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MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.0
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

The Press Says

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100
The Good Old Days
Civilization is the one game every self-respecting gamer should play. Even after all those years and several sequels, it remains highly playable, mainly because of the delicate balance that was achieved here, and never repeated again.
88
Power Play
Civilization ist Balsam für das eigene Ego: Ich wußte gar nicht, zu was für Leistungen ich fähig bin. Innerhalb von Stunden habe ich nicht nur ein kleines Volk zu ungeahntem Ruhm geführt, sondern ganz nebenbei die Pyramiden gebaut und die Raumfahrt erfunden. Das Beste an diesem Spiel ist, daß Ihr durch nichts eingeschränkt werdet: Ihr könnt sowohl zu kriegerischen Taten schreiten, als auch ganz friedlich ein Volk von Händlern entwickeln. Der Experimentierwut sind keinerlei Grenzen gesetzt. Trotzdem steht der Wettbewerbscharakter des Spiels immer im Vordergrund: Man verzettelt sich nicht im ziellosen Experimentieren, sondern ist ständig auf der Hut vor bösen Feinden. Wie von Sid "Railroad" Meier nicht anders zu erwarten, ist die Steuerung ohne Fehl und Tadel. Durch die geschickte Schwierigkeitsabstufung werden auch professionelle Strategen bis aufs Letzte gefordert.


Our Users Say

Category Description MobyScore
AI How smart (or dumb) you perceive the game's artificial intelligence to be 3.8
Gameplay How well the game mechanics work (player controls, game action, interface, etc.) 4.4
Graphics The quality of the art, or the quality/speed of the drawing routines 3.7
Personal Slant How much you personally like the game, regardless of other attributes 4.5
Sound / Music The quality of the sound effects and/or music composition 3.6
Overall MobyScore (233 votes) 4.0


User Reviews

Grossly overrated Jacques Guy (55) unrated
The first game where AI had a meaning lucian (37) 3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars3.8 Stars
This game just screams "best game in the entire history of the universe"! Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4476) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
If you have read any of the other reviews then you can guess what's in this one :P Trada PIB (3) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
The best, strategy game of all time. Jeff Watts (21) 4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars4.4 Stars
One of the greatest games. Does anyone not like civ? William Shawn McDonie Bronze Star Contributing Member (1163) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Quite simply the greatest, most addictive computer game ever. Steve Hall Bronze Star Contributing Member (322) 4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars4.6 Stars
Sun Tzu would like this one Yeah Right (61) 3.2 Stars3.2 Stars3.2 Stars3.2 Stars3.2 Stars
Hail to Sid Aki Zeta-5 (160) 3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars
I can only say this The Civ line of games can never and will never be unseated from the Throne! Shawn McDonie (20) unrated

 

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