Description:Starting out with just a single unit and knowledge of a small local area, your challenge is to guide your civilization into becoming the dominant force, either by conquering every other civilization or by sending a spaceship to Alpha Centauri.
As you'd imagine, a lot of challenges come into such a task. You must locate cities so asStarting out with just a single unit and knowledge of a small local area, your challenge is to guide your civilization into becoming the dominant force, either by conquering every other civilization or by sending a spaceship to Alpha Centauri.
As you'd imagine, a lot of challenges come into such a task. You must locate cities so as to make use of food, construction and trade resources, which can be later improved by constructing irrigation, roads, mines, railroads, and farmland. Each city can construct one item at a time - military units, buildings or Wonders of the World (there are 28 of these across the different eras of the game, and only one city can possess each one). The buildings and wonders have different effects - some improve defenses, while others improve scientific research, trade or food output.
There are over 100 scientific discoveries in the game, and most require you to have certain knowledge before they can be discovered. How quickly this happens depends on your scientific output, which must be traded off against financial and military concerns.
Combat can occur in cities or in the open terrain - things like forests and mountains give the defense an advantage. Unlike the original Civilization, fights aren't always won outright - sometimes a unit will survive but damaged (reducing its movement speed and attacking prowess until it's repaired). If multiple units are in a square that come sunder attack, the strongest unit fights - unless it is a city or Fortress, all units will be lost if the fight is lost. Once a city has no defensive units left, it can be captured. Certain units have the ability to cover all squares as fast as if they were roads, only a few can see submarines, and air units require re-fueling in a friendly city.
There are up to 6 other Civilizations in the game, and keeping good diplomatic relations with these is crucial. At times you may want to trade knowledge or pool military resources with a neighbor - at others they may want to destroy you. If you make deals and go back on them your reputation is affected.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Hasbro Interactive Release date : 29 February 1996 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0019703492470 UPC: 019703492470
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#1: Civilization II - 1996 MicroProse
If this was not the hardest category for me to choose, it was so close as to be almost indistinguishable. I spend far more time on RPGs and turn-based Strategy games than most any other genre. And there are far too many great games in this category to count. While I attempted to choose only those four below that I return to more often, there are several that could easily replace those listed. As for number one, for me, there was no other game on here, exc"
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One of the sayings my friends and I have on these Civ games is that every other game in the series is a gem. While strictly speaking that's not entirely true (the original was a great game in its own right), that simply means that the sequels of every game take the previous title and fix the flaws and expand its potential. The original Civ was a great game, but with one large flaw: it had a randomness that allowed a spearman to kill a fleet of armored tanks. Obviously, this didn't happen all t"
LordDarkrai added this to a list 8 months, 2 weeks ago
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2: Expanded on the first very well. Added a much needed proper battle system. I played it a lot. Recommended.
Gota
I also loved civ 2 which is just a classic ..."
The Doctor added this to a list 1 year, 2 months ago
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Civ II is little simpler than higher ranked part IV. Though dated, the game stands test of time still today. Its matter of preference whether you like this or the newer ones better cause theyre both very good."
Marty McFly added this to a list 3 years, 5 months ago
"1996 - Listed in top 5 greatest games of all time on many sites, CivII took the winning formula from the original and improved every single aspect of it. The view changed from top-down to isometric, graphics were improved, units gained 'firepower' and 'hit points' to help stop spear guys from defeating battleships, AI was greatly improved, most windows became clickable and movable, and of course more units, more scenarios, more city improvements, more technologies, more world wonders, and an im"
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