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Sid Meier's Civilization III

Description

Sid Meier's Civilization III is a turn-based game where the objective is to rule the planet. Players control one of 15 Civilizations (Aztecs, Egyptians, Russians, etc). Each Civilization has its own particular strengths and weaknesses -- some are more scientific, for example, while others have stronger cultural or military attributes.

The point of the game is to expand the influence of your civilization through resource management, conquest, or trade with other civilizations. As game time progresses from ancient times through the modern era, your civilization will acquire new technologies, which in turn enable interesting new abilities and enhanced power.

Since there are several ways to win (military, diplomatic, or cultural), it is up to each player to determine how best to manage the division of labor -- should you spend critical resources building new cities, or should you instead push your efforts into researching new weaponry? Such decision-making and management skills are the keys to this game.

Alternate Titles

• "文明帝國 III" -- Chinese title (traditional)
• "文明III" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "Wenming III" -- Chinese title
• "Sid Meier's Cywilizacja III" -- Polish title
• "Civ 3" -- Informal title

Part of the Following Groups

• 4X games
• Civilization series
• Games with randomly generated environments
• Sid Meier's games

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User Reviews

The best, and worst, computer game of all time...	Vaelor (376)
Another classic - but it''s got some flaws	Rick Jones (108)
It's good... it's very good... but it's not more than that, unfortunately...	Gothicgene (83)
The best civilization and empire-building simulation to date	Frecklefoot (124)
A great new game, arguably a classic, but so different from earlier Civs that you can't compare them.	weregamer (157)
A worthy successor to the Civilization lineage.	James Kirk (159)
You call this a game? It's a MASTERPIECE!	Kobus Myburgh (2)

The Press Says

Ferrago Ltd. (play.tm)	Nov 27, 2001	93 out of 100	93
Peliplaneetta.net	Nov 20, 2001	91 out of 100	91
4Players.de	Nov 06, 2001	90 out of 100	90
Super Play	Nov, 2001	9 out of 10	90
Strategy Informer	Aug 11, 2003	8.7 out of 10	87
PC Games (Germany)	Nov 26, 2001	85 out of 100	85
Jeuxvideo.com	Apr 10, 2002	17 out of 20	85
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Nov 23, 2001	84 out of 100	84
Thunderbolt Games	Jul 03, 2003	8 out of 10	80
Fragland.net	Sep 15, 2002	74 out of 100	74

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Trivia

The game's initial advertising campaign featured Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln wrestling. This is a reference to a comment made by Brad Pitt after filming Fight Club about the two people he'd most like to see fight each other.