November 5, 2001
Games 110501
What could possibly be more fun that building a world of your own and controlling every aspect of it?
Many games in the past decade have taken up that theme—SimCity, The Sims, Age of Empires, Black & White—to name a few.
The latest (and supposedly greatest) of this genre is Sid Meier's Civilization III. I have heard legends that told of college students who failed out of school due to the addictive properties of earlier versions of this game. I think some of the allure of gameplay comes from already having experience with this series. As a completely new Civ player, this game takes some getting used to.
First impressions after playing twice:
-There's a whole lot that I don't know how to do.
-It's disorienting to jump from person to person during each turn.
-The tutorial doesn't seem like the easiest setting
- the other civilizations keep ganging up on me.
-This game is very complex.
-I'm not addicted yet, but it's likely I will be.