Sid Meier's Civilization
MPS Labs
Taste attributes: historicalrobots/ai/spaceslowfresh & originalheavyimaginaryintricatebig & varied
Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, weighty strategy game: slow-paced and layered. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: very slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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89 / 100
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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.
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- Developer
- MPS Labs
- Publisher
- MicroProse Software, Inc.
- Released
- 30 September 1991
- Series
- Civilization
- Platforms
- PC-9800 Series, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
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