I am a huge CIV fan. CIV 3 being my favourite in the series, despite the fact spearman can sometimes beat infantry and tanks depending on if they have the high ground (just like lyfeamirite?)

But still, I think that the quality of game truly lies within its gameplay and people will always have their preferences.
Just because I dont like fallout, it doesn't make it a bad game in the same way that just because you won the space race against a full map of cpu players , does not make you skilled at CIV.