Picked up this game 20+ years later and still as good!

I love this game; almost 25 years since I first played it, I still find myself coming back to it multiple times a year. It's deeply flawed- the balance between different units and leader traits is terrible, the AI blatantly cheats, all sorts of now-standard QoL elements are missing (why is Joao always "Annoyed" with you? The interface won't tell you, and it doesn't matter because all of the AI can and will declare war at random). None of that detracts from this being the only Civ game where it feels like a dynamic, living world, with real empires and massive battles, without being bogged down in so many options and mechanics that late-game turns take an hour each. I wish there was an option to just observe the AI play entire maps against itself- it does a better job colonizing land and keeping matches lively than any 4x opponent before or since. It's also like two bucks on sale, so just buy it if you have any interest at all in the genre and haven't experienced it before.

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