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Just one more turn...my God, it's 4:30 in the morning!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a common refrain for players of this insanely addictive game. If you've played it then no doubt you've had your own experience of a time warp. Start with a humble little band of settlers and after hours of pushing back the darkness of your unexplored surroundings don't be surprised to find yourself totally engossed; perhaps in a massive civilizational war with one of the opposing tribes or involved in a desperate effort to hold things together in the face of unhappy citizens, polluted cities, scattered settlements and scare benefits. Researching, exploring, building, and conquering are your main activities. Time, decisions, choices are your main challenges. Tactically you are faced with deciding on location and number of cities. What tradeoffs are you going to make between city improvements and military forces? On the bigger strategic scale decide between war and peace and expansion or consolidation.

There are various approaches to winning, many wonders to be discovered, vast lands to be explored and hours of fun to be had. Just one more turn...

Tremendous replayability

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 03, 1999
Author: Amazon User

To give you an idea of what a great game this is, I bought it back in the spring of 1996. Soon after, I started at noon on a weekend and played straight through to midnight. I ate in front of the computer while playing.

Three and a half years later, I still find myself playing the game once in a while. In the intervening time, I've gone through the Fantastic Worlds supplement and "Call to Power" (aka Civ 3). The original Civ 2 just has a freshness to it that is quite remarkable.

The secret to the game? (1) keep building settlers, then form new cities; (2) get to Monarchy, and then to Democracy; (3) start converting other cities to your civilization via diplomats/spies; (4) once you get the Stealth technology, switch to Fundamentalism; (5) thrash your opponents; (6) leave one enemy civilization with one city; (7) build the spaceship; (8) launch in 2007 or 2008.

Many of the Wonders of the World are nice but not necessary. You want the Great Library, Adam Smith's Trading, the two science wonders, the UN, and Hoover Dam.

Avoiding Gettysburg

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Civ II is the only game that manages to combine strategy and tactics in the same game, making me play it over and over. Tactics is not enough. I cannot get interested in re-fighting the Battle of Gettysburg, when everyone knows that Lee should never have gone NEAR Gettysburg. Strategy is not enough. Who wants to be Mr. Speer, building stuff but not deciding how it fights? Civ II gives me both, so it is my favorite game of all time. Of course you won't want this expanded game if you already own the previous edition.

Civilization 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Great. My teacher put it on the computer at school and all the boys love it. Good planning and stratagey are a key to this game. Kids in my class even went out and bought the game. If he finds the game, he will buy some and sell it to the boys.

Warning.....This game is EXREMELY addictive!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have owned this games for a few years and have literally lost months of my life to it. While the graphics are not the greatest, the gameplay keeps you involved for hours (months, years...). It is pure strategy. I never grow tired it. The World War II scenario is fantastic.

All in all, it is the best money I have ever spent.

A great sequel to a great game Buy it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I got the multiplayer gold edition of this game, in which you could play online. It also included many scenarios. This is a very addictive game, the scenarios and scoring give this game infinite replay value, and it can be played hours and hours without blinking. If you can find the multiplayer gold edition I recommend that more because it has scenarios, and the scenario editor. This is a great game and anybody who likes Real time or turn based strategy will get a real kick out of this game, as I know I have

best computure game around

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: September 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i love this game you can spend days playing it and always get a different outcome my brother had the gold edition which is better because it has all the scenarios but this is a great game it does get boring though when you control most of the world but its still very addictive

Great follow up

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is extremely fun and addictive. Just remember, it is all about tanks.

A timeless game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game this weekend and YIKES is it addictive! I got it in a bargin pack of games at Best Buy and now I'm searching for the expansion packs. Sure it's old, but it's still a fantastic game. Get it!!

love or hate

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

i loved the game i dont have it on my computer at home but my freind brout in to school last year and i love i have the best score

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