Good first civ game to start with?

[bill_.]

Never played a civ game before. Only experience before are the age of empire games and rome total war. Is this a good game to start with?

[steeltooth493]

Civ VI would be a better choice because the base game is a more complete package. But Civ V is not a bad start.

[bill_.]

Originally posted by steeltooth493:

Civ VI would be a better choice because the base game is a more complete package. But Civ V is not a bad start.

Really? A friend told me CIV VI is the bare bones one right now?

[Smelly Cat]

Civ V is so much cheaper and has all of the dlc available ( the entire bundle costs 10 euros on sale). So I would still go with this one and maybe get CIV VI later on.

Not version specific, but imo this game has a pretty high learning curve, even for a strategy game. Though once you figure out what you can and should do it'll get easier. Go for it. :)

[Soteria]

Originally posted by Slayerming2:

Originally posted by steeltooth493:

Civ VI would be a better choice because the base game is a more complete package. But Civ V is not a bad start.

Really? A friend told me CIV VI is the bare bones one right now?

Don't know what steeltooth493 is talking about. Civ VI might have more features than Civ V did at release, but it has some problems right now, notably with the AI. You can get Civ V with Gods and Kings or even Brave New World for pretty cheap on a sale. I would recommend Gods and Kings. It fixes some problems with the base game, but doesn't have as much added complexity as you see in Brave New World.

For a first-timer I'd think America, England (on islands or archipelago), or Rome would be pretty good. They all have bonuses that don't take any extra knowledge to take full advantage of and are fairly strong.

[Perfectly Valid School of Magic]

I'd suggest maybe Rome or Russia first. Rome lets you build buildings in your other cities faster if they're already in the capitol and Russia doubles your resources of Iron, Horses and Uranium, making some types of warfare easier.

[KalkiKrosah]

There's 4 Victory types that you can go for. I will try to list the easiest ones based on victory type:
Science - Babylon
Diplomatic - Greece
Culture - France
Domination - Aztecs

In my eyes those are some of the easiest ones to pick up and aren't too hard to excel with. But other easy/straightforward civilizations are India, Rome, Germany, America, Russia, Mohawks, Inca, Celts, England, China, Japan, Korea, Zulus, Egypt and Poland.

As a side note, any science civilization is powerful. The two best civilizations in the game (Korea and Babylon) are science civilizations. The Inca. Maya, India, Assyria and Siam often go for science victories as well.

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

Civ V.
I've been playing all Civ games, but I will never touch Civ VI. And I couldn't not suggest you're making your first try at the greatest Civ series whit their ugliest game. That wouldn't be fair.

[cerberusiv]

I've played Civ I to V and would discount I, II and III as outdated or flawed so novelty value only. IV with DLC is good but arguably has a learning curve as steep as, if not steeper than, V.

VI isn't a finished product and won't be until after a couple of major DLC releases so I won't be buying it yet.

So V is probably the way to go, but wait until it is on sale and get the complete bundle. Try the full game with BNW but if that is too complicated learn G&K first.

[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]

civ VI (Arcade )
Civ IV ( Normal )
And finaly Civ V ( Hard )