
It was my first game on Emperor difficulty and I couldn't keep the AIs in check by taking their cities due to the achievement I was going for, so I was very happy to get it just in time." My waves of rocking musicians got me to culture victory probably only a turn or two away from Korea's science victory. In the end I had to bribe several nations to wage war against Korea and nuked them myself for good measure to prevent them from building their final spaceship part in time. It was a real race to the finish line, because I was up against some serious powerhouses like Brasil (culture) and Korea (science). That requires that you win a cultural victory as India with just 3 cities. It's the game in which I gained the Bollywood achievement on Emperor difficulty in Civ 5. "I'm not sure that this is my favorite game, but probably the proudest I've been. Here are some of the best (lightly edited for clarity). I also asked survey takers to share a story about a really good game of Civilization they've played. Almost no one likes the Time condition, in which you try to achieve the highest score within a certain number of turns.ĥ1% of respondents agreed to make a Joint Declaration of Friendship with me, while 49% said that "making such a declaration at this point in our relationship would be premature." So, people are pretty split on joke questions. The most popular victory condition is Domination (44%), followed by Science (30%), Cultural (18%), and Diplomatic (6%). Most of you have won a game of Civilization by achieving a victory condition-only 3.9% said they haven't. 16.8% said they've played over 500 hours, and 11.3% say they've put in over 1,000 hours.

We can roughly order the rest by considering the ratio of 'best' to 'worst' votes each got:Ĩ6.3% of respondents said they've put over 100 hours into their favorite Civilization.

It's pretty clear that Civilization V is the absolute favorite, followed by Civ IV, and that Beyond Earth is the loser.

A whopping 56.3% of voters declared it the worst Civilization, saying things like: "It's ugly, lame, and boring," "It's simply a space expansion for Civ V," and "It lacks personality." My goodness.Ĭivilization and Civilization III were the next worst, but each only gathered about 12% of the total vote. Had I included Alpha Centauri, I'm certain it would've been voted the best, so it's extra sad that its spiritual successor fared so poorly. According to my survey, the worst Civilization is Civilization: Beyond Earth. Click the icon in the upper-right to enlarge.
