Sid Meier's Civilization (and related titles), perhaps one of the greatest game series of all time, allows you to take control of one of country from history (the specifics vary from title to title) and create your own story. Mechanics vary in each game, but generally boil down to handling the basics of a number of cities you settle, exploring the world with various units, shaping the land with farms and mines, researching technology, founding religions, etc.
The most recent releases are Civilization 5 and Civilization: Beyond Earth, a unique twist that takes the game to alien planets.
If you haven't played this game, you may seriously need to reevaluate your life and consider where things went wrong.
Anyway, now that the mandatory introduction is out of the way, I'll start this off with a bit of discussion about Beyond Earth, which I am ultra salty about: see, I was playing as PAC in my latest game and these goddamn aliens like oml they literally screwed me out of early game expansion so while I was just wasting away throwing units at them (only for them to be smacked down by the TWO alien worms) everyone else was building up like 4+ cities each. By the time I managed to found an outpost I was nearly in last place score-wise. And then Brasilia just HAD to declare war on me. Aaagh!
If you would like to discuss your frustrations in-game, please do so. I would surely love to complain with you. Otherwise, I have a question for you: what is your favorite Civ to play as? Doesn't matter which game, just share it and we can discuss why you may/may not be making a good decision.
The most recent releases are Civilization 5 and Civilization: Beyond Earth, a unique twist that takes the game to alien planets.
If you haven't played this game, you may seriously need to reevaluate your life and consider where things went wrong.
Anyway, now that the mandatory introduction is out of the way, I'll start this off with a bit of discussion about Beyond Earth, which I am ultra salty about: see, I was playing as PAC in my latest game and these goddamn aliens like oml they literally screwed me out of early game expansion so while I was just wasting away throwing units at them (only for them to be smacked down by the TWO alien worms) everyone else was building up like 4+ cities each. By the time I managed to found an outpost I was nearly in last place score-wise. And then Brasilia just HAD to declare war on me. Aaagh!
If you would like to discuss your frustrations in-game, please do so. I would surely love to complain with you. Otherwise, I have a question for you: what is your favorite Civ to play as? Doesn't matter which game, just share it and we can discuss why you may/may not be making a good decision.