Civilization Call to Power

Pros: Deep gameplay, totally customisable
Cons: Very slow on older computers

Civilisation (or, as those over the pond call it, Civilization!) was one of the most important computer games ever released. It took the management / simulation genre onto a whole new level. Instead of managing a company or ...

Pros: A streamlined, more user-friendly version, but still true to the series
Cons: Bad tutorial, some graphical and sound troubles, no multiplayer

Few series of games are as venerable as the Civilization series. Just the sheer mention of Civ (as it's known to its loyal fans, who are generally too busy playing to take the time to refer to it by its full name) can produce a sigh of contentment in a...

Pros: Demands a whole new set of strategies, full customization possible.
Cons: Buggy A.I., no multiplayer, rigid editor.

Civilization 3 was without any doubt the most anticipated PC game of the year. That is not surprising, considering the fact that the original Civilization is still considered to be the most revolutionary computer game ever, and Civilization 2 keeps...

Pros: Countless hours of random games and options. Open ended gameplay choices.
Cons: Some aspects are clearly going to be tweaked with further patches, like corruption.

You will have to forgive my late review of this game. For Civilization 3 came out about 2 months ago, but it has taken up virtually all of my time, and not just my free time. My current mantra is “just one more turn”, with a look in my eye that is...

Pros: It's Civ, baby!
Cons: Game is buggy, slows down at around 700AD, new tweaks not all good.

Civilization.

This game series is responsible for an insane amount of people watching their GPA plummet after they spent one too many hours of the wee morning beating back the Americans, or dismissing Gandhi's threats of invasion, (backed by...

Pros: The best simulation game ever made,you get you money's worth
Cons: Tends to go slow late in the game, very addictive

Sid Meier's Civilization 3 is still the best PC game I ever played.It's so addictive, it will have you listening to the birds singing outside your window at 5:00 a.m.I've owned this game for about six months now and it's taken me this long to actually...

Pros: Built on a great foundation.
Cons: It's a foundation and nothing else.

Civlization 2 was released about six years ago to rave reviews. It's been hailed as one of the true PC game classics and Sid Meier, the creator, is a household name (well, in really dorky households).

It was so good, in fact, that years after...

Pros: Unique concept, incredible potential, works for the most part.
Cons: Not for those who are new to Civ games, very buggy, unfulfilled promises.

I had never played the Civ series of games before, but had played the tabletop game once, which I won. Looking for something new to tinker with after disappointing showings from Microsoft, Blizzard, Maxis and Westwood I looked to the Civ series. I...

Pros: Graphics, sound, AI, lots of gameplay
Cons: Diplomatic victories

It took Sid to get the whole Civilization train back on track. For those who are new to this name, the original Civilization was a DOS based game that came out about a decade ago. A few years later, Civilization II was released and enjoyed a tremendous...

Pros: Improves the original concept while still have the same feeling.
Cons: A little slow at times; probably hard to pick up for new players.

My first experience of computer strategy games and God games was on the Atari ST. I played a game called 'Empire' which was a very good early war game. I then played a game called 'populus' which was a resource planning game. I often wished someone would...

Pros: Great gameplay, nice new features.
Cons: Bit too similar to the original.

Civilization: Call to Power is another game in the ever-popular 'Civilization' series. Nothing has come close to (nor will ever for that matter) the original 'Civ', but at least Civilization: Call to Power has a similar game engine to the...

Pros: Slightly polished graphics
Cons: Replayability may not appeal to some.

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I love a good strategy, game and have been looking for one to fulfill the empty pangs left from Alpha Centauri and the last Master of Orion installment. After reading glowing reviews in the major computer...

Pros: Nice new graphics, interesting new trading system.
Cons: User-hostile interface, major flaws in resource allocation.

Since this is a negative review, I will first lay out the obligatory praise of previous games in this line. I played Civ for months when it first came out. I bought Civ II the first day it was released and spend just about every weekend for a year...

Pros: True to the Civ series, simple interface, game play improvements
Cons: The game will suck a big hole of time out of your life

Many of us have lost countless weeks of our lives playing Civilization I and II. For years we waited for a new version, and finally the answer is here. Some of us were fooled by Civilization 3: Call to Power, released by Activision. That game has since...

Pros: detailed strategy, good AI, many ways to win, many ways to lose
Cons: release version has a few bugs needing a patch.

Civilization has got to be one of the 3 games dearest to my heart. Along with Xcom and the Twinsen adventures (don't ask if you don't know) it seems to me to be the game with the sincerest heart, and the best designed and by far most addictive gameplay....