Absolutely amazing game that I just realised is 14 years old! In my opinion this is still better than civ 6 if you're looking to jump into Civilisation games

Old but Gold.
Sid Meier's Civilization V is better then Sid Meier's Civilization VI.

I like this game for several reasons. It's a single player, turn-based strategy game with enough complexity to have provided me with 1,405 hours of fun. It also happens to run on both Mac and Windows, so I can play with good graphics on my PC or on the go on my MacBook. The soundtrack is enjoyable, except for a few Civs' war themes that I'm not a big fan of. The choices around each Civ's unique bonuses will make trying each Civ a rewarding experience, until one potentially figures out optimal strategies that nullifies some of their respective viability. The Civilopedia provides background for in-game buildings, units, concepts, etc. with their real-world counterparts that I have referred to purely for an enthusiasm for real-world history. The design is clean and "no-frills", providing fluidity to a multifaceted game. I continue to learn more and more about the interactions between various game mechanics the more I play.

What I dislike about the game is some poor AI scripting, slow unit movement, and the one-dimensional nature of optimal strategy. The AI will routinely make poor choices, such as placing land units into water next to one's coastal city, that one can capitalize on. Unit movement is a pain: I forego vigorously spreading my religion in nearly all games I play, perhaps sometimes to my Civ's detriment, because I don't want to shuffle missionaries around and would rather lean on optimal technology and production choices. As far as the game's one-dimensional optimal strategy, against AI, there are a few key plays one can make that will give one a huge advantage, which in some ways nullifies the effectiveness of some Civ's unique bonuses while magnifying other Civs', such as Babylon and Poland. For example, if one can build the Great Library, which one can do up to the immortal difficulty level on standard speed given a reasonable starting bias, into a free Philosophy technology, and then build a National College, one will set oneself up for an advantage in science that will surpass other early game strategies. The cultural victory strategy in Brave New World is more often than not an inferior victory condition to work towards than the others, since tourism and culture are not as valuable as science, production, and the production of military units.

Civilization V is a game I recommend to others. All of the aspects that I dislike of the game are within the context of the fact that I have played the game for 1,405 hours of my own free choice. I first got hooked about a decade ago and since then I have had several memorable experiences playing it. Here are a few fun memories I've had playing this game:

- Staying up late playing it for the first time with my friend while at summer camp.
- Driving across the country in my Tesla, stopping at Supercharging stations and playing it while waiting for my car to charge.
- Using Genghis Khan's keshik with a swarm of fast-moving horse units to take down city-states.
- Gaining "Lightning Warfare" under the Autocracy ideological tenant (with the Brave New World expansion) and destroying Civs on my continent with German panzers.
- Playing against Portugal on a family trip to Hawaii and then playing as Portugal at some subequent point, later.
- Listening to Brazil's sweet, sweet intro soundtrack.
- Playing a co-op game as Spain with my friend, who was playing Brazil, against the AI, resulting in us both steamrolling the AI in military combat.
- Winning a Deity game for the first time against America in a pizza shop (although I did get food poisoning after from the cookie pizza I ate there).