Accumulating culture points unlocks social policies, which are like your civilization’s talent trees. Culture still pushes the borders of your cities, but you can buy individual tiles with gold to become part of your civ. Other familiar game systems have been revamped. The user interface of Civ V gives me the tools to play the game without pulling too much focus from the game itself. Hovering over the happiness display lets me know exactly why my people were so pissed at me. I especially dug the info bar at the top of the screen ( Titan panel anyone?) with the most relevant data. Like previous Civs, there is a lot of information to grasp, but it’s all safely tucked away behind intuitive buttons. The list can get little cluttered when large events happen late in the game, like when a Civ declares war and everyone follows suit, and the time between turns is a bit longer than I’d like, but it’s easy to overlook these small complaints now that I no longer leave my capital building nothing for a few turns. There are no annoying popups, events are instead placed in a list on the right of the screen above the “Next Turn” button.
Clearly inspired by Revolutions, the UI alerts the player to the most relevant information, but in a very non-intrusive way. It’s also probably the most accessible Civ to date, and that has to do with the excellently presented user interface.
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