

I know everybody was struck by how lovely it looked (although I found the style a bit busy).

The game I wanted to get into, but couldn't: Also, I feel should mention this: your cities actually level up and earn special buildings when they grow past certain thresholds. Combat is a very enjoyable tactical turn based affair on a separate battle map. Heroes have RPG-style upgrade trees which have a significant impact on their use as army leaders. This one is also relatively heavy on exploration, combined with building up your empire and heroes.

It doesn't have to be exactly the same type of game, just something which scratches the same itch for you. The genre here is "Civilization alternative". There are exceptions however, which brings me to the topic of this thread: which other strategy games do you play the most, besides Civilization? Are there any games you wanted to get into, but just couldn't? This is not because there are no alternatives, it's just that very few games tend to pull me in the same way, even if they are good. Steam says I currently have about 2000 hours each in Civ 5 and Civ 6. So, I don't know about you guys, but if you are anything like me, in spite of complaining about AI, UI and mechanics, you play civilization more than other games.perhaps by a large margin.
