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A solid game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I heard that Call To power 2 (from now on CTP2) was coming out I was excited. When Call To Power 1 came out Critics trashed the game. It had used the civilization name and instead of a Add on to Civ2 it was a hole new game. That game had some good new ideas. However it had so many hole it did not look like a totaly finished product. CTP2 is a very good sequal. It patches up some of the whole like archers beaten fighters. It is a solid game but the addictiveness is not quites there as it was for CIV2. For this game when I say just 1 more turn it really is just one more turn. This game does have some excelent points that you should at least try out. Boarders are a huge plus and the new Diplomatic area is great. If you like CPT1 than this will be a great game for you. While if you are looking to try out civilation genra than wait for CIV3.

It takes a while!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game about a year ago. I brought it home and played on it for a while however I lost intrest and that was that. Months later I got it out again and became addicted. The graphics are NOT brilliant but it is brilliant stratigic wise and lots of fun. I notice the other reviews contrast each other! I believe that the good reviews are done by the people who gave the game time and the bad ones are done by the people who gave up on the game as soon as they got it.
In conclusion to this I highly recomend this game and once you get it give it time to grow on you!!!

Better Than The First

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: November 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is a little buggy but they will all get worked out with patches and such, but other than that Its better than the first without a doubt.

nice...but a little buggy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I am a fan of the civilization sieries and eagerly awaited the release of Call to Power 2. Although quite similar to Call to Power I, there were several changes that improved gameplay. However, the software is quite buggy and ruined the experience. Several times the game wwould just quit because it had perfomed "an illegal opperation" when i tried to load a game. And several times messeges would come up that made no sense as if the game didnt know what was happing. Im not going to play anymore until Activision releases a patch because the bugs ruin the game.

Just Fell Short

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

While this is a fun game overall they managed to fall short of what most civ fans expect. The interface is not the best. The game is much too easy to master. Definately an improvement over Call to Power 1 but if your a devoted fan of this genre I would recommend getting Civilization III and staying away from the Call to Power series.

Call to Power II is a big improvement over its predecessor

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Although the graphics are poor, as in all games of this type, the game is excellent. It is hard to tear yourself away when one sits down and starts playing. From the great installation to the superb videos, and from the exciting gameplay to the fine multiplayer options, all aspects of the game were gone over with a fine comb. The gameplay spans many millennia, taking you through various different ages. There are also a great number of units, cities and buildings, and all are unique. However, it may seem peculiar that Susan B. Anthony builds the Great Wall or that Napoleon Bonaparte build the Chitzen Itza. The various civilizations that one is able to play do not show any particularities, and they are all identical. Which brings us to the diplomacy manager. This, along with the rest of the interface, is the best I have ever seen in a game of this type. Although it may seem a bit confusing and overwhelming, you'll quickly get used to it. To finish off, I strongly recommend this game to everyone, except for the most hardcore gamer, who might find the game boring. Activision has outdone itself (again), without the help of Mr. Meier.

TOTALY AWSOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: October 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome!! In my last review, I said there wasn't any way to cheat for all the map and Advances. I was wrong. I found a way shortly after that. Now I'm having loads of fun with my copy. I like the new units and new looks for some of the units from Civilization: Call To Power I. The planning can get compicated sometimes. Other than that, this game is TOTALY AWSOME!

Not realistic enough

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is the fourth (I think) in a series of games that is now nearly a decade old. Being unfamiliar with the earlier versions, I had to judge this games strictly on its own merits, and by that standard, it satisfies me, but not completely. OK, the bad news first. This game is sometimes prone to crashing unexpectedly, so as a precaution you should save the game every several turns or risk losing centuries of progress due to a crash. If you crash repeatedly, you must then restart your computer, resulting in a long delay. Also, during normal game play, you tend to bounce around a lot from area to area, sometimes resulting in frustration if you want to stay in one place after ending a turn. You also see strange things like ships passing through narrow strips of land, or airplanes hovering motionless in the air between turns. The AI opponents are lacking in both diplomatic common sense and military cunning, and can be beaten easily because they tend to stack many units together only in their own cities and attack your empire with only one or two units at a time. Not smart at all! A serious puzzle about this game is that it has Space Flight as an advance, but the Space Plane unit is only used to transport land units from one side of the world to another, making it of limited value to a player. Also, why is the Facism advance appearing BEFORE the Nationalism advance, rather than the other way around??? Clearly the game is not realistic enough. It's good to boost your ego by crushing an incompetent AI opponent, but don't expect the real world to be anything like this. The best feature of this game has to be the Diplomacy Manager, which allows various offers and counter-offers to be made and even enables you to threaten your opponent for being difficult. The game's historical notes are detailed and readable and the issues raised by it regarding pollution and the "Zero Crime Bill" were still good food for thought. I only hope they can design a future version of this game that is based strictly on real history. After all, the idea of a fascist America crushing a democratic Nigeria doesn't appeal to me at all!

Terrible, don't waste money wait for civ3

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: May 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Activision can't make Civilization, only Sid Meirs can. don't waste money wait for Civilization 3

best strategy game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 95
Date: August 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is the best civilization game yet! It has the ultimate 3D gafics and has over two thasand years of game play.

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