It is unbalanced to the point that only tradition is viable and anything other then a ranged units is a joke(minus for capturing)
It also ha some of the worst game mechanics ever seen in a 4x:Global happiness.It is designed to curve both tall and wide play style yet does neither.All it does is annoy the player while the ai does n't care about it.
Speaking of ai,it is a joke.The ai is absolutely useless at playing the game,especially the combat.It will dance around cities,send workers at you,etc.
Civ 4,hell even civ 6 offer a much better experience.
> Civ 4,hell even civ 6 offer a much better experience.
I know these are personal preferences so no sense to debate much. Can't resist giving my anecdotal observations though: a) I don't know anyone who went back to 4 after 5 came out, and b) most people who wanted to play Civ after 6 came out gave up on it and went back to 5 with Vox Populi mod.
May not account to much, but from my vantage point Civ 5 is currently the highlight of the series.
Liberty is good too, although it's more civ dependent, and is basically a "win more" button for civs like Russia who can manage to get an aggressive start. Honor is also useful as a "I'm right next door to Mongolia and Arabia and I'd like the have a slim chance of actually being allowed to play". Other than that you are mostly right of course, the default choice is definitely trad, and piety is unusable. I'd say given a random civ you are probably going to go trad/lib/hon/pie 75/20/5/0 percent of the time.
It is unbalanced to the point that only tradition is viable and anything other then a ranged units is a joke(minus for capturing)
It also ha some of the worst game mechanics ever seen in a 4x:Global happiness.It is designed to curve both tall and wide play style yet does neither.All it does is annoy the player while the ai does n't care about it.
Speaking of ai,it is a joke.The ai is absolutely useless at playing the game,especially the combat.It will dance around cities,send workers at you,etc.
Civ 4,hell even civ 6 offer a much better experience.