I love Civilization. I've been playing the game since it's first release. I was hoping, however, that the slowness of the engine would be resolved. It hasn't. Molassas in January in the Artic would run faster.In addition, there were issues with my video card. I have a GeForce FX 5700 and experienced the video issues described with ATI cards. I would think that QA at the developers would have resolved these issues before release. Indeed, I have to restart my computer after playing the game. This seems excessive.I cannot recommend this game until these issues are addressed.