Civilisation (DVD)

Advantages: Compulsive Gameplay
Disadvantages: No major ones, but several little gripes that add up

...As anyone who has read some of my earlier reviews will testify, I really like my strategy games, and after hearing nothing but good things from magazines and American websites, I decided to get a copy of Galactic Civilisation. For me, the coin is still in the air over this game. True I have played it for many hours and find it rather addictive, but there are quite a few little problems which although insignificant on their own tend to add up. I will point out some of these later on. The game itself cost £29.99, however that was just after release and I have already seen it at £24.99 in Game and it can be bought from any major computer store. The hardware requirements of the game are as follows with a 600MHz processor being a minimum. Anything over 1GHz is recommended by the manufacturer. In addition 64MB RAM is required as well as... Read review

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Advantages: More developed game play
Disadvantages: Quite complex, takes a while to get into

...Civilisation 4 is the fourth part of the Civilisation game series. Having been a huge fan of Civ.2 but hating Civ.3, I was a bit apprehensive about this release. However I was pleasantly surprised. Civilisation 4 takes you to new places in your quest to take over world. The point of the game as always is to build up your civilisation so that you are bigger, better, faster, stronger than everyone else. Whether you decide to burn the other civilisations to the ground or wow them with your superior knowledge is up to you. This time around however, everything is much more developed and instead of farms, mines etc being a good bonus, they are pretty necessary if you want to succeed. There is also a further developed choice of units available to you and more functions become available for existing units as you develop new... Read review

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Advantages: revamped gameplay, stunning graphics
Disadvantages: no multiplayer support, absolutely addictive

...This game, without doubt, takes the crown of turn-based strategy games. It is a huge improvement over previous versions with a cleaner interface, and a much overhauled diplomacy system. Its also the sort of game that can keep you up all night, requiring many hours of gameplay to reach a conclusion. This new version has better graphics, improvements in the gameplay and AI. The gameplay has been overhauled, no longer do you have to struggle to build caravan units and settlers to improve the infrastructure of your civilisation. Instead trade is worked out as a function of your trade network, which makes it vastly more important to build roads and other improvements. Cities can now be put under the watchful eye of a governor, who can keep the city from falling into disorder, as well as manage production and resource allocation. Of course... Read review

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