Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World (Windows)

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Play the World is the first official expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization III. It adds new cultures, units, and scenarios to the original game as well as several multiplayer modes. In Turnless mode, turns are taken simultaneously by each player and a turn ends when the turn timer runs out. In Simultaneous mode, turns are taken at the same time and when all players are done making their moves (or the optional turn clock runs out), the moves are made and units and buildings are produced. Classic mode is where each player takes their turn separately just like in the original Civilization III game.

There are also new victory conditions, most designed to speed up gameplay so multiplayer games do not last forever. In Regicide and Mass Regicide, players are given kings units which must be kept safe. If lose all kings are lost, their owning player is eliminated. In Elimination, a player loses if any of their cities falls. In Victory Control Points, players gain additional points by holding certain victory points on the map. In Save the Princess, there is a princess who must be rescued and held to gain points (sort of like capture the flag mode in other games).

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Alternate Titles

• "文明帝國 III：帝國爭霸" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
• "文明III：游戏世界" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "Wenming III: Youxi Shijie" -- Simplified Chinese title
• "Civ3PTW" -- Informal abbreviation

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• Civilization series
• Game with creator's name
• Sid Meier's licensees
• User / fan contributed content

User Reviews

What a ripoff!	James Kirk (168)	unrated
A Disgrace To The Entire Series	Rick Jones (111)
Civ 3 Play the World has good ideas, but lousy implementation	Droog (522)

Critic Reviews

Meristation	Mar 24, 2003	8.5 out of 10	85
PC Games (Germany)	Jan 28, 2003	85 out of 100	85
IGN	Oct 31, 2002	8.4 out of 10	84
WomenGamers.com	Jul 08, 2003	8.2 out of 10	82
UOL Jogos	Nov 21, 2002		80
JeuxVideoPC.com	Jun 19, 2006	15 out of 20	75
FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network	Apr 14, 2003	75 out of 100	75
GameSpot	Nov 08, 2002	5 out of 10	50
GameSpy	Nov 28, 2002		40
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Feb, 2003		20

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Information also contributed by Itay Shahar

Related Web Sites

• Official Game Page (Infogrames' site for the game)