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Say goodbye to free time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's a great game, perfect for those who like strategy. But it's like crack: it draws you in and doesn't let you go. You'll spend hours and hours maintaing your nation, with no end in sight, and you'll be at the edge of your seat the entire time. The difficulty ranges from easy to impossible to not-even-fun-anymore. Just the same, if you have the time and the inclination, you should absolutely get this most engrossing game.

Awesome game. Just don't buy this Version!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Basically you can purchase the Conquests version for a little more money and it's the Gold edition with a few more features. Plus if you buy this version, you will NOT be able to play multi-player with others (most people) who have the Conquests edition.

Love the game, but I should have researched before buying.

Fun and CHEAP!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: August 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

but not as fun as 2nd Version but it is a great buy plus you get multiplayer!!

So much fun.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: July 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I like it 'cause you can start in the Future ERA!!! run over ALL PEOPLE WITH MODERN ARMOR!!!!! YAHOO!!!

Please show me somthing differrent

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 37
Date: October 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The Gameplay will be fun for rookies, but for the vetrans Empire Eatrth. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!1

Good value, but...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 19 / 23
Date: August 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The game is fantastic, it's fun educational (for you parents), and more fun!!!

With 24 civilazations you can play as, 4 time periods in which you have to discover many technologies, and city managment from deciding what kind of things to build to telling exactly what to build is great, and with the multi-player feature it's impossible to turn down! NOTE: First game i've ever seen where two people can play on the same computer!!!

Only one problem, if your planning to get conquests too, get the original game. all the extra features in this game are from the Play-the-world expansion pack and in conquests too.

Overall it's the best, just better for the wallet to get the original and conquests.

Nice Game but Unnecessary Purchase

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 88 / 90
Date: February 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Civilization 3 Gold is really nothing more than the original Civilization 3 game packaged with the first expansion, Civilization: Play the World. While this may seem like a good deal, you can actually buy the second expansion in the Civilization series, Civilization: Conquests, which is included with the first expansion as well. So if you'd like an even better deal, buy a copy of the original Civilization game (which sells for a VERY cheap price new or used) and then buy the Civilization: Conquests expansion and you'll spend the same amount you would for the Gold Edition, get the expansion Civilization: Play the World as well as new content in Civilization: Conquests. If you'd like to know what the Gold Edition brings to the table, basically the purpose of the Play the World expansion was to enable multiplayer, a feature once originally promised in the original game. Atari probably realized it could make more money holding out multiplayer in an expensive expansion pack but if you never gave in to Atari's demands, now is your chance to try it. Multiplayer is a bit of a disappointment in Civilization. The online community isn't large and it's not the same thing as randomly joining a server in a first person shooter or other poppular online game because of the dedication required for long online games. One reason the community isn't that large is because when Play the World was first released it was a buggy disaster! The online game was full of lag no matter what game mode or connection speed you used. Some of the common problems have been fixed with patches but multiplayer has never been a great success with Civilization. Play the World even introduces a simultaneous turn mode which allows the game to speed up and imitates the mechanics of a real-time strategy game. Unfortunately, Civ 3 really isn't meant to be a real-time strategy game and it doesn't run as smoothly as a Rise of Nations or Warcraft game would. If you have a home LAN, that's probably the best way to play Civilization against others. The most successful method of play is still singleplayer, though, so I recommend you buy the Conquests expansion along with the original Civilization game like I mentioned above because that expansion does a better job adding more features for singleplayer but also comes included with the content in Play the World.

The best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 27
Date: December 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My friend just got this game for christmas andn I we played it at his house.we were on the computer for the whole afternoon. it is so cool!!! the object is to build cities and advance in tecnology, but also to conquer your enamies. it has great multiplayer levels, too. i haven't played the other civilization games, so i can't really compare them, but i don't see how anything could be better than this one.

Wish I could give a 4.9

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 24
Date: December 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There has never been a game like Civ III and this Gold Edition proves it. Civ III is so far advanced over Civ II that there is just no comparison. The additions in units, nations, advances, city structures and overall graphics is astounding. What is infuriating is the excessively long waits as one nears the end of the game. I have tried everything - don't show enemy moves, don't show automatic, etc. But nothing seems to work faster except perhaps a more powerful computer.

Shameless marketing by the publisher!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 603 / 608
Date: December 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First off, Civilization III is a fantastic continuation of the 'Civilization' series of PC games which I've been playing since the first one hit the shelves back in 1991. However, I'm not here to give a review of this great game (there are plenty of reviews out there already) but rather to guide potential buyers for choosing which Civ3 version to get (or not get as the case may be).

The Civ3 games are as follows:

- Civilization 3 was originally released in 2001. It is the full, stand-alone game title.

- Civilization 3: Play the World was later released in 2002 as an add-on to the standard Civ3 game. It was generally considered buggy and incomplete and took a few patches to get it (almost) right.

- Civilization 3 Gold, released this year (2003), is essentially the original Civilization 3 game packaged with the "Play the World" add-on.

- Civilization 3: Conquests was also just released (2003) and is the latest add-on to the standard Civ3 game. IMPORTANT: the Conquests add-on includes EVERYTHING from the Play the World add-on plus adds a whole lot more goodies!! In a nutshell, Conquests fixes many of the problems with the PTW add-on and has a bunch of new stuff to boot.

So, my advice to anyone considering buying Civ3 Gold is thus: DON'T! Because you're better off buying the original Civ3 (which is extremely cheap now) with the Conquests add-on. It will cost you about the same for both anyway and you're essentially getting THREE Civ3 titles instead of only TWO.

I hope this helps save you a few bucks to spend on something else this holiday season. Enjoy!

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