

You're presented with opportunities for peace and trade or war and conquest.Īdvances are less linear than RTS games and improvements are permanent. You research technologies, which allow you to build better units and new city improvements. The premise is simple but has become timeworn: you take a faction from Stone Age primitivism to either global conquest or interplanetary colonization. While there had been earlier games that incorporated many of the features, such as conquest, tech trees, and city management, Sid Meier's landmark game brought them all together and with the necessary oomph and flair to appeal to a large demographic beyond just wargamers that gave it a staying power as one of the most dominant and recognizable PC franchises in history. Direct its growth, manage its resources and establish lucrative trade routes.Sid Meier's Civilization was a watershed for the 4x genre before the genre even had its present name. I played it for over a week to write this review and it commanded my total concentration all the time to play it once through.ġ1. Discover and explore the Americas or create your own scenario with a random map generator.ġ0.

Strategies must be divined with care, and constantly modified to ride the chaotic rapids of the thousands of interactive elements in this opus of creative genius. Customize your games and choose your own level of difficulty so you never play the same game twice.Ĩ.Manage your growth, development and trade to create a powerful nation.Balance economics, political and military strategy to create your own powerful nation. Play one of four colonial powers as you set sail to discover the New World.ĥ. Colonization, The newest strategy game from Sid Meier continues the great tradition of Civilization.Ĥ. Play either the French, English, Dutch or Spanish colonial powers each with distinct characteristics and political situations.ģ.Finally, the much-anticipated follow-up to Civilization is here! Sid Meier's Colonization takes you into the Colonial Era to discover, explore and colonize vast territories that promise both danger and reward.
