Civilization 3 (PC)

Civilization III is another great improvement on Sid Meier’s original, and classic, Civilization. The basic premise of the game, for those of you familiar with the game, is just the same, but has new and disparate ways to win. For those of you who are about to be talked into loving this game, the aim of the game is to make your civilization the most powerful economic, cultural and / or armoured civilization on the planet. Getting Started: First of all, you need to decide on the world your going to take over. You can choose from tiny to vast; the larger the game playing area, the longer the game will take. You can also choose on conditions, such as ...  Read the complete review

My first experience of computer strategy games and God games was on the Atari ST. I played a game called 'Empire' which was a very good early war game. I then played a game called 'populus' which was a resource planning game. I often wished someone would combine the two. Then much to my surprise Sid Meier released Civilization! After seeing Civilization on the Amiga, and finding out that my Atari ST could not play this game to the same extent, I purchased an Olivetti 386. The first game I purchased was Civilization. This resource-oriented war game was unique, combining war-gaming elements, strategy elements and economic elements all in one ...  Read the complete review

For those who have never played any civ game before a will give a brief summation although the majority of the opinion assumes a basic knowelge of civ games and concentrates on the games new aspects. The game starts in 4000BC you are the leader of a civilation and start with a worker and seteler. With the seteler you build you first town. With this town you can build more units including more settelers with which you can build more towns. You towns as well as production (for building units and city improvements) also generate revenue which can be used for tax (money for the treasury) luxury (makes people happy) or science which improve your science and allows you to ...  Read the complete review

Hi Here we have been waiting we old fans of civ I and civ II.......and all we got was these half things civilization call to power and so....and the civ II in almost 10 versions. So what is so special with this game. First of all it is a game that gives you the chance to control the way how you want to develop your life (and your peoples life)...war or peaceful way.....democracy or communism..yes it is so lovely. What I also apreciate is the respect the creators of the games do when they put the effort to in the patches to the game put in old functions they had revoked but the fans asked for (I was first of all thinking of sentry function). ...  Read the complete review