Civ 4 is great.
Civ 5 is mostly great if you add the Brave New World (or maybe Gods and Kings) expansion. My main complaint is that I don’t like how religion affects the mid-late game, but the game is still great overall.
Both can be had for cheap when they go on sale.
hoserhobbes@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Best civ is Unciv. FOSS civ 5 with way better performance and a lot of QoL changes