Great game, scratch the predecessor

Civilization 5 is now "complete". All DLC and addons in an overall package promise many hours of game play and rightly so! I like Civ 5 ... the atmosphere, the hexes, the tactics, the city-states. Nevertheless, compared to Civ 4 "completely" one or the other mechanism has been rather impractical integrated in the game. Religions and ideologies are "extended" in austere menus, forced by lack of money using caravans seems a bit "amateurish". Civ 4 was with his focus on round, perfect and still valid in my opinion as a reference or better alternative. Yet I can every Civ 5 just recommend! Myself already spent tons of hours with this game ... Civ fans can safely access - honest!