Civilization II (PS)

Two years ago this game nearly wrecked my life by making me fail my GCSE's. Luckily I came back to my senses in the nick of time and managed to put it down long enough to revise and pass them. So on getting my new PC at Christmas I thought I had better buy the new version for the PC, except by the time I got round to it I then thought I should leave it until after my A-levels. So I finished last Friday, and then on Saturday I ordered Call to Power 2 (the latest Civ game) from Amazon. So here I sit waiting for it to come, but I admit I couldn't wait so I sneaked an hour (or five) on the old Playstation this afternoon. And it just reminded me how great it really ...  Read the complete review

This game can steal hours and hours of your life, in two completey different ways. As a big fan of "god" games I bought civII shortly after it first came out. After a couple of hours of working out the controls and reading the manual, I was just about realising what the game had to offer. Huge world maps, hundreds of things to reasearch and build, and extremely in depth game play. Before I knew it, several days had passed by and i had got quite far with my civilisation. Within a couple of weeks I had successfully reached one of the game goals, and although I had the choice to carry on with my civilisation, I was anxious to try the game from start ...  Read the complete review

Civilization 2 is probably the best ever strategy game you will ever play. The object of the game is to choose a civilization to be such as the Romans, build cities on a world map and conquer the world. Once you build your cities you can build within each city. Things you can build include units such as warriors to attack other enemy cities, buildings to increase wealth and growth and other various things. You must learn new technologies in order to progress and develop better buildings in your cities. There will be other civilizations in the game who will also be trying to become more powerful than you. You can become allies ...  Read the complete review

Civilization 2 for the playstation tranfers the player to the status of god of his own world. This game will rob you of hours of your life, and I have found myself playing well into the twilight hours without realising. Taking control of one of many possible empires, the race is on against the machine to build the most successful trade routes, powerful armies and advanced technologies. The game is vast, with countless possibilities - lead the Roman empire into a war against the Chinese, or build alliances between cultures seperated by thousands of years and miles. The enemy is chosen randomly, and with each game a new map is created requiring exploration of a ...  Read the complete review