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Summary: I bought Civ3 and went back to CTP2!
Review: Yes, this game is quite old now, however, I dig it out and play it every 3 months or so. I have also been able to get several friends into it... even recently! They didn't mind that the graphics look a bit out-dated, especially compared to the ("fisher-price" looking) Civilization 3.I have played Civilization 3, and was severely disappointed that it was not multiplayer (CTP2 has always been multiplayer). The first expansion pack to Civ3; "Play the World" made the game multiplayer... and added some interesting variations (like not having to wait for other players to finish - something that was not implemented into CTP2). But at the end of the day, we did not enjoy it as much as a good old multiplayer game of Call to Power 2! Also CTP2 you can eventually build under the sea, Civ3 can't! The technology in CTP2 is far more evil than the tame Civ3... it feels that CTP2 covers 3x more technology than Civ3. Also, armies can be configured to attack as one group, in Civ3 everything has to attack separately... This is only a taste of what is missing in Civ3, compared to abundantly featured CTP2! Why play the latest game, if it is far less fun than the previous version? Beware: In multiplayer; Once every 1-4 games or after about 20 hours of play, the game crashes, and you may have a challenge getting back the multiplayer (auto-save) game... really annoying after 15 hours of constant play to have to start it over, totally from scratch again! So _manually_ save often! Buy this for $10 or so, then hire Civ3 and be glad you saved your $60... you'll see what I mean. ;-)
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