Civilisation 3 Complete Collection (PC)

Advantages: Fantastic, especially if you loved age of empires
Disadvantages: could do with a 1 player campaign for each civ

...'s. For example one type of infantry may be well protected against cavalry, but very weakly protected from archers. This adds an extra level of complication to the game which probably will annoy you if you arent a big strategy gamer, but delight you if you are very much into strategy games. The one player game only had one campaign (a Greek one) which was a bit disapointing, but it took me quite a while to complete it, so it could have been worse. I believe it has 30+ levels. The game can be played as a multiplayer, either over the internet or on a LAN (a local area network). This is TERRIFIC and can see players teaming up against one another fighting huge battles :). Overall i loved this game. It has a fairly long lifespan, even though the there is only 1 single player campaign, as players can still play skirmish battles against the computer... Read review

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Advantages: Great graphics, Very Addictive, Lots of scenarios!
Disadvantages: Sadly much the same as Age of Empires I and II, unless you have 1.5GB hard disk free its not for you! :-(

...Since buying Age Of Mythology from PC World for an amazing £19.99 I was pleasently surprised at how similar the controls and graphics are with its previous program, age of empires. Age of Mythology has gone into more detail in nearly all the areas of the game, such as you can now pick a god and you are also awarded some magic spells from the god once you have researched the next level. When I say level I mean this allows you to manufacture things cheaper, faster and also stronger. The Scenarios are all different and you are able to choose a level of difficulty if you are really struggling with the game I suggest the "Easy" option :-). As with Age of Empires you are able to create many random maps to play on against 3 enemy's at any one time. This version also allows you to edit a map to your own design and play on it also. The game... Read review

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Advantages: Fun and clever
Disadvantages: Slow

...spans around 25 years, but as time progresses this reduces until each turn is 1 year long. Unlike the newer games Civilisation 2 doesn't proceed in to the future, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The newer games have added more and more, but this remains the pure, uncontaminated version of Civilisation that will forever be a classic. Of course, the PC version is infinitely more popular than this Playstation version, but this is a good conversion never the less. One point to note is the awful graphics. Now they don't matter to me, because the game more than makes up for them, but to the new gamer theses are a big put off. They are basically ugly, and I actually think that a bit more effort could have been made. The sound on the other hand is great, with awe inspiring music and great effects. Controls could have been a problem... Read review

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