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Best Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I started playing this game in the sixth grade. Now I'm about to graduate college and still find myself playing it. It's that addictive. You have to have a good imagination, however, to truly enjoy this game. It lets you envision yourself as ruler of a famous people (the English, the Mongols, the Americans, the Vikings, etc.) during every stage of human history.

The premise is simple: You start out with units called "settlers" and proceed to build cities, roads, and armies -- in other words, you build your own civilization. You also research different technologies and engage in diplomacy to help advance your civilization's status. You win either by conquering rival civilizations or building a space ship that reaches another planet. I always prefer to win by the former method. It's more fun! The graphics are not great by today's standards, but this does not diminish the quality of the game play. I have been playing this game for a decade, and I expect to still be playing it a decade from now.

fan-dabby-dozzy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

CIV II rocks. The best simplest most fun version
Worth every cent. Best game (and version) ever - EVER

..GREAT !!!...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: September 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

One of the best introductions I can imagine to world history. This game tests ones perceptions, stereotype and belief system as they explore the world of civilization development.

One of the most complex games that I have ever played, this includes chess.

One of the greatest games ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I played the original Civ as an undergrad and Civ 2 in graduate school. Just bought another copy of Civ 2 recently and remembered why I enjoyed it so much. As other descriptions note, you start out with a settler in the year 4000 BC and try to either colonize another planet or take over the world. Although you have the advantage of being familiar with the technologies you research along the way and how you'll be able to use them (something real civilizations didn't have), you play on a randomly generated map so every game is different. There are different levels of difficulty, a lot of options to customize the game to your liking, scenarios available on the Web to allow you to re-create historical wars, and even a Cheat Mode where you can pump up your defenses and crush your enemies when you're in the mood for revenge.

Civilizations II - Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is one of my favorite games. It is so addictive. It's great because, you can build your own cities, make armies to crush other civilizations, produce caravans to trade with other countries. You get to compete with other nations to see who will be the first to create wonders of the world. I find myself spending hours at a time playing this game. It's great!

Perfect Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My father has civilization 2 (I am 7 years old). There is also the Map Editor, a program that allows you to create and play on your own map. As your civilization gets more advanced you can build more guys. You win by either capturing the world or building a spaceship.

Favorite game of all time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was addicted to the original Civ, and then came along Civ II. I have tried Call to Power, Civ III, and Alpha Centari, but I always come back to Civ II. It is my all time favorite. It only takes a few years in a new game and I am totally engrossed. I lose hours and days at a time.

Want to lose weight? Start the Civ diet. You will choose Civ over food. Want to break an addiction? Civ will become your new addiction. Want to save your relationship? Well, you should take a break every once in a while.

Still #1 on my list

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

After playing this game for (yikes!) 9 years, I can say without a doubt that this is still the best turned-based strategy/empire building game ever. How can I say that? Simple. First, this game is not real-time strategy (RTS) in nature, so I clearly distinguish it from RTS games like Age of Empires (and others). Secondly, it never relied on graphics to sell itself. Way too many games today eat up RAM and require expen$ive video cards to do far less than this game does.

I had played the original Civilization (and loved it), but Civ II was a gigantic leap forward in game concept and design. The graphics were an improvement, yes, but I'm a child of the 70's, raised on Atari games. So I know that great games can have meager graphics. I also have learned that lousy games can have awesome graphics. Graphics get me to look at the game, but the game's overall concept and implementation keep me going long after the graphics have worn themselves out. Civ II is a game that long outlasted its graphics. Here's why:

1) Replayability: No two games are ever the same. That's even true of the scenarios. The choices for startup (world settings, civilization choices, game options, etc.) alone give you a fantastic variety that will allow you to keep trying the game from entirely new starting conditions. Even choosing the same options every time still leads to wildly different games each time, simply because the game is quite adaptable.

2) Strategy: Play the WWII scenario from nearly any of the 3 major sides (Axis, Allies, Russians) and you will find yourself learning-often times the hard way-that the European theater was not a forgone conclusion. The normal game mode is no less exciting for those who love exploring, building, expanding, and (of course) conquering.

3) Two different approaches to victory: This game is very good about not punishing the player for seeking a non-combative victory. The space race, while competitive, does not require direct aggression against the other civs. This can be a refreshing change for those who prefer to let their infrastructures do their fighting for them. I have tried both paths multiple times, and I can testify that both are equally challenging. I can also tell you that you get more points for winning the space race than for conquering everyone.

4) Scenarios: Whether building them or playing them, this feature of Civ II, along with a map builder utility, has provided me with countless hours of entertainment and challenge. It only gets better if you get the expansion packs.

Really, I can go on...and on. But these are the main reasons I will always keep a copy of Civ II on my computer. Even Civ III has not replaced it.

C2 is perhaps the game with the most fun but also the most basics.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Civ 2 is a great game despite the graphics (yes, all you people who want a great game, pick this up). The game proves to be hard on so many occasions that it literally becomes fun.

Anyway, I recommend this.

This game is so boring!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: December 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is extremely boring and very ugly! The graphics look like they came from the 80s and civ games are still coming out with the same old graphics. Ridiculous! This game is a waste of money and time. You may like it if you love ugly, terrible graphics, but for rts fans skip the whole series!

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