At launch Civilisation V was lack lustre and some what shallow. It had promise but compared to previous iterations it just did not have a lot going on. Since this expansion and the subsequent Brave New World adding much to religion, culture, tourism, diplomacy, trade and new civilisations to play as this can be considered "One More Turn: The Game". Being turn based, you will always have some grand plan unfolding only to realise it is midnight and it would only require a few more turns until you had completed a wonder, taken over another civilisation or progressed your technology. There are many roads to victory and they all offer different play styles to keep things varied. In addition to the numerous civilisations and many maps this game has great replay value. It can be divisive amongst friends in a multiplayer match though as fighting over territory or natural resources can get heated. As with most Firaxis games, there are bugs and they can be frustrating at times but they do not take away from the fun the game gives you by allowing you to create stories of your civilisation's trials and tribulations through the march of time,

Finally the add-ons which made this game legitimate Civilization's series game. While G&K was - for me - not really what i have excepted, this addon fixes all things. Great new mechanics, It's just a must-have add-on for EVERY fan of Civilizations. Diplomacy finally brings to game some new strategy options, religions finally are important, also in diplomacy, MUCH better regimes, more advanced AI and new ways to win the game. Finally you FEEL that you are playing so advanced strategy game. You feel that climate. That realism. It's finally requiring and enjoying at once. Great work. With this add-on, game ultimately seems to be complete, advanced strategy game from Civilization's series. You shouldn't play Civ V without this add-on now.

Sid Meier's Civilization V is a truly astounding game to enjoy single player or multiplayer. However everyone that has played it knows there is something missing. Well, Gods and Kings brought us some extra leaders and units but there was still something missing. Then came Brave New World. This expansion fixes A LOT of the bugs in the game and brings even more units and features into the game. Such as trade units to send items or gold to city states. Overall this expansion is a must have for any Civ 5 player. Pricey but worth it.

This expansion adds new dynamics to Civilisations V, and works improves upon features introduced in Gods and Kings. This expansion introduces new features such as ideologies, trade routes (reworked), new leaders to play (Also reworked some older leaders too, such as Bismarck for Germany) and a reworked Cultural Victory which is won through tourism. While it adds new mechanics to the game, there are some problems. While they're not large problems, it does gives the player little reason to play the older leaders as some of the new leaders are far better at what they do than the older ones. For example, the Zulus are, by a long mile, the best civilisation when it comes to land-base combat. They are unrivalled by any other civilisation, including Mongolia and the Huns. Brazil, which is another new civilisation introduced in Brave New World, can also outclass any of the old civilisations in a cultural victory. This leads players online to typically play new civilisations over the older ones, as they are far superior to the older civilisations. However, action has been taken by the developer to reduce the power of some of the new civilisations, so this is no longer quite a big problem, but still persists regardless. Overall, the new expansion is fantastic mechanically, but does have a few, albeit now small due to developers reducing the power of the new civilisations, problems which still persist.

Have you ever played any turn-based strategy games? This is the best one since I became a gamer. From the idiom "Rome wasn't built in a day", It's not true after you play CIV5. Build Rome or other civilizations in 1 day (but I always spend 2 days in each games.), Conquer the world with nuke or "Gigantic Dead Robot" and Stealth bomber, Discover the ancient sites and collect artifacts, Meet the world greatest people such as L.Da Vinci, Sir Isaac Newton, Ludwig van Beethoven and many!!! Gather all wonders of the world and natural wonders in your cities. Don't miss this and you will shout the sentence - Give me back my time!!!! - out after playing this greatest turn-based strategy games ever!