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Civilization III |
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Modern Civilizations | Civ3.com | Civilization Fanatics Center| CivScrolls | |
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For those who are big PC gamers, there's something about the series name of "Civilization". It's sort of like a keynote game for the industry. Everyone knows what it is. They might not like it themselves, but people who are serious about PC gaming know the Civlization series has a reputation that goes before it. The man behind the series is Sid Meier. Firaxis- the "fiery axis of creativity"- is the company behind it.
The game's premise is simple. When starting a new game, you get a settler and a worker. You decide where you want to settle. Once you're settled, your town can start to build things. It can build a granary to store food, or a warrior to defend it, or walls to help any troops you train defend it. Once your town grows- you will develop and improve the terrain around this town to help it grow into a powerful city- you will encourage people to leave your town and settle more towns, adding to your kingdom. And as the game goes on, you research new developements, encourage cultural development ,and nurture your tiny chiefdom into a strong and powerful nationstate. In the course of the game, you can interact with famous leaders- Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth, Jeanne D'Arc, Chairman Mao, etc-, declare war, force peace, and sail all sorts of ships around. |
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My proud fleet, sailing east to another continent- doing their part to expand the Byzantine Empire. |
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I suppose this game's attraction is different for everyone. Some boil it down to numbers. They micromanage obsessively. For them, it's defying the odds and beating the highest difficulty levels. For others, it's the fact that you're controlling a nation and its economy, fighting wars on the grandest scale. For me, I suppose, it's the story-telling. I love to write the history of my country, whoever I'm playing, as I play. Will Wright, producer of The Sims, says that human beings communicate primarily through story, and so I suppose that's its draw for me. I'm a lover of history, and this lets me explore that somewhat. |
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Here, I control Korea (and its conquered territories).. Persia, in lime-green, is invading Babylon, in red. Since the Persians are the dominate power (Persia and my Korea are cold-war rivals), I am allowing them to use my territory, and am also assisting them, since the Babylonians bugged me. |
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