Which Civilization game you prefer?

[Bison]

I actually like Civ 5 but I have the fondest memories of playing the original Civ for hours on end.

[MetalDog]

Call to Power was the best in my opinion.

I have Call To Power.  I installed it.  Played for an hour or so and never played it again.  And I have no idea why.

[DennisS]

I prefer Warlords, Master of the Arcane. It is a clone of Civ V, but a lot more interesting. Very nice balance of units, spells, and city management. I picked this up the other day, and I was very surprised with it.

House rule: No Ghosts. They are overpowered like a mo-fo.

[MetalDog]

I played I on the original Playstation ( _CasH got you like 10,000 gold.  You could buy Wonders then.)  I played a lot of II and III in their time.  I liked II because any city you took, if your opponent had Tech you didn't, you would gain one they had and you didn't.  I played Conquests to death.  Even trotted it out to PBEM with W8 last year. 

Initally, I disliked IV.  I thought it was cartoony, too.  And I hated the Religion aspect.  But the colors really popped and the visual style grew on me, so I kept playing.  IV with Beyond the Sword is now my favorite game of all time. 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I played Civ II to death when it was first released.  So much so that I was pretty burnt out when III and IV came out.  I skipped III entirely and didn't like the cartoony aspect of IV at all.  I played a fair bit of it, but it never grabbed me like II did.

I like Civ V, but like all of Sid's games, I find the end game to be a chore as the AI cheats and always goes into kill the player mode.  Doesn't matter how close dip relations were for 90% of the game, they always turn on you near the end.  Always.

I haven't picked up Gods & Kings yet.  I'm waiting for a sale.

[Greybriar]

I prefer Warlords, Master of the Arcane. It is a clone of Civ V....

No, it isn't. It's a descendent of Fantasy Wars and Elven Legacy and predates Civ5.

[Bismarck]

I upgraded Civ V last night and was only going to play a few turns at 9:30; I quit at 12:45. :D The patch does seem better, though I can't put my finger on it.

[Senex]

Currently I'm happily playing both Civ IV and Civ V.

But I'll be playing Civ II for the rest of my life.

[Yskonyn]

I have very fond memories of Civ 1. Played that hours on end with a friend and I think I remember it so well because it was in de Golden Age of gaming. At least for me. High school period with lots of sharing new and interesting games.
Civ was one of the big and interesting titles.
I also have Call to Power whi h I had won by just calling a number in my parents tv guide.
Played that one to bits as well.
Only got Civ 3 in its Gold pack with all the expansions, and but never got quite into it. I Mainly due to having so many other games asking for attention.
Civ 4 was a day 1 buy and enjoyed it too. It marked another big change in my life: alone in a foreign country getting my first job as a green pilot.
I can agree about the Cartoony style; it was distracting, but still played it many many hours. The lone evenings in that apartment along the Mersey river in Liverpool are vividly in my mind still.

Got Civ 5 on release but performance problems prevented me from playing. I think I would very much enjoy it though, so I should reinstall. Has multilayer picked up by now for it?

[solops]

Bought all the Civs and all the expansions EXCEPT for Civ V. Liked IV the best, especially with the mods.

[Bison]

Bought all the Civs and all the expansions EXCEPT for Civ V. Liked IV the best, especially with the mods.

Welcome solops.

[DennisS]

I prefer Warlords, Master of the Arcane. It is a clone of Civ V....

No, it isn't. It's a descendent of Fantasy Wars and Elven Legacy and predates Civ5.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks, then it could well be a clone of a duck.

What gaming development house built both Warlords, and Civ V?

[Bison]

I assume you mean warlock?  Warlock was developed by Inco Plus and published by Paradox.  CIV V was developed by Firaxis and published by 2K games.

[solops]

Warlords was done by SSG originally. One of the guys who worked on it at SSG split off and continued developing it as Infinite Interactive.