Thinking about getting the game.

Hey all

Ive been playing civ games since childhood- starting with civ I, then civ II, SMAC, CTP I and II etc, and CIV III...then after a long long break i got CIV IV complete a few months ago..and have played it to death since.

I did download a demo of vanilla civ v, but it crashed a fair bit (i think it was a dx issue) and it was very limited anyway.

I am thinking about buying the whole lot now, to give me a change from civ iv (i wont stop playing this completely) and would love a little info if possible?.

Firstly, what sort of systems have you managed to play the game on?. I would be playing on my lappy, which is i3, 8gb ram and ssd, but just the intel graphics...i dont need beautiful graphics but wouldnt want it looking worse than say...civ iv or III

Secondly, we all knew the AI was incompetent in previous CIV versions, but the nature of simpler combat meant they could be a military threat... are the reports of an utterly incompetent AI overstated?

Finally, is there plenty of depth and choice with the expansions, and all the options for custom games ? (i loved playing on a crowded pangea fighting one game, then the next a custom 1 island per player game for instance)

Cheers