nah, for me 4 was the best, religions, great people, culture just add so much fun and different mechanics to the game

I usually try to play realistically, to please my people, not to win, so I dont do many battles or destroy other players, I'm a builder

I bought Civ V at steam on release day. it was absolutely awful. worst Civ I've played definitely by far. Shallow mechanics and most stupid AI I've ever seen. Still go back and play IV and some mods.(despite its short comings, like AI stacks of doom ...)