Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition

I love the game it is very complete etc. The Multiplayer playing is awesome. The negotiations are very ADVANCED you can select everything. But the graphics are not so good they are just some drawings. That is the only problem, the Multimedia is pretty good when you build something it even shows you a little movie clip about how it really is! also you have your own High Council that debates with you etc. It is a really fun game over all!

Let's get this straight right off the bat: Civilization II is one of the best games ever spawned. I bought the Gold edition because I expected my enjoyment of the game to be expanded by the new stuff. I also assumed they would have fixed the minor-but very annoying-bugs from the original game.I was wrong.The "advantages" of the Gold edition are the following: --Multiplayer options --New scenarios --Expanded options for creating your own maps and scenarios.I have not tried the multiplayer options. They may well be wonderful. Please note, however, that a "multiplayer patch" for Civ II is available on the net. For FREE.Some of the new scenarios are decent. Many are annoying. However, they were not worth the extra money.The map editor is identical to its original. The expanded scenario-building options are nice, but beware: it will take HOURS to properly prepare a scenario.The bugs, which are obvious and glaring, were never fixed. Here are the bugs I noticed: --Units which you send to a location more than 1 square away (via the shift-click method) will sometimes go the opposite direction. Other times they will simply move back and forth between two spots. --The game will occasionally crash. Save often.If you already own Civ II, don't bother to upgrade to Civ Gold. If you do not own this game, I would suggest saving the $10 and buying the original.

While playing the utterly confusing at first game of civilization, I became slightly atrracted to it and noticing tiny flaws and betterings from the original version. Fr instance, they have created many new units and changed faces of land, added new civs etc. I found the game well worth the buy and the cheat menu extraordinary. I hope you enjoy this product as much as I. -CJK

Great game but unless your Mac OS is 7.0 or LESS/OLDER, you can't load this Civ2 CD. I switched to a Mac years ago and suddenly desired to play this game again. My disappointment when I finally accepted it would not load was beyond measure. I am considering getting the old Windows computer cleaned and working again just to play this game with the original CD. But don't buy this if you have any sort of recent Mac.It don't work...

I found this game a few years ago, and my seminary career almost suffered a mortal attack of neglect due to the addictive nature of this game.I am on a Mac G3 at home, which is fairly fast, perfectly adequate for this game. The game itself is a fascinating look at and convolution of history. This game has an element of learning in it (which shouldn't discourage you from trying it -- it is pure fun despite the educational element!), in that one must become acquainted with a general stream of history, and in particular, the progress of human history charted through technological acquisition; this takes two peripherally related tracks, that of military technology acquisition, and of civilian or societal technology acquisition. One must keep a careful balance of these two in development to be able to grow as a civilisation and be able to defend oneself against competing civilisations.The various civilisation types (Egyptian, Babylonian, Russian, Chinese, American, etc.) have particular outlooks (some are militarily aggressive, some are not so; some can be trusted in diplomacy, other cannot be), and particular aims. To grow as a civilisation, one must either take over other civilisations or maintain reasonable relationships with them to avoid conflict. However, like most of history up to this point, sooner or later there will be conflict.As history develops, too, one gets more options in the way a government can be run. Choices run between anarchy and despotism, monarchy, republic, communist, democracy, or religious fundamentalism. Each of these governmental types have advantages and disadvantages (for instance, who can do dastardly deeds toward other nations, even allies, as a fundamentalist regime, with impunity because it is expected).The real action consists in the military conflicts, which can be as simple as two chariots clashing in the desert to full air/sea/land invasions complete with nuclear weapons and stealth fighters. Defensive technologies develop at a somewhat slower pace than offensive technology, so it is important from a defensive standpoint to be well-funded in research. Technology becomes critically important here -- one tank could overrun an entire horse-centred city, and a few stealth fighters can wipe out an entire early-technology civilisation.Civilisation also includes the opportunity to construct Wonders of the World, which include ancient, medieval, industrial, and modern wonders. These wonders add special aspects to the civilisation that holds them (for instance, the builders of the Pyramids can forego building granaries in their cities). The effects of the Wonders lessen over time, and if the cities in which the Wonders are built are captured, their benefits accrue to the conquering army. A Wonder destroyed is lost forever, much like the real Wonders of the World.Exploration is important in the beginning phases of the game -- the player can opt for a known world (in the form or Europe, or the Pacific, or the entire Earth) or for a unknown world -- these are more fun, for one has to discover the contours of the land and navigate the seas much as early civilisations had to.The two ways to win the game are to create technology to build a spaceship to take settlers to a planet near Alpha Centauri Prime (which then can yield scenarios in the next Civilisation-based game), or to take over the entire world by being the only remaining civilisation.With the CD-ROM enhancement, sound effects and video clips that accompany major developments, this is a real treat, and very addictive. Beware, and be brave!