Sid Meier's Civilization IV (PC Games, 2005)

A couple of years ago, a friend gave me a copy of Civilization III. I didn't expect much from it, but tried it anyways. I spent the next 6 weeks playing that game in every available minute. So when Civilization IV came out, I went to buy it right away. It's even better than I expected. The graphics are 10x better, most of the annoying micromanaging is gone, and gameplay is overall just better. One thing that I did not like was the amount of hard drive space it takes up on your computer. Overall, I would highly recommend this game to anyone who has played previous Civilization titles or enjoy playing strategy games.