I've been a fan of the franchise since Civ 2 and after trying civilization 5 I was disappointed and did not play it for long.
Now it has two expansions, "gods and kings" and The freshly released "Brave new world".
With these two expansions I can safely say that Civ 5 is a great game and I recommend everyone to try it out since I've had tens of hours of fun playing it in single and multiplayer.