Title: A sham Civ
Product review: CIV3 is unrelated to the Civ2 and SMAC. It is only a CIV in name. The real heir to the CIV series is Rise of Nations designed by Brian Reynolds, the same person who designed CIV2 and SMAC. CIV III is a poorly designed game on half baked ideas. The game is dummer (no pun intended). The AI is dummer (it knows nothing of diplomacy) and the 'puter cheats harder. It is, however, winnable if you out-cheat the 'puter. Save often, fight wars, try verious fighting sequence at the same turn until you have produced a leader. You are on your way to winning at any level. It is a laborious and boring way to playing. But what can I say, it is a poorly designed boring game.
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