Civilization VI

After playing Civ 7 for a bit, it made me further appreciate Civ 5 with the Vox Populi mod as the best in the series by far.
A shame how Civ 7 is a regression in many aspects from Civ 5, a game released 15 years ago....

"Just one more turn." Oh, you thought you were gonna play for 15 minutes? Nope, you're playing for 15 hours.
Man this game is amazing. There's a lot of improvements i like in Civ VI but V is just so much... cleaner? smoother? The aesthetics and gameplay is just better. The tone and graphics being more serious. Simpler game mechanics but lots of depth to them. Better pacing on standard speed. Much better policy system and worker system. If you want to experience the pinnacle of civilization games, fire up Civ V.

if you want proof of how peak this game is just consider the fact that for 2k's 20th anniversary they massively discounted every single one of their games.... except for civ 5.
they are terrified of people finding how good this game is and not being able to harvest anyones data or sell them 210381923 trillion dlcs.
(btw u can get the complete edition of the game for like 5 usd on key resellers)

If Civilization 5 isn't launching after the recent update where they removed the 2k launcher do the following.
1. Go to your steam library
2. Right click on the game
3. Click on properties
4. Click on installed files
5. At the top right of the window you will see the location of installed files, click on the browse
6. In the directory right click on either executable you wish to run. CivilizationV.exe or CivilizationV_DX11.exe
7. Click on properties
8. Click on compatibility
9. Enable compatibility mode with windows 8 or 7 mode
10. Click apply
11. Run the game through the selected executable in the folder not the play button through steam.
12. Enjoy
It has been reported that this additional function might help with making the game run with some individuals.
In the compatibility screen with step 8, enable run as administrator. This should also help with getting the game to run.

I played Civ VI, and it only made me want to play this game instead. Once Civ VII was released I decided to skip a step, save my money, and just come straight to Civ V instead. 10/10

Recently booted up 5, only to be shocked to discover how much better it is than 6.
Best way I can describe it is 5 is an organic Civilization building experience and thus more immersive while 6 is just a bunch of gimmick mechanics like districts and DLCs that don't really add anything of value, feels like playing a card deck building game more than a 4x game. Not to mention the art is actually good instead of looking like a mobile game.
Just get this game if you want a true Civilization experience, the new ones are under terrible management by very confused people.

much better than VI, good graphics, realistic personalities of rulers.