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Definitely different from CiV ... good!

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This is very different IMO from the original Civ and Civ II. I think it's almost a history lesson disguised as a game. Sure you can be a bully and stomp the natives, etc. but there is payback at the darndest times. Eventually the natives and settlers will clash, but there is more going on to distract the player: a distant ruler who is painfully capricious and foreign wars that butt in on the business of trying to build viable colonies. That is the key word: Viable. You have to be able to stand on your own because push will come to shove eventually and outside help is just not there unless you show that you can shove on your own and are not just a paper tiger. It's old, the graphics can be corny, the music can get old (slip your own CD in to change the background mood music!), but it is extremely flexible in its challenges. A classic and a keeper. I enjoy the Civ series, but this is a welcome change.

Great Game... a few bugs, but a great gaming experience!

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I bought this game twice, because the first game had a huge bug in it that I thought might have been just the CD I bought. It wouldn't allow me to save a game. When I purchased the second one, it still wouldn't allow me to save the game. I have not heard of ANYONE else having this trouble (and I know at least 8 people who own this game) but it doesn't matter anyway... this game play is so addictive that I will stay up for HOURS until the game is over. Like so many, I will play game after game if you let me!

The graphics are simple and not up to what would be expected from a PS3 fanatic, but they were quite excellent for the time in which the game was created. And even today I enjoy playing the game as much as I always did. I haven't had a problem getting it to play on an XP system, but I do still have the "can't save" problem on this computer, so maybe I Just had really bad luck twice. Whatever the case, the game is worth not having a save ability. The game is set in the time period of the American Revolution. I like the "Founding Father's" deal where you earn Sacagawea, Thomas Jefferson and what not. I often play this game with my 9 year old and we end up reading about these historical figures later on. So in that sense it's not only fun, it fosters learning! What's better than that?

classic

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I bought this game along with the first edition of Civilization many years ago. Unfortunately, we updated the computer, and the new Windows operating systems couldn't work with it anymore. But, now it can be played on XP, which makes me very happy, because even after some 9 years without playing it, I still miss it.
The game has endless possibilities for playtime. I would pay several games in one sitting, even though they could span hours each. It's as simple as Oregon Trail, but more fun because you have more control over the game. You buy supplies from overseas, or buld the proper structures to produce it in your colonies, establish trade routs, build alliances with the natives and other countries who are colinizing, and have a revolution. When you decide to split off from the motherland, you have a revolution, and the citizens divide, lessening your resources, and then the King's men come from across the sea, and the war begins. Good times

Great Classic Game!

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Forget the other review as it sounds like he never even played the game but just has fun leaving bad reviews! I played this game a long time ago and I have to tell you it was up there with the Civilizations series. It was simple and easy to learn and Still is. Instead of focusing on the world as the Civ series does this mostly focuses on the time period of the New world and goes up till a little after the period when America becomes independent. This Windows Jewelcase version also works on Windows XP! So as for being an old game yes it is but it's a rare classic that every PC gamer should at least try.