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This game is so boring!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: December 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is extremely boring and very ugly! The graphics look like they came from the 80s and civ games are still coming out with the same old graphics. Ridiculous! This game is a waste of money and time. You may like it if you love ugly, terrible graphics, but for rts fans skip the whole series!

You Get What You Paid For

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 14
Date: March 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Encouraged by the rave reviews, I bought this game but ended up tossing it into the garbage after 6 hours of play. Aside from the horrible 1996 graphics, there is dead boring game play on a buggy interface.

You spend hours building cities that lack character and armies symbolized by one awful figure. Dragging your people around the map is a real challenge because you can only move them a tiny bit each turn, while getting them onto ships is even more frustrating due to the awkward tile design that governs movements on the map. Historical value is 0, as ancient Egyptians build cities named Melbourne and Helsinki and the American Empire begins with Abe Lincoln in 600 B.C.

Do yourself a favor and grab a copy of Age of Kings or even better, Combat Mission--if you like WWII themes--and you won't be disappointed. They do cost more, but you get what you paid for.

Failure To The Extreme

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 33
Date: October 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It would be nice to get a simulation game that ACTUALLY installs properly on start up. This Civ2 game is a total dud in it's ability to function on standard operating systems. My brother has a Gateway with window95: results, winload G Error 2
I have a Packard Bell with windows98: results, winload G Error 2
My dad has a Emachines with windows ME: results winload G Error 2
It's strange for a CD bought at Amazon.com to have the same error message that gives the cd the same inability to run on 3 totally different computers and operating systems... ironic? I don't think so... Personal Installation mistake? Are you Kidding? since there is virtually no way to make a mistake pressing installation buttons on any of the cd-roms sold today. Upon inspection of the CD, it's spotless... but the compatibility leaves something to be desired.

Graphics [stink] and a Confusing Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: April 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game really does [stink].... I've tried on easy and used the cheat menu and still lost. It's confusing what to do and the graphics make it more confusing. If you want to get this game you better be a rocket scientest to figure out it's graphics and the way of trade. You have to get in war to get land and hope the people will be happy with you by the time your finished, controls [stink], don't use your mouse use your up down left right on the keyboard to move your people, the mouse just skrews up everything. And even if you try everything you can either you lose or you have to use cheats and still your called "Worthless" at the end, a bad game to play. With it's simple plan they could get the graphics at least good as the sims, and they could have made the skills easier to understand, it's all confusing to me.
Graphics:3/10
Fun:3/10
Gameplay:6/10
Sound:2/10
Overall:3/10...

A brilliant game in it's time but get Civ III instead

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

In it's time, Civilization 2 was the game that kept me at my PC for longer than any other. It's combination of strategy as you attempt to out think your opponents and tactics as you wage war or the enemy and your land is so well balanced, you can lose hours and hours.

Right now, though, we have Civilization 3 and that raised the bar much higher. Still, there are some reasons to look at the older version. If you have a low-end machine it's worth it - and there are still some very active user groups creating very playable scenarios.

In it's time this was a five star game - but now it's more of a historical masterpiece.

Holy *#$%! The sun's coming up!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 19 / 22
Date: March 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The biggest problem with Sid Meier's games is the addiction factor. I'm not a big arcade gamer, but I can stay up all night long trying to prompt my civilization to grow just a bit faster than the neighbors.

A socially useful application of this game is to discuss preferred strategies for winning. With proper calibration, this could turn into a standard psychological test ...

Basics: Start with some stone-age settlers. Settle down. Build cities, improve cities, create units (military, settlers, trade), advance civilization until you beat everybody else to Alpha Centauri.

It sounds so mundane, so banal. It is. But if your brain is wired wrong, it's more addicting than heroin, valium, and nicotine put together. I've had to delete the installation on several occasions because of failing health and job performance!

C2 is perhaps the game with the most fun but also the most basics.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Civ 2 is a great game despite the graphics (yes, all you people who want a great game, pick this up). The game proves to be hard on so many occasions that it literally becomes fun.

Anyway, I recommend this.

Mac version reviewed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I really like Civilization II for my Mac. The changes from the first version of the game are wonderful and I'm happy that you can chose not to watch the "wonders" videos all the time. I also like the various levels of difficulty and the fact that I can make up a nation/race -- I often do Amazons then use "names of Amazon cities" from Classical references. However, a big problem is the "tutor" and "instant advice" that I cannot turn off. I think I should be able to reset the game options better than it allows because I find these pop-ups to be very annoying.

A Classic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: November 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I got Civilisation 2 for Xmas a few years back, and it provided me with entertainment for the entirety of my five week break. Whilst mine was the Civilisation 2: Gold edition, this release is very similar, so I have no qualms with rating it.
Civilisation was the grandpappy of strategy, and Civilisation 2 creates a game which is both enthralling and challenging. The prospect of building an empire from a lowly tribe of settlers may not appeal to everyone, but once you get into it, it's almost impossible to get out. You govern every facet of the empire. What each city constructs, what technology you employ and even what form of government you want to operate under. Conquer the world through destroying rival civilisations or by being the first off of Earth.
The game is not just limited to the real world, and the inclusion of the World of Midgard adds for a whole new gaming experience. It doesn't come much better than sending flights of Dragons to conquer Elven citadels or creating a rampaging horde of Goblins to swarm the coastal cities of the merfolk. OK, there's always the rush of launching a Nuke into enemy territory....
The multiplayer experience of Civilisation is great. Compete with up to eight friends over a LAN, or play a Hotseat game, as each of you vies for control of the world.
All in all, Civilisation 2 has everything a strategy fan loves. Combat, resource management, diplomacy and a basis in fact, which always makes things that much more interesting. Arguably the greatest strategy game out there, and definately one of the most challenging.

Worth the bucks.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I played Civilization I, it started to wreck havok on my system stability, especially when running other programs -- even after a full reboot. I used this version of Civ II on my same computer, and I don't have any of those problems. If I play it straight for two or three hours, I have to do a reboot due to a need to refresh memory. In that sense, we need a revision on the programming level -- memory is not automatically refreshed.

As far as the game is concerned, it is worth the money. The computer proves to be a challenging opponent (to me anyway, which is all that counts since I am the paying customer).

The game gets 5 stars as far as playing the game goes, and it gets 4 stars in regards to the needs for programming streamlining. (Any company programmers reading this?)

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