When you bought your PlayStation 3 the chances are it wasn’t because you were dreaming of playing a game in which you built a garden of hanging vines to attract William Shakespeare to your city while Ghandi shook a stick at you in a fit of rage. The chances are even slimmer that you pictured yourself playing said game, bellowing your civilization to victory while trying to shove a sandal up Ghandi’💯s rear.

But that’s exactly what those clever chaps at Firaxis have done. They’ve taken a strategy game and managed to make it fun, by taking away those evil words that send shivers down the spines of anyone who’s played an RTS. There’s not the slightest whi♒ff of micro-management, macro-management or any ki🌜nd of grouping, which isn’t nearly as fun as it sounds.

Instead, the clutter has been brushed away and what’s left is a simple strategy game where the depth and interest build from trying to second guess your opponents 🦹rather than negotiating more menus thanyo🌠ur local five star eatery.