
It’s all wrapped around the great people and works mechanic, with famous art, literature and music generated in your civilization gaining you tourism. You still manage culture as before but, rather than merely unlocking all policies to gain a cultural victory, the culture win conditions now rely much more on responding to what your opponents are doing. The first big change comes in the way culture is handled. That’s not what Brave New World is about though, with the many effective gameplay tweaks eclipsing the standard additions. There are also eight new wonders, but these too do much the same thing as all other wonders in Civ 5.

They’re decent enough but, by the game’s very focus on creating a level field between all players, none of the new civs are particularly revolutionary.

"The first big change comes in the way culture is handled. There are nine in total, with two coming from the series’ past (albeit with alternate leaders) and the seven never before seen civilizations to control. As all expansion packs love to throw numbers around, much of the media surrounding Brave New World discusses its new civilizations. Lets get the mediocre stuff out of the way first.
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Regardless of your opinion on this, the Brave New World expansion restores much of the depth the series had lost in Civ 5, whilst simultaneously retaining a simplicity and elegance that can only come from the most masterful of gameplay designs. Civilization 5 wasn’t the same though, shedding many of the series’ deeper mechanics in favour of simplifying the formula.

There was also that time I nearly failed my A levels during a particular Civ 4 addiction, something I won’t forgive Sid Meier for any time soon. It has been there as long as I can remember and, for every great memory I have of us spending hours together, there are just as many where we didn’t speak for lengthy periods.
