First Reviews of Civilization V

An anonymous reader submitted linkage to a story explaining why Hemos has been twitching for a week in anticipation: "Defying the urge to phone-in an unambitious sequel and coast on past successes, Sid Meier's Civilization V is anything but a lazy rehash. It feels almost as if someone described the concept of the renowned 19-year-old turn-based strategy series to a talented designer who'd never played it, and let him come up with his own version. It's similar enough to be familiar to veterans, different enough to be fresh, and its polish and accessibility make it a great place for new players to pick up one hell of a Civ addiction."

Comments

A veteran Civilization fan...

[blind biker]

...and I, for one, won't play Civ V in the foreseeable future. Why? Because none of my computers reaches the minimum hardware specs required by the game. I could spend some money to get up to speed with the newest PC gadgetry (plus some money for the game itself), but as a grad student supporting a family of three, I cannot easily afford that, just to play a game. I bought all the Civilization games, from the good-old DOS-based first Civ to Civ IV, and all expansion packs. But for the first time Civilization's HW specs overstepped my current setups.