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oh..my god Civ3

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you want to play with a cheating stupid computer, Civ3 is your best choice

I have played Civ 3 for about a damn week and found it fligging interesting

Fire Firaxis

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

FU Firaxis!... And have a shameful,broke Christmas! Your public sentiments exactly?!?! Would have been better off buying a Yoko Ono record!

Fire Firaxis

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: December 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

(...) Firaxis!... I hope you have a shameful, broke Christmas!!!
Your public sentiments exactly?!?! I would have been better off buying a Yoko Ono record! May your offices be your (...)

Just Like Civ and Civ 2, only lots better

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Sweet Lord, this game is FANtastic! It implements new ideas like culture that establish borders, while getting rid of tiresome diplomats and spies and streamlining them into the advisiors. I can't imagine a more perfect game. It has put every sports game, every 1st person shooters, and all my other strategy games away in their cases. It might keep me from finishing my master's degree. Oh well, some things are worth it.

Civilization III proudly continues the tradition

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well, having played this game for about a week now (almost to the exclusion of all else, including work. :) ), I can safely conclude that Civ3 has proudly taken up the torch of the Civ games and taken it a step further. For those not familiar with the concept, Civilization games are strategy games in which you start with a tiny group of settlers, and you must build your way to become the dominant empire through the ages. This includes a fine balance between economy, military defense and aggression, scientific advancement, city management, diplomacy, exploration, resource management, and espionage.

Sounds complicated? Well, yes, it is. But no, it isn't either. Sid Meier and friends have simplified the interface and gameplay mechanics so that the game is very intuitive. You are also no longer bogged down with many of the repetitive things you had to do in the previous games (with the help of features such as worker automation, city governors, better advisers, and automatic trade). A few new features such as great leaders, simplified combat, and different but realistic ways to win make this a much more polished, easier game to pick up, yet still maintaining the very deep strategic elements that have always made the Civ games stand apart.

Civilization 3 is highly recommended to any computer game fan. The only thing missing is a multiplayer component (which probably is a good thing, as the turns can take many, many minutes, especially in the latter stages of the game). The Limited Edition is a nice gimmick, which includes a fancy box, a tech chart, and an extra CD. But is it all worth the extra $10? Probably not. I got it because I liked the tin box, but the extra stuff are probably never going to get much use. Still, the box is nicely made. It's not like the Diablo II Limited Edition (there's no DVD movie disc), but it's something to think about if you're buying the game.

The Recent Trend...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: November 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The recent trend seems to be that almost every developer feels his product can walk on water and regardless of bugs or gameplay issues... releases it. This product is no exception... in fact it helps cement the trend into almost a rule. Perhaps next year this game, after being patched and repatched, will live up to 1% of the hype. Civilazation 3 from "The Great Sid Meier", bah... perhaps when he was innovative and spent time on his products! This game is nothing but a testament to his ego and disdain for his customers. Avoid this product like the plague... if you want a good CIV play experience pickup CIV II on discount... you'll wish you paid more for it, because it is what this game should have been.

Best Strategy Game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 17
Date: October 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the most inticipated game of the year, and of my life. I have been playing Civ. II for 4 years and can't wait for Civ. III to be release! I have been reading about this game for months, and if you like strategy games and history in general, you will fall in love with this game. Don't wait, order now.

Civ, Civ2, SMAC... and now CIV!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 30
Date: October 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

civ was and still is one of my favorite all time turnbased games. civ2 continued in that tradition but with better eyecandy. SMAC was just as addictive (but i still think that Civ and Civ2 were better). For turn based, world building, blood letting (in a pg2.. yes 2... sorta way), comercial/diplomatic cutthroat, all out addictive sorta game.... well it takes the cake. NOTHING before or after (or between) has been as good and you can bet this one is just as good. Sid Meyer is a genius and I am happy he decided to use that genius towards games.
Now enough of the dry comments..... Yes I got oil to trade.
How much? What about that neat tech youve been sporting in battle recently?
=)

If you can't do it better, don't do it at all!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

What a waste of money. The only thing in this that is better than civII is the borders,and the updated look. I'm still on the easy level and cant see how the other levels are playable when in the easy level you cant even get to end of the science tree before the game is over. Unless you build more than 50 cities. With that number of cities each turn will take roughly 20+ minutes, much longer if your at war. The whole game is not playable without the govener function on. You will forget what you wanted to do on that turn because you will be getting your cities out of civl disorder... The trade function is pointless, because no one will trade fairly. For example I was asked for three luxurys, two civ advances, and 130 gold per turn in excange for one luxury from them! You would be better off taking their city(s)... Resorces are crazy. Even with 50 cities you will find yourself searching the globe to get what you need to build units. Yet some of the AI players seem to always get them in their borders. Don't bother to build a colony, the AI players will just take it over by building a city next to it, and your S.O.L.. When I read about CIVIII a year ago, I thought this was to be less about war and more about deplomacy and trade, but neither works well in this game. So you have to battle it out which doesn't even work well(read the other reviews). It's not much different than CIV II, except that this one is a disapointing update. Hopefully next time if they can't do it better, they won't do it at all.

Another Civ Hit

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was very excited when I heard there would be a Civilizations III, but was worried when I saw it in the stores for the first time. I was worried that the visual improvements would come at a cost to the stragic portions. After playing only a couple of hours I realized how much more realistic the game is. Civ 3 is great! This game will most certainly will get the resentment of my wife as hours fly by!

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