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Best game ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: August 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I got hooked on this game a couple of years ago, and it's still my favorite. You are the leader of a civilization, and you control the moves and decisions of what to build where, and what civilizations you want to conquer. Sort of like starcraft, but in my opinion much more addictive. You found cities, and each town builds one thing at a time, whether it be a troop of soldiers, a city improvement, or a wonder of the world. The goal is either to wipe out all other civilizations, or be the first civilization to colonize the moon. Sometimes I decide to play this game for an hour, and end up playing it all day. Very, Very addictive.

A Great and Addictive Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: August 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Civ2 is one of the best stragety games that I've ever had the pleasure of playing. The controls are simple and easy to understand, but play is complex enough to keep me rapt for hours. Your objective is simple: conquer the world, or be the first civilization to put a colony on alpha centuri. There are minor problems, as with any game, such as balance skewing wonders (such as Leonardo's workshop(not as much a problem when you build it, though.)) but the worst of this game is better than some other's best.

Pretty Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 17
Date: September 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Don't buy this unless you don't mind graphics. I don't and I loved it but some may find it a rough start to get into. I recommend it to AOE fans. It is so hard to get high technologies though and because of this slow part of it then it is a game that can easily turn one off.

Addicting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 13
Date: October 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Now that I'm away at school I've been deprived of my Civilization. However, during the summers, it is basically all I do. I know that I should be doing something active or even reading. But being that I'm a student, reading is something with which I am altogether unfamiliar so let's get real here. Civilization is addicting and it is an extraordinary waste of time. Again, being a college student, wasting time is a good thing. If you are trying to kill a couple days, or even weeks, I recommend this game. If you actually have a life and, say, enjoy contact with people, do not buy this game. I used to have friends, but then Sid Meier came into my life and it's been downhill since then.

My all-time favorite game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: October 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game came out a number of years ago, and I am still playing it. It's amazing to me the countless hours I have spent playing a game I have won (and lost) countless times! If you are new to strategy games and you want to try a game out, buy this one. You can start off at an easy level and when you're ready for more challenges, start a new game with a higher level of difficulty. It has an easy user interface and is very intuitive. But beware of one thing - you will lose countless hours playing this game! It's addictive!

A truly classic game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 18
Date: November 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Newer strategy titles may have more advanced graphics, and the newer versions of this advance on it, but for sheer depth of gameplay and attention to detail this is unsurpassed at this price. With everything in 6000 years of a civilization at yoiur disposal, you'll be addicted for ages if you can get into it.

The great thing here is that tehre are so many different gameplay elements and they all intertwine so well. The scientific developmetn sees your tribe evolve from the early stages, where the only weapons you can have are chariots, phalanxes and the like, and all you can build in your cities are things like granaries and basic barracks, through to the latter stages where you can build dominant Howitzers and Nuclear Weapons, or begin constructing spaceships. The chain of scientific advances, as you decide which developments your society needs, the international diplomacy (sometimes the pen is mightier than the sword) and money management all add elements to the game. The way every single minute decision has so many consequences is great, like the butterfly phenomenon. The advisors also add some good light relief as well as useful advice.

Overall this type of game is much more engrossing than the COmmand & Conquer type titles. Here you can think through every move in as much detail as you like. The whole thing has much more depth, and I'd advise players used to those types of games to check this out as well. A true classic. Now I've reviewed this I feel like digging it out and playing it.

The game to end all games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I laughed when I was reading the other reviews for this game. People saying how they lost all track of time and found themselves having spent hours playing the game. I am one of those people. I'm addicted to Civilization. There I said it. I played Civilization on the SNES, and Civ 2 on computer and the playstation. I play it over and over. I get new games, play them for a while, then come back to this one. It is a game for the thinking man, with endless varieties of strategy.

THIS GAME IS COOL

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The fun of this game is in this simplicity. It's so simple, yet people have trouble understanding it. I bought this game 2 years ago, and got hooked. My fave part is the cheat menu where you can change the king and queen's names. It's a giggle making them into people I know. The part I don't like is how you have to wait while your rivals move and they have a million units, and it's confusing if you have 8 players. I also like the high councils and the meetings with your rivals. All in all, this game is good. I like it a lot.

Have to get it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: January 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I first played this game, it took me only a short time to figure out how it all works. That's what's great about this game, it's so simple! There are tips and guides that help you if you need it. Also, there are so many things you can control. You start out in a few thousand B.C. with your simple warriors and triremes. Than as you go through the ages, you control stuff like Marines, Battleships and even Nuclear Bombs. Even more, you can choose what civilization you want to be, (Romans, Celts, Zulus). Each civilization has it's own unique path you can take, and each civilization interacts differently with other civilizations. One of the neatest parts is that you can discover discoveries such as The Great Wall (to protect your cities) or The Manhatten Project (to build Nuclear Bombs). You can check up on your adviseries to see how your cities are comparing with other tribes and you can set up meetings with other tribes to nagociate or trade secrets. The secrets are things such as Masonary or Bridge Building that you can discover. So, by ending this review, I want to say that this is one of the best 2D (eg. WarCraft) kinds of games you can get!

The best game evet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: March 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Do not buy this game, once you bought it you will totally loose track of time, you will loose your job, your family, your pet. But who cares, you can now use all your time playing CIV2 the best game ever. This game has stolen my high school years, most of my professionel life and my dreams. I often dream of how to smash those damn Romans or the evil Vikings, this is just to show how time consuming this game is. The moment you start playing you are hooked, and the game will always be a part of you and the way you act.

I have tried newer games, with more fancy graphics but it's just not the same. CIV2 will just always be game number one. The game I will always play, to the day when the evil doctors decide to remove my brain from my computers hardwareinterface.

Don't stop yourself for doing something really stupid just buy the game.

Regards

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