Colonization (PC)

This game, once again from the Sid Meier stable, is in my opinion even better than that perennial favourite, Civilisation. You play one of the four European powers of the Middle Ages, trying to conquer and settle the New World across the Atlantic. You will have to build, maintain and expand settlements, trade or fight with numerous native tribes and your rival Europeans, and increase your military and economic power until you can cut yourself off from your European benefactor and declare independence - although you will then have to fight off his troops before you can win the game! Although the scope of the game can appear more limited than that of ...  Read the complete review

Now this is not an amazing game, but it is most definetely not a bad game either. The graphics may not be amazing, and there may be no plot whatsoever, but the sheer genius of this game prevails throughout. You control one of four countries, all of whom sent explorers to colonize the New World. Starting off with just a single soldier and a worker, you must build up your colony until it is powerful enough to stand alone. But it doesn't end there. Once you have set up one colony, theres always the possibilty of expanding and setting up others. The limitations of this game are....well....limitless, and the enjoyment you feel when first setting up your ...  Read the complete review