Civ V Announced

[Wraith]

I never got into the Civ games, though I know many people like them. Whats the draw?

Building an empire. I was hoping somebody else would answer it better, but Ziggy let me down.

I never played Victoria, but I played the hell out of Hearts of Iron 2 and EU3. Are they similar?

It uses the same engine as HoI2, so yeah, similar. The focus is on economics rather than war.