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I've always thought that the civilization series are actually pretty educational: You spend hours and hours in this game, full of real world countries and leade
by honkycat 6y ago
I've always thought that the civilization series are actually pretty educational: You spend hours and hours in this game, full of real world countries and leaders, and a huge wealth of information is stored in the "civipedia". If you get curious about a leader you can research them and who they were.
You learn, at very high level, how society progressed from sticks and stones to the modern age, and what level of sophistication technology was based on the date. Different forms of government, many other things.
- PeterisP 6y agoCivilization is a strategy sandbox with a historical theme but no attempt to replicate historical events. But in general that can work - for example, the various grand strategy games by Paradox (Crusader Kings for early middle ages, Europa Universalis for late middle ages/rennaissanse, Hearts of Iron for WW2 era, etc) can bring a lot of perspective in the relevant eras and their events. It also was very useful in learning geography, as it forced me to learn the relative locations and properties of various regions I've never been to.
- selimthegrim 6y agoParadox is notorious for almost too steep learning curves.