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3 Games Considered

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Civilization V
$29.99Very Positive4X
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Endless Legend
-Mixed4X
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Pandora: First Contact
-Mixed4X
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Civilization V

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Customization through policies

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Policies are used as a tool to gain a variety of customizations that benefit ones society. There is a branching tree of policies that will allow the user to pick certain aspects that will suit them best such as adding law or religion to ones society which will give gains in certain aspects.
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Beautiful graphics

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From the players cities and armies to the lush landscape, Civilization is quite a beautiful game for those with systems powerful enough to push the graphics to the limit. Even when on lower graphical settings the game looks lush and well animated.
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Endless scenarios and replayability

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Civilization V has a large assortment of nation leaders to choose from that have an even bigger assortment of scenarios that are able to play out for said leaders. Each game can be quite unique in this way as each leader allows for a different nation to be controlled.
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Fantastic tactical combat

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Civilization V has a great combat system that feels very tactical over previous versions as there is no stacking of troops, but with the new hexagonal grid players can surround enemies as well as allow for better tactics when planning attacks.
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No steam workshop support on Linux 

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The Linux port currently does not support steam workshop, and as the mac port made by the same developers has not received workshop support despite having been out for several years, it is unlikely that it ever will. Though there are unofficial workarounds to get the mods working.
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No stats on other Civ attitudes

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Unlike past Civilization games there are no longer stats on the attitudes of the players surrounding Civilizations. This allowed one to see how each other nation felt about the player, but now that it is gone one has to guess, which is definitely not as helpful.
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Most victories won by timed or military victory

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It can be pretty difficult to win by diplomacy or culture which does add some challenge to the game but it can get tiresome if one keeps winning by only military or timed victories.
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One unit per tile

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Civ 5 restricts you to having one unit per tile, but has an AI unable to handle that restriction well, and doesn't even have decent pathing for units. Late game becomes a slog of ordering each unit individually due to poor pathing.
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Steam Rating:Very Positive
Genre:4X
Controller Support:Steam Controller Officallly supported
Co-Op:2 to 21 Player Online / LAN
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Endless Legend

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Choice of faction meaningully impacts gameplay

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Highly customizable

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Some specific traits are unique to each faction. Most, however, can be traded for when customizing a faction, with a point-buy limitation to balance it. The world generation options are all knobs to turn one way or another as you like. Very fun option to fiddle with that can make every game a new e...
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Excellent depth

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Good diplomacy system

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Engrossing fantasy setting

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Steep learning curve

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The game consists of lots and lots of deep systems that can make approaching it difficult. Though it's worth noting that there are mods that remove or tone down the complexity of the game making it more accessible.
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Multiplayer is glitchy and sometimes unplayable

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Playing with friends can be difficult. Desyncing means you have to reload the game (it autosaves every turn so that's good). For a time it would desync after ever turn, so you had to play the game 1 turn at a time.
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Steam Rating:Mixed
Genre:4X
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Pandora: First Contact

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Upgrading is done well

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Upgrading ones units and operations is quite fun and intelligently done. As new equipment is developed the user has the choice to bring their units in, in order to equip them with the new equipment. Not only is this intuitive but it adds to the strategy of the game as the player must decide who and...
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Gameplay is too simple

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Short of being a constant aggressor there is really no worthwhile way to win battles. While there are a few different victory conditions non of them really amount to anything as they will not be achieved unless dominating with ones military in the first place.
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Steam Rating:Mixed
Genre:4X
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