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Sid Meier's Civilization VI is currently free (Epic via Prime)
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I played the tutorial, and continued the game for several hours after the tutorial part ended.
I struggled to stay awake. It was by far the most boring slog I have ever experienced in any edition of Civ. (I haven't played Civ 7, though.)
It bored me too and it was my first Civ. Which one do you recommend for a first timer? I also have a bunch of Anno and Tropico I got free or near free, so any recommendation for the genre would be appreciated.
Best civ is Unciv. FOSS civ 5 with way better performance and a lot of QoL changes
Civ 4 is great.
Civ 5 is mostly great if you add the Brave New World (or maybe Gods and Kings) expansion, which revises the game mechanics. My main complaint is that I don't like how religion affects the mid-late game, but the game is still great overall.
Both can be had for cheap when they go on sale.
There's a free and open-source Civ-like game called Unciv. I haven't played it, but I've seen it mentioned often enough that it might be worth a look.
I like Civ 6, but it helps the set it to 'online' speed.
Anno 1404 rules and is very playable still. I was never really interested in the series, but that game really got me.
From my experience, the first 50-100 turns are kinda boring (unless you're fighting barbarians) but things get more interesting when you have many cities and things to manage. The game takes a long time to hook me, but when it does it hooks me good. :)