
How does the game measure up now? I think that despite some remaining issues, Civilization 5 has made it to a fully playable and enjoyable state that is worthy of extended play sessions, engagement in the story of your game, and, yes, the “one more turn” addiction. So here we are, a dozen DLC, several major patches, and an expansion later. Due a mix of frustrations, some of them primarily technical, I ended up playing very little of Civilization 5 after release.

My original coverage of the game after release was somewhat negative as I focused on issues that many veteran players had with the game, particularly the legendary Sulla who pretty harshly criticized several elements of the basic design that he believed left the game permanently flawed. But based on what others have said here I'll give it a go - probably over 2 or 3 nights.I don’t intend this to be a long or detailed post, but I feel like I owe it to Civ 5 to post my more recent impressions of the game in its current state. I don't remember seeing any commercials for the film and when watching the trailer on HBOMax it didn't look particularly interesting - that's coming from someone who is a huge fan of sci-fi/fantasy shows like The Expanse. This thread coming up is what made me curious about actually watching the movie. As it was a RTS and I was a huge fan of turn based games such as Civ at the time I fully ignored the game. On Dune itself I was initially not planning on watching as I only remember that Dune was a computer game in the late 90's - never knew anything about the books or that there was another movie made awhile back. Throw in a Michael Caine appearance and you're golden.

Just imagine a "mindbending" twist towards for the ending that is supposed to be more thought provoking than it really is and whatever you come up with is as good as what was on screen. Eh - if you've seen one Nolan flick you've seen'em all.
