Sid Meier’s Civilization 3 Complete

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Sid Meier's Civilization 3 Complete
 
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Time Magazine calls Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete the "Greatest Computer Strategy Game of All-Time." Featuring Civilization III plus the Play the World Multiplayer and Conquests expansion packs, Civilization III: Complete offers you more ways to win, more pathways to explore, and more strategies to employ as well as exciting new online modes of play.



Plot a path to victory by matching wits with history's greatest leaders. View larger.


Civilization III: Complete offers the most detailed and beautiful art, animation and sound ever found in the genre. View larger.


Employ the latest military technology -- if warlike conquest is your strategy. View larger.


Set up gameplay scenarios that challenge your skills. View larger.
When it was first created in 1990, the original Civilization instantly set the standard and defined a new genre of empire-building strategy games. Still recognized as one of the greatest games of all time, Civilization was an addictive blend of building, exploration, discovery and conquest. Players matched wits against some of history's greatest leaders as they strove to build the ultimate civilization that would ultimately stand the test of time.

That legacy of excitement and conquest continues with Civilization III: Complete, featuring the updated and enhanced multiplayer expansion pack Civilization III: Play the World, as well as all of the great new Civs, Scenarios, and Features from Civilization III: Conquests! Among the numerous enhancements include new interactions, alliances and realistic artificial intelligence responses that put players in the middle of negotiations, trade systems and diplomatic actions. Also new is an advanced trade system to manage resources, trade routes and spread of technology, as well as improved combat options that provide finer levels of control for enhanced war-making capabilities.

New Technologies, Wonders Of The World and Great People expand the scope of the game, while new elements of Culture, Nationality and the Arts help players plan a new peaceful pathway to victory. The game also includes a new active world generator for more realistic maps and organic terrain features, as well as the most detailed and beautiful art, animation and sound ever found in the genre. With the easier-to-use interface, you'll experience streamlined management and better control as you navigate through the levels.

Civilization III: Play the World Features
In addition to the multiplayer modes that include turn-based and simultaneous game types, appearing for the first time in a Civilization game is a turn-less mode. You can ace off against the best Civilization players worldwide with fast-paced multiplayer games like Elimination, Domination, Regicide and Capture the Flag. Also included are eight new Civilizations, featuring new leaders including Genghis Khan Temujin, King Hannibal, Queen Isabella and King Brennus, as well as all new units that will challenge your diplomatic and combat skills. An enhanced scenario editor, including new unit and tile sets, lets you construct a scenario from any time period. You can also strengthen your empire with new map features, like outposts, airfields and radar towers, new guerilla and medieval infantry units, and new wonders and city improvements. An updated interface improvements allow for more efficient management, and a dazzling new opening cinematic and combat animations bring your civilization world to life like never before.

Civilization III: Conquest Features
With Conquest, the operative word is "more." You get seven more powerful civilizations, from the innovative Sumerians to the mystical Mayans. More units lets you use Trebuchets to batter down the enemy's walls, or Sumerian Enkidu Warriors to quickly gain military dominance. More technical features give you the tools to map the world using satellites. But beware, there are also more dangers, such as volcanoes and other disasters. Best of all, there are many more improvements to the game, including improvements to the AI, Combat System, Interface, Rally Points, Governors, Leaders, Unit-Stacks, and even Game Balance.

All told, Civilization III: Complete is a game of epic proportions, the ultimate 3-in-1 box set that will give you endless hours of addictive entertainment.

Product Details

  • Ultimate 3-in-1 box set that includes Civilization III plus the Play the World Multiplayer and Conquest expansion packs
  • Features great new Civs, and Scenarios
  • Contains a new active world generator for more realistic maps and organic terrain features
  • Civilization III: Conquest includes seven new civilizations, enhanced technical features, and more
  • Improvements to the AI, Combat System, Interface, Rally Points, Governors, Leaders, Unit-Stacks, and Game Balance

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Customer Reviews

My Favorite Game
 
Review Date: January 18, 2006
Reviewer: Mark, USA
In my opinion this is the greatest strategy game of all time. You start off with one city and watch it grow and flourish into a country/civiliazation. The game features enormous depth along with the brilliantly simple interface which allows the player as much control as he/she sees fit.

I've played the PC version and I'm happy to say that the Mac version is identical. Runs great on my Powerbook G4 and Tiger.
Excellent Game
 
Review Date: July 2, 2006
Reviewer: Thomas Dibble, Sacramento, CA
So not all of us have MacBook Pros to run Civ 4 on, and the old G4-based portables are "left with" only Civilization 3. Still, that's hardly a consolation prize. This is a game that can easily suck multiple nights' sleep from your schedule and still leave you saying, "just one more turn ..."

Runs full screen or in a window (the latter option I found by accident when I started the game up and had the Alt key held down). I personally prefer a large-size window, which then allows me to switch to other apps without having to save and quit. One warning on full screen: if your PowerBook is running on battery, you won't get the "running low on battery" warning, and eventually your PowerBook will just go to sleep. Bringing it back up will give you about five seconds to successfully save the game and quit out, or you'll eventually lose all power and have to start over from an auto-save. Just one of those full-screen-app side effects. To avoid that and other app-switching issues, run it in a window and hide your dock.

In any case, I'm sure most of the people reading this are familiar with the Civilization series. If you aren't, then buy this now and get familiar with it. Civ 3 added several new gameplay features from Civ 2. While this "Complete" version just came out for OS X this year, a "just the game" version had been put out by another company a few years back, for OS 9 (although I believe there was some success running in Classic). This version suffers slightly from having been released after Civ 4 came out for PCs, which added some significant new gameplay features over what Civ 3 had (and "corrected" some of the game design nits introduced in Civ3). However, as I noted above, Civ 4 on the Mac requires a pretty hefty machine, and if you haven't bought a new laptop in the past six months then you definitely aren't going to be playing Civ 4.

Civ 4, I've heard, runs just fine on G5 desktops. However, given the amount of time you'll likely be spending with your armies gallivanting about the countryside, your hind quarters might get uncomfortably sore sitting at your desk for that long. I highly recommend playing Civ on a nice, comfortable couch, or propped up in bed. On the other hand, you might find yourself a little more inclined to just let the damned brits have their way for a few hours while you catch a few z's if you weren't already reclined in bed ... Hmmm ...
Civ 3
 
Review Date: May 31, 2008
Reviewer: G. M. Cowie, Vancouver Canada
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The Civilizations series produces the best strategy games on the market, bar none. The game came in fine working order but the serial number to activate the game was missing. I had to wait a whole weekend to get Aspyr on the phone to get a new one so I could play. In the long run, not the worst thing that could have happened, but it was a serious killjoy when the package arrived.
Awesome
 
Review Date: December 9, 2006
Reviewer: Defector, Orange, CA USA
This is the most addictive turn based game I have ever played, and I don't normally like them. If you looking for a way to lose hours of your life this really is the game to do it with.
amazing
 
Review Date: June 21, 2006
Reviewer: weelfingiggles, USA
i love this game. i've spent days on this game. it is the best stratagy game ever! it runs great on my mac and BUY IT!

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