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Civilization 3 Complete Review (continued)
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Manufacturer: 2K Games
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ESRB Rating: Everyone
Platform(s): Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Release Date: July 29, 2005
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Date: 2005-11-10
Complete waste of time...almost.
I tried this game when it was first released with many bugs and found it almost unplayable. Then I downloaded the patch and things worked fine, but it seemed that the game was biased against me.
So I sold that copy and forgot about this game until this version came out. I figured that after all this time and feedback they must have fixed this game or tweaked it a bit at least in the gameplay area, but I was wrong.
This time I played the game very well only to get to the modern age and find that the only pool of oil is halfway around the world and one of the other "superpowers" has it. The opponent then builds tanks, which I can't, and destroys me after I've wasted (oops, I mean invested) many hours of gameplay.
It seems that you either:
1. Become a complete fanatic and study the fan sites and discussion boards and learn the specific peculiarities of the various civs and wind up playing it for years. (In other words, put in the time required to complete a law degree at night but rather than a new career you've got civ geeks you can chat with.)
2. Realize after playing for so many hours that the whole soundtrack is playing and looping in your head that the game is still flawed. It could have been tweaked a bit just to make it reasonably winnable. (Like, maybe distribute resources something like they are in the real Earth, with oil in a number of different continents.) But, the people behind the game didn't, and they got your money again, and you sell the game used and recover most of your money before the next version of this game comes out -- which it now has with apparently lots of bugs -- so I'll wait a year or two until it's fixed and buy a used copy and try again.
And, you correctly guessed that I chose option 2.
So, it's a five star fun game that could have been great with a little more fine tuning, but ends up being an exercise in futility.
Date: 2005-09-17
Best Game Ever!
This is by far the best strategy game ever developed in the computer gaming industry. I can't wait for Civ IV!!!
Date: 2005-08-28
Great Game If You Can Get It to Work; Recommend with Extreme Caution
Great Aspects:
If you can get the game properly installed and working, then it's well-worth the money. Between the many races, many ways to win, and the many paths to get to those wins (tech, weapons, diplomacy, etc.), this game is quite entertaining. The graphics and music are pretty good and the wide array of in-game options (as well as quick to learn) is a strong plus.
Downside:
Discs seem to have too much copy-protection on them to the point where legal copies of the game can't be read by some CD-drives. Atari tech support is extremly slow and useless and will blame the problem on you unless you really want to push them.
Summary:
The fun factor (5 stars) isn't in question here, it's the ability to actually play the game. If you have a slightly older CD-drive, you're probably okay. A new CD-ROM drive might present some serious difficulties. Don't hesistate to return the game if it doesn't work with your system.
Recommend with Extreme Caution.
Date: 2005-08-27
More Scenarios
I have enjoyed Civ from the beginning. The Civ3 scenarios are excellent. They give the flavor of the different periods and a good sense of history. however there are some scenarios in Civ2 that are not available in Civ3 that I am aware of and I keep hoping they will show up. The American Revolution, the American Civil War, WWI (even if it is only the European and Mediterranean theaters, and WWII European, Mediterranean and North African theaters. Make no mistake the scenarios available in Civ3 are excellent, ancient Mediterranean, ancient Japan, medieval, Napoleonic and the World War2 Pacific Campaign are all great. I'm sure there are some scenarios that I have left out. You can see those that I play most often.
Date: 2005-08-09
can't play
Newly purchases CIV 3 Complete was installed on newely recieved exchange pc for my hp Oavillion on which ieasily played cciv3 Gold and Conquests.replacemen per warrantee from Best Buy is a Gateway 507 GR does not play Civ 3 and conquests. I gave Civ 3 and conqeest to my niece who now enjoys them on her emachine. I purchased Civ3 complete assuming as it was a newer product any dificulty wihth the cheap intel chipsets Best Buy and Gateway are providing woulld have been worked out. in stead I have a brand new product on a lemon of a pc and can get no satisfaction from Best Buy or Gateway or Atari.
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