Sid Meier's Civilization V

Civilization V is a turn-based strategy game by Firaxis Games, released many years ago for the PC. There have been two expansion packs released for this game: Gods and Kings, and Brave New World. Within the original game there are eighteen civilizations available: American, Arabian, Aztec, Egyptian, French, and German to name a few. Nine more civilizations were introduced in Gods and Kings as well as Brave New World. Making a total of 37 civilizations with more added as DLC.

You can build a shit ton of armies in Civilization V.

There are special abilities to every civilization that you can choose from. For example, the American civilization has an ability called Manifest Destiny where all land military units have +1 sight and 50% discount when purchasing tiles. The American civilization's leader is George Washington, the first President of the United States. The Chinese civilization, led by Wu Zetian, has a special ability called Art of War giving the player's Great General combat bonus increased by 15% and their spawn rate increased by 50%. A Great General is a Great Person specializing in land warfare, these characters have the ability to construct a Citadel or increase land unit combat by 15%. A Great Person are exceptional historical figures with special abilities that appear in your civilization when you develop a certain aspect of the gameplay efficiently. There are various Great Persons from Great Artist, Great Writer, Great Engineer, and Great Prophet. Each with their own special abilities.

Social policies are a new concept to the Civilization universe. Social policies represent the non-scientific or religious advancements of your society. Social policies can be unlocked as your gain more culture. There are many different social policies available with many sub-policies. Tradition is one of the social policies which the sub-categories of Aristocracy, Oligarchy, Legalism, Monarchy, and Landed Elite. Each has a special effect. For example, Aristocracy has a +15% Production when building Wonders and a +1 Happiness for every 10 Citizens in a City.

This guy has little-man syndrome. No, seriously...

As the game progresses you can research into technologies. They help with the the advancement of your empire. Technology can unlock certain building, units and other various things. Some examples of these technologies include: Agriculture, Archery, Masonry, Iron Working, Gunpowder, and so on and so on. Certain technologies are only available in certain eras. For example, Animal Husbandry is only available in the Ancient Era. Horseback Riding in the Classical Era. Civil Service in the Medieval Era. I think you get the point! With each discovery of technology, new building and units are available to construct. An example includes Agriculture which allows you to build farms within your empire. As you progress in eras and unlock different technologies, your units also advance. At a certain point in the game you are able to develop tanks and atomic bombs (which are fun).

Civilization V is a well developed and addicting game. At start up you get to choose which civilization you want to play with as well as how long you want the game to be.  You can have a quick game or an epic game. Which the quick game is fun, but not as fun as a good epic play through. I would highly recommend this game to anyone that enjoys a good strategy game. Also if you like history - this is a fun and often times inaccurate game. It's just fun to see Napoleon Bonaparte and Alexander the Great in the same place!