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Great Game, But Some Changes from Civ 2 are not for better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: November 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Over all, I really like the game. Most of the changes from Civ 2 are good, but there is one REALLY annoying one that costs this version a full star, one and a half if I could, and that is the fact that ships and planes cannot destroy units. They can only bombard them, which can weaken them to a point where they're ALMOST finished, but they cannot finish them off themselves. Planes can destroy planes, ships can destroy ships, but planes cannot destroy ships or land units, and ships can't destroy land units (or planes). I would imagine that the makers had many complaints about this and hopefully they'll put it back the way it was for Civ IV. If your a Civ nut, buy it. If not, wait for Civ IV.

I *was* excited about this game, too bad it hoovers the tool

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 26
Date: August 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The AI is good and the graphics are nice. However the performance is abominable. I have been running this on two Macs, a PowerMac G4 733 with 1.5Gb of RAM and a Dual 1Ghz PowerMac with 1.5Gb of RAM and performance on both platforms is completely unacceptable. It is obvious to me that the programmers at Firaxis didn't do any usability testing or performance QA before they shipped this. Civilization Call to Power on a G3 is a speed demon compared to this game on the G4. I don't know what's wrong with this game but I'm giving up on the Mac version as it is just too slow to play. I strongly recommend avoiding the Macintosh version of this game, it's awful.

An overall great game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: August 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I recently purchased Civ III for my Mac and was quite content even after reading some of the nasty reviews about it. Many people say that not much has changed, but honestly people, what were you expecting? If you wanted a completely changed game, why did you buy a Sid Meier game? It's the same basic format, just with more eye candy, and more realistic, which is all I really wanted. They've also got patches and maps and even an expansion coming out to boot! My only complaint is that it does react a little slowly, but that's a price I'm willing to pay. I'd urge you to buy this game if you liked the other civ games.

Civilization Evolves

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was hesistant to buy this sequel of a sequel game, wondering if it was worth the money. I would have to definitly say yes. Whether it is as good as Civ 2 is debatable, but at least it is different enough to bring back some of the fun and novelty to this decade-old franchise.

They have incorporated a number of changes from Alpha Centauri, like the unique factions/nations, separating settlers and workers, and adding borders. Unique to this game, and a great addition, is the cultural aspect, which defines your borders and gives you more incentive to build libraries, temples and certain wonders. Having strong culture can lead to bordering cities of culturally inferior civs voluntarily joining you without firing a shot.

The diplomacy of the game has been greatly improved, although I find the AI a bit unreasonable, but Teddy Roosevelt's "Speak softly and carry a big stick" work's out that problem.

Minor complaints are that the wonder movies are rather unimpressive, and your advisors no longer speak. I don't miss the animated heralds at all. You also have no way of customizing your civ, but that is understandable considering other features of the game.

I am hoping that MacSoft will port the expansion, with the King feature and eight new civs (many of them which were dropped from Civ 2).

Bottom line: if you are a civ fan, and tired of playing the 1996 Civ 2, the get this game. If not, there's probably not much to lure you to this game.

Mac version has no editor

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The ad says it comes with an editor for the maps and etc. This is not true, unless you have a PC. They have been promising this for a long time, and I am beginning to get tired of playing this game and still no editor. This is unacceptable support from the publishers.

It is a good game. I have played it a lot in the last six months, but the delay on the editor is now becoming a real sore point. I would give it 5 stars otherwise. It plays well, and with plenty of speed on my flat-screen iMac, by the way. This will be a great game when the publishers live up to their advertising and supply the editors. It is just wrong to advertise this product as coming with an editor. Shame on you for deceptive advertising!

Incompatible with older iBooks

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: March 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I played Civ 3 on a friend's PC and loved it so much I couldn't wait for the Mac version to come out. I still think that the game itself is great, but it turns out that if you have an older iBook, as I do (the clamshell style that came in different colors), you absolutely should not buy Civ 3 because you won't be able to play it on your computer. Old iBooks cannot even open the program because it requires a higher resolution than the computer can support (the max resolution an old iBook can support is 800x600 and the bare minimum resolution that the game requires is something like 1024x768). The box doesn't mention this resolution requirement. So I guess I'm reinstalling my copy of Civ 2 today. Pretty disappointing.

Civilization III Rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Civ3 is a great strategy game that tests your skills of ruling an empire. It is really easy to use, especially if you customize the rule in the CivIII Editor. Civ3 has okay graphics, but that can be overlooked since the rest of the game is excellent.

More than I Expected

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't play many computer games but a couple of Amazon.com reviews made Civilization 3 seem worth the investment and in the short few weeks I've had the game it has paid huge dividends. While I enjoy the escape it offers, starting with a warrior and moving through the various ages that defined the competing civilizations in our world is a "blast". What I appreciate most about the game, though, is the effect its had on my ten year old son. The game has helped him formulate some really cool questions, like "Dad, what is Sun Tzu's Art of War?"

thanks to civ iii, i no longer sleep!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Civ iii is a remarkable improvement to Civ ii. It is a smoother playing game, and the new and various ways of winning keeps it challenging and exciting. The fact that one no longer needs to be a vicious war loving maniac to win gives even a peace-nik such as myself hopes of a win. There are trade-offs, but all in all, it is a very satisfying and addictive game.

Addictive!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: August 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...[Darn] this game is fun. Rich, thought-provoking, exciting. I knew I was a goner when it was 6 in the morning and I could barely bring myself to quit the game I was playing.

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