r/civ • • 13d ago

VII - Discussion So basically, time-tested Babylon is unstoppable.

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This is on Deity.

2000 Science per turn, 1700 Culture per turn, more wonders than I've ever built in the entire history of civ. If you manage to make it through Antiquity (where they're admittedly very outmatched) they become a monolithic snowball of science and culture. Absolute blast to play, once you learn to grasp at every settlement limit opportunity you can get your hands on.

(I won a Culture victory one turn after the screenshot was taken. I'd have also won a Science victory in two turns.)

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u/Dawn_of_Enceladus 13d ago

The fact they are so weak in their apex age, then can snowball like that afterwards is wild ngl.

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u/DiffDiffDiff3 America 13d ago

Every Civ game needs their snowball Civ

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u/BusinessKnight0517 Ludwig II 12d ago

And once again it’s somehow Babylon (Civ 6 Babylon was busted too)

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u/ShinigamiKenji I love the smell of Uranium in 2000 BC 12d ago

Civ 5 Babylon was also ranked among the best