The game was good but in 2025 it does not run on too many operating system versions anymore. Be wary when buying.

I don't recommend buying this game if you intend to play multiplayer at all. Netcode is horrendous and the game frequently desynchronizes, even with Community Patch installed (2.7.9 as of this writing) and on a wired Ethernet connection. The issue gets worse as the match progresses, and we had to reload saves and resync on nearly every turn by the end. Nearly unplayable if you're on anything less than a LAN connection.

Gameplay itself is fine; I enjoyed it more than Civ 5. Might be fun for singleplayer, but I bought this for multiplayer with friends and we'll probably never touch it again. (Barring an update that improves the netcode.)

Played for a few hours, got touched in very inappropriate places by harmonites and 3 cold wars declared on me for existing, 10/10