Recent reviews by Ray Radlein

Insanely brilliant Tower Defense for people who have never played Tower Defense games. Does a beautiful job of slowly rolling itself out to the new player. A true classic.

Still not quite as good as Beyond the Sword, the final incarnation of Civilization IV, but it passes the vital "One More Turn!" test with flying colors.

Like Civ III and Call to Power, it introduces some interesting new ideas which haven't quite been perfected yet. Maybe the next full add-on after Gods & Kings will finally perfect these new ideas, or maybe we'll have to wait for Civilization VI; but in either case, this is still a classically entertaining 4X title.