Civilization 3 Limited Edition Tin

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Summary: If you can't do it better, don't do it at all!
Review: What a waste of money. The only thing in this that is better than civII is the borders,and the updated look. I'm still on the easy level and cant see how the other levels are playable when in the easy level you cant even get to end of the science tree before the game is over. Unless you build more than 50 cities. With that number of cities each turn will take roughly 20+ minutes, much longer if your at war. The whole game is not playable without the govener function on. You will forget what you wanted to do on that turn because you will be getting your cities out of civl disorder... The trade function is pointless, because no one will trade fairly. For example I was asked for three luxurys, two civ advances, and 130 gold per turn in excange for one luxury from them! You would be better off taking their city(s)... Resorces are crazy. Even with 50 cities you will find yourself searching the globe to get what you need to build units. Yet some of the AI players seem to always get them in their borders. Don't bother to build a colony, the AI players will just take it over by building a city next to it, and your S.O.L.. When I read about CIVIII a year ago, I thought this was to be less about war and more about deplomacy and trade, but neither works well in this game. So you have to battle it out which doesn't even work well(read the other reviews). It's not much different than CIV II, except that this one is a disapointing update. Hopefully next time if they can't do it better, they won't do it at all.

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Summary: I see more sleepless nights
Review: When Civ 2 came out it caused me to lose track of time. I have seen the same thing happening now. Civ 3 is a great game which offers many hours of entertainment which will make you wish there was more time in the day. For either the new Civ player, or a returning Civ addict, this game will not dissapoint. While it is an incredible game, there are some flaws (...). In some cases it is a metter of pushing the 'i believe button' (tanks vs. archers) because it allows balance in the game to a degree. Other flaws such as corruption can be fixed with patches (if you decide to take an easy way) available at Civ 3 fan sites by doing a simple search on the internet.
Overall it is an excellent game which shows that you don't need mindblowing AI to enjoy yourself on a lazy weekend.

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Summary: ALL CIVZ AND NOW THE BEST
Review: When Civ 2 came out, it was the greatest most in depth game ever made, and I played it for hours on end. Giving people the ability to deal with diplomacy commerce military religeon and city building of a vast empire. The game spanned from 4000 bc to 2020 AD, having the technology vastly change. Creating a giant empire by hand was one of the greatest thrills ever, facing leaders like Abe Lincoln, Gengis Khan, and Shaka Zulu. Unlike most strategy games, the civ series is played like a very very complex boardgame, making it more of a strategy game than simply who can click the fastest. Civ 3 adds many different options too the game. The greatly enhanced graphics will make the game even greater eye candy, along with the new culture system, which will affect how a leader deals with conquered cities and his/her own cities. Another difference i have heard of will be the Unique Units for each civilization. For instance, the german unique unit is Panzier tanks, while the mongols is horse archers, and the Persians have 'immortals'. ALL of these things together promise to make one of the most complex, exciting, game ever made. BUY IT!!

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Summary: Do not buy the tin version
Review: You get the nice box, sure, but the added stuff is not worth the extra $$$.

Buy the game in a "normal" box, I wish I had.