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Civilization is worth every ounce of effort you put into it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 24, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Get this game. You will be effectively out of the workforce for at least a week once it arrives, but go get it anyway. You deserve the break. This game may have invented the infamous "just one more turn" syndrome (you know what I'm talking about if you have it), and for good reason.

One of Microprose's best yet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I think that Civilization II, was one of Microprose's best playstation games. I definitly think it's one of those games that could keep you on for hours! Great Job Microprose!

Fun But Gets Boring

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: November 11, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The game is great from the start, but has short-lived replay fun. The characters that you interact with (your advisors) are fun to see and listen to, especially the Elvis character. It is also fun to see how they evolve over the years. But game play is slow between years and can even put you to sleep at times. The graphics are not all that great either. But if you are a fan of Civilization you will enjoy this version (at least for a little while.)

Not as good as PC version

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Let me start out by saying that I am a huge Civilization fan...but....the Playstation version does not hold a candle to the PC version. The PS screen is cloudy and difficult to see, especially your own cities growth numbers. It's difficult to determine whose winning a battle as the stamina bar is impossible to see. My absolute biggest problem w/ the PS version is not having "auto" control over settlers. On the PC game you can set settlers to auto so they go around building roads and mining etc.. You have to do it all yourself on playstation. Do you know how boring it is to build 5,000 roads w/ 20 settlers?? Some people want to micromanage every aspect, but there is zero strategy to be gained from controlling settlers yourself, zero. Why take this option away? I think this explains why they never made another version for the playstation. Civilization is a game that apparently must be played on a computer.

Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is simple and the graphics are a little clunky, but it is addictive. For hours and hours, you get caught up building your civilization and pummeling civilizations around you.

Elvis on the council????

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I originally rented this game out of curiosity, and quickly got hooked! Ended up buying it because a 3-day rental isn't enough time to win here. The gameplay can take a while (depending on level chosen) but if you are looking to get your mind off the everyday routine for a couple of hours, this is a game that delivers. There are 21 different civilizations to choose from (Romans, Greeks, Mongols, Zulus etc.) that have no superiority over any others initially. After setting your tribal preferences you start off in the year 4000 B.C. with one settler unit and 0 gold pieces. How successful your tribe is depends largely on the site you choose for you first city and the development of the resources around it. Send out more units to explore the surrounding area and build more cities, and repeat. Every so often you will get the opportunity to meet with your "high council", who inform you how you are doing. One of the advisors is an Elvis impersonator who had me cracking up with laughter many times with his insights on citizens' happiness levels. Not to mention the satisfaction of attacking any other civilization that ticked me off at times. Definitely a game anyone into strategy games should own.

strategy pure and simple...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If your looking for a strategy game tht challenges you... this is it. Its not pretty to look at, terrible music, and this game takes a long time to beat at its maximum level. I found it challenging and my competitive nature would not allow me to let go until i figured it out. However this is number crunching at its highest point. Its easy to go thru the menues but difficult to master the systems. This game is only for strategy freak like me who love a challenge if your looking for action, graphics, or storyline dont bother. The price is right though, but Romance of the three kingdoms, nectaris, or command @ conquer, or even panzer or allied general have a little more to offer.

Addictive Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I'm a history nerd (and I'm sure my professors would love to hear that). So, naturally, I love CivII. Yes, the graphics are not all that great and the music is incessantly repetative. I like to change the music to fit the mood of my civilization, though (like changing it to a "war-like" song when I'm at war and a more "peaceful" one when at peace). But when you get past that, you have a really good game.

Also, if you have zero patience, this game is not for you. My friend played it once and was bored around 2300BC. Sometimes the action IS slow as you wait to get advances, are waiting for a Wonder to be built, etc. However, once things start moving (you encounter other civilizations, you're able to start exploring the world, etc.), you won't be bored.

I have to agree with the other reviewers: CivII is really addictive. I've spent hours playing it and have been completely oblivious to the passage of time. It's a lot of fun to work at being the best and the brightest in the world (or at least your game), although I also love the strategy involved in waging war. I've both conquered the world and made it to Alpha Centauri (and even got some future technologies along the way).

Because of CivII, I've become addicted to the "Civilization" series. I got CivIII, and that too is fun (and slightly more challenging), but in the end I always go back to CivII. Despite it being an older and clunkier version, it's still among my favourite games of all time.

The ultimate update of the ultimate strategy-game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Civilization I was highly succesful in it's challenge for you to create you're own civilization. In Civ II, all the problems from Civ I has been corrected (new improved rules for making peace most importantly), and a lot of new features has been added (try for example the engeeniers and the spies!).

If you like strategy-games, this is certainly one of the best on the market.

Wunderbar!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Plan to waste a lot of time after buying this. Once a game is stared, hours fly by.

Civ II is not a very complex game in that it's impossible to learn, but that is not to say it isn't intense. Read the rule book, and start playing; I guarantee, two hours of your life will be gone.

Civ II: the CLASSIC simulation game. It is "Risk!" with more strategy and history. Buy it, and become addicted.

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