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Inside Mac Games has posted a new review of the Cradle of Civilization Maps Bundle for Aspyr's Civilization V. The map packs are Firaxis-designed maps of real-world locations including the Americas, Asia, Mediterranean, and Mesopotamia.

Here's an excerpt:

Syria, the country of Georgia, Pakistan and roughly the state of Virginia. Those were the locations of the world I had the fortune to begin my civilizations from in my recent play through on the four expansion maps from Firaxis and Aspyr Media in their Cradle of Civilization line for Civilization V. These four, Asia, the Americas, Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean provide our real world as the canvas that one paints an empire upon. These are now Downloadable Content (DLC) at $2.99 each to add to the basic game of Civilization, and though they do nothing to change the mechanics of Civ play, they give new worlds for players to conquer. At least when you start as a band of wondering nomads in 4000 BC, the entire planet is really a new world to conquer.

IMG Review: Cradle of Civilization Maps Bundle

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