Finally, I have beaten a playthrough of Civilization V. I have only been playing the series for close to a decade. Admittedly casually but still putting in maybe a couple hundred hours. Almost always I unchecked the victory conditions. I always found them restrictive. I enjoyed the idea of controlling my nation in a more natural realistic way. Addressing issues that come up differently each time to how I have seen fit and not in regards to a score or objective. I could feel free to roleplay my nation in crazy ways that would almost always result in a loss normally. Like spamming as many low-level melee troops as possible while I continue to send them in waves at my enemy. My favorite declaring war on every nation after having encircled my entire nation with troops without any gaps at all with reinforcements towards the center. Waiting to plug any holes in the circle as they appear. However this time I turned on all the victory conditions and decided which type of victory I woul...