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Civilization 5: Brave New World: Review Jul 8th 2013, 12:00 Here's a fact: late-game Civilization is usually awful. Most of the important decisions take place at the beginning of a game, and the last third is about managing momentum. That's what makes Civilization V: Brave New World the best Civilization expansion so far. Instead of just losing the endgame, now you can win it. There are two major prongs to Brave New World's attack on modernity. The first is to introduce ideologies as a subset of the culture-driven policy tree. It's similar to the religion systems of Gods & Kings, where the founders of a religion get to choose its beliefs. Once a civilization industrializes, it can choose from the ideologies of Freedom, Autocracy, and Order, and then select tenets that provide special bonuses and abilities. This adds a lot more flexibility throughout the game. Continue reading…

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