Strategy

Sid Meier's Civilization

Single Player

4.4

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1991

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📅 Release Info

Release DateSeptember 30, 1991

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🏷️ Game Details

Genres

StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)

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PCOther

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PC-9800 SeriesPC (Microsoft Windows)MacAtari ST/STEDOSAmiga

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About this game

Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy computer game created by Sid Meier for MicroProse in 1991.The game's objective is "...to build an empire that would stand the test of time". The game begins in 4000 BC, and the players attempt to expand and develop their empires through the ages until modern and near-future times. It is also known simply as Civilization.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Established many conventions of the 4X strategy genre.
Combines exploration, development, research, diplomacy, production, and warfare.
Guides a civilization from ancient times into modernity.
Different maps, civilizations, technologies, and choices support repeated campaigns.
The turn structure centers on repeated decisions and actions.

Cons

Computer civilizations behave predictably and use exploitable strategies.
Late-game management involves repetitive unit movement and city decisions.
Interlocking rules and systems require substantial learning for newcomers.
Campaigns can drag on after one civilization gains a decisive advantage.

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