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Civ III...continuation of the BEST gaming experience ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 24
Date: August 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Having played my first Civ game in 1991 on my very first PC, I've been a fan of the series ever since, having owned and played every single published Civilization series game and spin off ever released.

While some will state that this is a rip-off to publish add-on packs for features that should have been included in the first place, that's another debate which I won't address, or knock stars off my rating for it.

Having seen pieces of the beta software and what is added, I say bring it on. I'll buy it and play it. If you're a hardcore Civ gamer, you'll love it!

Greatest Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 74
Date: September 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Civilization III is one on the best RTS games ever. I didn't like it at first but as soon as I gave it a chance I fell in love with it.

Graphics - 7.5
Game Play - 8.0
Controls - 8.5
Variety in playable characters - 10

I love how you can play from Cleopatra to Caesar to even President Lincoln of the united states. This game is Great, I highly recommend it.

I also recommend, in the RTS - (Real Time Strategy), category.

Stronghold
Stronghold Crusader
Age of Empires II expansion

Empire Earth
StarCraft
StarCraft II

So far it's great!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 34 / 60
Date: September 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm a long-time fan of Civ, including Civ III, and I'm in the beta test program for this expansion pack. While I'm not allowed to say anything specific about the game, I think it's safe for me to say that I can't wait to have a copy of the final version. Civ Conquests does everything right to make some bite-sized chunks of Civ -- now I find myself playing the scenarios all the time instead of the main game, just because I can finish them faster. If you've ever played and liked Civ III, there's absolutely no reason not to pick this up.

good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 32
Date: September 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Um, Felini this game isn't a RTS it's a turn based strategy, and like most TBS the games do take a long time to finish, but it's a pretty fun game. I'm in the beta right now and it is definatly worth picking up on oct 28.

Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 47
Date: September 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've been a Civ gamer since as long as I can remember. I have every Civ game made so ive got quite a bit of experience. This game is great. I heartily recommend It to anyone who likes strategy games. Im going to preorder this soon(I havent already) But I know that It will better than any Civ to date.

***Set Your Expectations***

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 351 / 376
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've only been playing this expansion for a few days, but I'm disappointed. Mostly by one thing: there's some misleadin' goin' on. For one thing, this expansion includes both the features from Play the World and the new items. This is OK; this was explicit in the product description. Unfortunately, it didn't differentiate between what is from PtW and what is in Conquests, so "five new Wonders" means "four new wonders--oh, and the one from PtW."

Fair enough. It isn't that big of a deal. But it also lists all kinds of things: you can trade salt! And exotic birds! And you can switch to the Tribal Council government! Except for one thing--whoops!--these are only available in the specific campaigns in the game. They do not show up on the normal game. This infuriates me, because quite frankly what's left ain't worth the thirty bucks I knew I'd regret putting down for this. The non-campaign specific features that are added aren't even close to being anything more than what should show up on a patch.

Firaxis has done this to me before, and I'm starting to feel like a punching bag. They do put out an excellent product, but they rake you over the coals with crap like this. (The Civilization III Gold pack--which had Civ III + PtW, but not this product--conveniently came out about a week before Conquests was announced. Thanks, guys!)

I'll be the first to admit that there's a handful of good things to come out of this. Two new government types (Feudalism and Fascism) are nice, though they don't seem to be much of an alteration of existing governments. New civilizations keep things interesting but are by no means all that impressive. The new civilization attributes (Agricultural and Seafaring) are kind of cool. I think the new specialists (Policeman and Civil Engineer) will be helpful, but I haven't been able to use them to their full potential yet. But that's it. Everything else that's new are just refinements and settings. The few things that are wrong with Civilization III are still wrong (lousy alliance AI, dragging end game, impossible-to-please diplomacy, inherent bias against any type of victory except bloodlust). I like the new additions. I don't like being fooled.

Very fun expansion

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 20
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a nicely done expansion pack. I found Conquests challenged me to play in all new ways. It also adds a lot to the original Civ3 if you don't even want to play the conquests. Lots of great Civilizations and units. I have to thank Sid, because this is a great game without added gameplay and they just keep making it more fun and giving me more stuff to do.

Missing Bonus Disk

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 57
Date: November 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Did anybody receive the promised Bonus Disc? It seems Amazon is denying its existence and Atari says that Amazon should have it. The link on the Civ III site is gone and it isn't in the google cache.

New Improvements for Grand Old Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 25 / 26
Date: November 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

CIV3 Conquests is the second expansion pack for the original Civ3 game, and the improvements are welcome. In addition to some intriguing new scenarios (not yet tried by this reviewer) Sid and the gang have tweaked the game play, and added new civilizations, bringing the total up to 31. Two new civilization characteristics have been added, agricultural and seafaring (note that the English from the original game are now seafaring), and several new resources have put in appearance in the main game: I have noted the presence of bananas and tobacco. And as if those endless jungles are not sufficiently maddening, players now have marshlands and volcanos to deal with.

There are two new, even harder game levels for the maschoists. And there are several new wonders. The tech tree has been made more logical, too. Now you can't trade maps until you research navigation, and to trade communications you have to have the printing press (also logical). Best of all, perhaps, watercraft appear early in the game with the curragh. Although you can't load units into these, they can still map out a lot of territory for you before you can build galleys (which these upgrade to). Maybe now you'll not be so quick to throw up your hands when you discover your civ. is alone on an island and reroll.

Early wonders, which expire before ye hardly knew them now play a part later in the game too, as they become tourist attractions.

There are two new governments, feudalism and fascism, when turn up at appropriate places on the tech tree, and you'll probably want to experiment playing some of the new civs--especially if, like so many people, you decided to skip the "Play the World" expansion pack. All of its civs are included here, as are the improvements introduced in that expansion pack, among them the ability to move all units in a stack with one mouseclick.

Enjoy!

Noo! Do not buy it!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 16
Date: November 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Please save yourself and your marriage....
I bought it, installed it, started playing it and now I have no life....:(

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