there's a lot of streamlining that happened, so it depends on why you played civ If you played the older civs for the micromanagement aspects, then civ5 probab

there's a lot of streamlining that happened, so it depends on why you played civ If you played the older civs for the micromanagement aspects, then civ5 probably disappoints. I play Civ for the "macro" (I really enjoy watching my civ grow, and don't really do much in terms of strategising), and I enjoy Civ 5 a lot.