Civilisation III (PC)

I really don't know what to make of this game. I'm a big fan of god or real time strategy games, but this one has me perplexed. The game looks great, is pretty straightforward to mater the basics, but the general way it runs leaves more down to luck that real strategy. Maybe I'm not investing enough time and effort into it, but I get the feeling that there's so much there, that I need to really sit down and spend ages agonising over each move. It occured to me a while back that instead of trying to keep the other races in the dark, that if I was really diplomatic and exchanged technology, then I'd reach the more exciting ages quicker (which was the ...  Read the complete review

This has got to be the best strategic game of its time. So much as gone into the making of this game it is untrue. The game is like a mass of intrigue , knowledge and discovery. You can either play the game itself or play scenerious. Firstly you choose which great leader you are going to be : options = Elizabeth I , The Bismark , Ceasar and many more. Then you have to lead your civilisation from the begining to to the present and become the winner from a number of factors for example the most powerful , most advanced , largest etc. Its not easy because you are the decision maker and money is involved. You have a ...  Read the complete review