Civilization

[flamethrower205]

Hi,
my Global teacher asked me to do a bit of research on the games Civilization, Civilization 2, and Civilization 3. Which one is the most historically accurate and what time periods does each cover?

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[juin]

I dont have try Ciz 3 but are great and also have video.Ciz 1 is just too old.

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[reptilej]

uhm..... what? whatever you native language is, there are translating programs out there. type your language in one of the translators and it will spit out comprehendable english, then just cut and paste.

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[reptilej]

and yes i relize that i didn't check my grammar or speeling, but atleast you get the point.

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[reptilej]

even on my retraction i can't spell correctly. but i still won't reveiw my post before i post it. i'm american and lazy!

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[Guest]

Back to the question in hand.

First, civ3? Doesn't exist, does it? Civ1 was pooish, Civ2 was cool as. What you call Civ3 is either "Call to Power" or "Alpha Centauri". The latter of which is great.

Anyway, i'd say civ2. Civ1 was too limited. Call to power i never played, but alpha... was sci-fi, so definitely not histroically accurate.

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[ejsmith2]

Civ2 was a huge tweak to Civ1. Civ1 ruled in it's time, but Civ2 pushed it aside.

I know not about Civ3, but since it's Siddy M. working on it, it's probably going to be a tweak of Civ2.

Which means, good.

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[reptilej]

civ III does exist. does anyone out there have it? if so let us know how it is compared to civI.

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[Jake75]

Civilization I, Wonder how many hours and sleepless nights I´ve spent on that game?!
By far, one of the best games ever!


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[jerry557]

Civ3 was just released on 11/2/01. It's even better than Civ1 or Civ2. LOTS of new features and upgrades on everything else.

But DO NOT get it if you don't have a lot of time on your hands. It's even more addictive than the first 2!!

 

[Guest]

Do any of you even read the original post?!? He asked which was the most <i>Historically accurate</i>, not which one was the coolest or the most fun or has the best graphics.

I would not call any of them "historically accurate". Some parts of the game obviously have elements of true civilizations, but the games were designed to be <i>games</i>, not a history lesson.

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[flamethrower205]

So do you guys know of any actually fun games that teach history, but of course not dumb elementary stuff but rather details and such?

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[camieabz]

Age of Empires - History

Railroad Tycoon
Sim city
Theme Hospital - Economics & Finance

Any strategy game you can think of - Patience & quick thinking.

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[Guest]

Last weekend I've got my Civ III. Definately the best Civ ever!!! Cool graphics and much better diplomacy + resource management (you need iron sources to produce legions, and they deplete in time !!!).

Anyway, back to orignal post, again Civ 3 is the most historically accurate one if you ask me. I could only reach to 1400AD but the units and structures are better (in terms of history). For example, depending on your nationality, you get special units. If you chose French side, you get Musketman (regular unit) + Musketeer (special unit). But there is a reduction on wonders (no marco polo for instance).

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[mkn100]

Is this game turn-base or real time game?

 

[FatBurger]

Traditionally, Civilization is turn-based. I doubt this one is different.

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[Pettytheft]

Civ3 is the most accurate, ignore the Call to Power Crap. I dont know how you could even call Civ remotely accurate however. The Americans have only been around for over 200years.

But if you ever get around to playing it and want to conquor pick the germans go Commie and build Panzers which will roll over everything.

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[Mario741]

This is a great game! Civ 2 is the best. I haven't tried 3!

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[Intel_inside]

None of them are historically acurate. The rate of development of nations in the game is a matter of how well you play and you can advance faster or slower than civilizations have in the real world. You can also still have odd situations like a tank fighting against a swordsman, and we don't run into too many situations like that in the real world (except maybe german tanks vs. polish calvelry in ww2)

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[knowan]

Don't forget Italian tanks and rifles vs Ethopian spearmen in WWII. The Italians lost by the way. It was only when the Germans decided to back up the Italians that the Axis powers won.

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