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Summary: This game is Awesome!
Review: All Right, so it was made in 1998, but this game still rocks. The Multiplayer modes are Crazy Monkey, especially Hotseat where you play against your friends on the same computer. (try bribing their cities without them knowing. tee hee) There are so many scenarios that you won't get tired of it, because first of all, there too many scenarios to count, and second of all, you can play as different civilizations within the same scenario. You can take Rome, settle Canada or go Crusading if you feel like it. The diplomatic capabilities are super huge unlike the AoE series, (meaning no disrespect, those are some tight games) and you can just sit back and watch your numerous bribed allies destroy themselves while you thrive. There are a wide variety of difficulty levels so you can work your way up. Also, every scenario has a different set of units, so you'll have to have different strategies for each. The game is turn-based, so you can take your time and not rush about things. Two thumbs up. -RangerChad
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Summary: This game is Awesome!
Review: Civ2 is about planning for the long run, while remaining viable in the present. The ultimate goal of the game is to either make it to Alpha Centauri first or wipe everyone else off the face of the planet. You have to balance scientific development, military expansion/protection, and your people's happiness. If any one of these factors falls too far behind your competitors your civilization could be in serious trouble. This is a great game, but very time intensive. It takes a while to build an army to go wipe out your neighbor or make it up the technology ladder to build a spaceship. However, the time invested is well worth it. Seeing your enemies grovel as you capture all their cites or trump them technologically is simply wonderful. There is a lot of micromanaging of cities needed as well, especially as your empire grows larger. However, once given an instruction your cities are good about following it, as long as the people stay happy. I recommend this game for all ages. It doesn't have graphic violence, and the military route isn't a must. You can win the game with peaceful intentions as long as you are prepared to defend yourself.
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Summary: Strategy
Review: Civ2 is about planning for the long run, while remaining viable in the present. The ultimate goal of the game is to either make it to Alpha Centauri first or wipe everyone else off the face of the planet. You have to balance scientific development, military expansion/protection, and your people's happiness. If any one of these factors falls too far behind your competitors your civilization could be in serious trouble. This is a great game, but very time intensive. It takes a while to build an army to go wipe out your neighbor or make it up the technology ladder to build a spaceship. However, the time invested is well worth it. Seeing your enemies grovel as you capture all their cites or trump them technologically is simply wonderful. There is a lot of micromanaging of cities needed as well, especially as your empire grows larger. However, once given an instruction your cities are good about following it, as long as the people stay happy. I recommend this game for all ages. It doesn't have graphic violence, and the military route isn't a must. You can win the game with peaceful intentions as long as you are prepared to defend yourself.
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Summary: Best Game Ever
Review: Civilization II Multiplayer Gold online combines the excellent and varied and challenging fun of Civilization II with the cunning of your friends and their personal vendettas against you for taking out their girlfriend! The different scenarios add a new dimension as well. Consider playing the South against the North and see if you CAN win! Parents, it's historically informative and mentally stimulating as well. And not particularly violent. Play it against your kids! And best of all, perhaps, it doesn't require the latest computer with a zillion gigahertz. I play it on my older computer, a pentium I. Go for it!
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Summary: Great Game!!!!
Review: Hours of fun, will be played for many years!
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Summary: THIS GAME ROCKS!!!!
Review: I LOVE THIS GAME!!! This game is so much fun, I love the Multiplayer & the Scenarios!
Like the Civil War Scenario, the Revolution one, the Napoleon one
& the one with all the Elves & Dwaves & Orcs & All.
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Summary: One of the best Strategy Games of all time!!!
Review: So, you just read my title line... Am I stretching the truth? No. I have played this game for YEARS. I first began to play it in 1996. First thing to note: if you have Civilization 2, the major upgrade here is the ability to play over a network (which works pretty darn well). Second: this pack also includes some quite impressive scenarios. To be honest, I was surprised at the Viking scenario, it was truly different from the standard Civ2 game. Overall, the beauty of this game is that is is deep, yet easy to learn. It is fun, but not "arcade-like". There is strategy, but it is tempered with action. You can be: diplomatic or iron-fisted, peaceful or war-like, science oriented or a land-grabber or even a money grubber. This game has nearly every facet of enjoyment that you could hope for. The most amazing thing is that you can learn something new nearly everytime you play. The key features to the game are as follows:
Build Cities and Improvements (like aqueducts, etc)
Build Wonders of the World (which give you special traits)
Build Armies
Establish trade routes
Conquer Enemies
Ally with friends
Expand your population
and finally...
Build and send a space ship to Alpha Centauri Simply put, this game is stunning. You will lose many good hours of your life into it...and never feel an iota of guilt or regret. This game works well on all PCs from a Pentium 90 and up, so if your machine is older, no worries. This is unquestionably the best strategy game I have ever played.
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Summary: Civ II
Review: This is a great edition to your collection of games. Not the best graphics, and may not be as exciting because it is turn-based, but is very addictive. You can build cities, attack and make piece with other civilizations and it has some educational qualities. The multiplayer is fun but, it you have to wait long waits until it is your turn. If your patient it is great. I would reccomend this to anyone who likes civilization managing games should definitly add this to their collection.
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Summary: Best Strategy Game Ever?
Review: Turn-based strategy is a kind of archaic genre. Not in the sense that it can't be great--4 of 5 of Computer Gaming World's nominees for best strategy game in 2003 were turn-based--but that it hearkens back to an earlier era, before Real Time Strategy games like "WarCraft" and "Command and Conquer" ruled the earth. There's less immediacy to a turn-based game. They favor long, drawn-out thought and elaborate moves (and, yes, micromanagement) over immediate visceral thrills. Even though RTSes were born of TBSes, they've outstripped them in terms of popularity the way football outstrips chess. So, what do you do with a game like Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition, which wasn't even state of the art ten years ago? (This version was released about a year after the original, and is not substantially different, except for some bug fixes and lots of scenarios.) Well, first, recognize that Civ II (before this add-on) was The Best of its time. And taken in that context, may have been the Best Strategy Game Ever. In fact, if you're still running a 60mhz Pentium with 16MB, you may as well load this up and just pretend it's 1996. It's a five-star game, hands down. But what about now? Can you fire up Civ II like you might fire up, say, "Heroes of Might and Magic 2"? Is it still fun, once you've conquered Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and experienced the rich detail of Sid Meier's Civlization III? Kinda. It moves at a lightning clip, relative to Civ 3. It's windowed, so you can play it at work without getting caught. (Hey, I work at home, no chance of me getting caught, but some people like to know these things.) There are some very cool aspects of Civ 2 that are missing from Civ 3, like the Wonder videos. (They don't add much to the gameplay, but they're still fun to watch.) But mostly, Civ 1 & 2, for all their addictiveness, eventually wore out their welcome with a series of annoyances, many of which have been resolved, or at least ameliorated, in Civ 3. It's hard to go back. Civ 2 actually feels sort of shallow, easier to manipulate, almost dinky, in retrospect. Of course, there are some people who maintain that Civ 2 is the zenith of Civ-game development. And taken in context, Civ 2 was probably a greater accomplishment =for=the=time=. But it's hard going back. My recommendation: Unless you haven't played Civ III, or you have a historical interest in Civ games, it's too late to appreciate how good this game was when it was released.
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Summary: MP is not a fun or attractive mode
Review: You will have to find your own club to play with. If you looking for strangers to play Civ2 MP, you are asking for it. You are bound to have many saved games and quiters if you play in public. If you have a group of friends who are addicted to this game, maybe, you will be able to play this game against real players. I for once only finish one game and I actually gave up because it took so long.
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