Civilization has always had a special place in my heart. As a turn-based 4X strategy game, it is the antithesis of damn-near everything in the shooter-saturated landscape that is the modern game market.

The basic mechanics might not have changed much over the years, but Civilization V is an addictive, complex and deeply-involving game that requires your brain as much as your brawn.

The package came as per predicted time. This is my first time to work with steam powered game. I thought that it would require small data interchange with steam server to validate the key etc.

The end game of Civilization games (all of them) has always been their biggest weakness. From the ancient and classical era, when everyone is still exploring and expanding, to the medieval and renaissance era, when alliances, religions and border wars wax and wane, the first half of any Civilization...