I'm revising my initial review, which I wrote shortly after purchasing the game many months ago. Having played the game a while now, and having gotten used to the ins-and-outs, peculiarities and idiosyncracies, I've found that I like the game a lot more than I did at first. I began playing Civ entrenched with a strategic orthodoxy inherited from months (years) of playing its predecessor, SMAC. While Civ3 might at first seem like the same engine with a couple new features, it eventually becomes clear that those features fundamentally change how the game is played. In a good way. Having (finally) learned how to play the game, it has become clear that most of the gripers just don't understand Civ3. They are finding that the strategies they employed in SMAC and Civ2 with great success are terrible flops in Civ3. I know this because I was one of the gripers, and I had the same experience. In sum, Civ3 is a great game. Another reviewer referred to the "ah-ha factor", that precious little buzz you get when you figure out what you are doing wrong, and make a change that pays big dividends. I love the "ah-ha factor". Civ3 will provide you with your "ah-ha's".

Ladies and gentlemen. I am here before you to defend a product that cannot defend itself from the many gamers that gave quite a biased review, had no expirience in gameplay of Sid's games, and the ignorant people just looking to vent at a game they don't understand. Before I do this let me explain my past with Civ games. My first Civ game was colonization. I was 11 at the time and the box looked pretty cool. I got home and loaded it into my 166Mhz 32RAM Win95 computer. I was overwhelmed by the games main premise: a game where you take turns? Slowly I began to learn, then master the game. I had no idea that there were other Civs out there, and that this would be the beginning of a long addiction that I couldn't shake off. I am the proud owner of what I consider the "cream of the crop" civ games. My collection includes Colonization, Civ2, Civ2 Gold, Civ3, and Call to Power 2. Now for the review.

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