time and evolved through the ages. Between 2008's streamlined console iteration

Epic win?

A great, addictive game

Highly detailed; addictive gameplay

Can be slow to begin with