I played Galciv for a year, civ III for 2 years and civ IV for about a year, on top of that Im currently playing WiC, was playing CoH before that and Supreme commander before that, Morrowind before that and Im always playing oblvion. I disagree with the blanket assumption. I liked the game, but there just wasn't anything to do really, there wasn't a fun economic model like in Gal civ, and the warfare and pace were just drab. I would like a game thats complex, but not mind numbingly boring at the same time, I thought civ and Galciv were a great pace, they always had something to do, in EU I just found myself mindlessly sitting there a lot.