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Boxart: Civilization III Complete
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Civilization III Complete

Rating: 3.9 (36 votes cast)
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System requirements

  • Operating System: Windows® 98/2000/XP
  • Processor: Pentium® II 400MHz
  • Memory: 128 MB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 1.5 GB available hard drive space
  • Video: DirectX® 8.0a-compatible video card (must be able to display @ 1024 x 768)
  • Sound: DirectX® 8.0a-compatible sound card
  • DirectX: DirectX® version 9.0b (included) or higher
  • Multiplayer: LAN or Internet connection required for some multiplayer modes Broadband connection recommended for 5 or more players
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    FEATURES

    From Firaxis Games and Sid Meier, the creative genius behind some of the most critically acclaimed computer games ever produced, comes the latest offering in the Civilization III franchise - Civilization III: Complete. Gaming fans can now enjoy Civilization III, the highly addictive journey of discovery , combined with the updated and enhanced multiplayer expansion pack Civilization® III: Play the World™, as well as all of the great new Civs, Scenarios, and Features from Civilization III: Conquests! Civilization III: Complete provides more ways to win, more ways to explore, more strategies to employ, and more exciting modes of play all in one box! Civilization III: Complete gives Civ® fans the opportunity to enjoy unmatched strategic gameplay alone or against players from around the world.


    CIVILIZATION III FEATURES

    • Dominate the world through Diplomatic Finesse, Cultural Domination, and Military Prowess.
    • More interactions, alliances and realistic artificial intelligence responses put players in the middle of negotiations, trade systems and diplomatic actions. Advanced trade system to manage resources, trade routes and spread of technology.
    • Improved combat options provide finer levels of control for enhanced war-making capabilities.
    • Technologies, Wonders Of The World and Great People expand the scope of the game.
    • New elements of Culture, Nationality and the Arts help players plan a new peaceful pathway to victory. 
    • Active world generator creates more realistic maps and organic terrain features.
    • The most detailed and beautiful art, animations and sound ever found in the genre.
    • Easier-to-use interface for streamlined management and better control.

     
    CIVILIZATION III: PLAY THE WORLD FEATURES 

    • Multiplayer Modes: Includes Turn-Based and Simultaneous game types and appearing for the first time in a Civilization game, a Turn-less mode. Provides full TCP-IP/LAN, Hotseat and Play be Email support.
    • Multiplayer games: Face off against the best Civilization players worldwide with fast-paced multiplayer games like Elimination, Domination, Regicide and Capture the Flag.
    • Eight new Civilizations featuring new Leaders including: Genghis Khan Temujin, King Hannibal, Queen Isabella and King Brennus, and all new units will challenge your diplomatic and combat skills.
    • Enhanced Scenario Editor, including new unit and tile sets lets players construct a Scenario from any time period.
    • Players can strengthen their empire with:
      * new map features like outposts, airfields and radar towers
      * new guerilla and medieval infantry units
      * new wonders and city improvements
    • Updated interface improvements like auto bombard, rally points, stacked movement and a streamlined espionage interface allow for more efficient management.
    • A dazzling new opening cinematic and combat animations bring your Civilization world to life like never before.
    • Easier-to-use interface for streamlined management and better control.

    CIVILIZATION III: CONQUESTS FEATURES 

    • More Civilizations: Seven new powerful civilizations from the innovative Sumerians to the mystical Mayans.
    • More Units: Use Trebuchets to batter down the enemy's walls or Sumerian Enkidu Warriors to quickly gain military dominance.
    • More Techs: Map the world using Satellites to explore the entire map.
    • More Disasters: Beware the volcanoes, or Pompeii could become your reality.
    • More Diplomacy Options: Locked alliances allow good vs. evil conflicts you'll never forget.
    • More Map Features: Bombard the enemy and leave behind craters.
    • More Resources: Fight for control over Tobacco, Bananas, Oasis, Salt, Sugar, Jade, and Exotic Birds.
    • More Wonders: Build 5 all new wonders, including the statue of Zeus and the even all new commerce bonuses
    • More Government Types: Fascism, Feudalism, Tribal Council, and Imperialism are just a few of the new ways to rule your people.
    • More Unit Abilities: Including Stealth Attack, Enslavement, and other bonus attack modifiers (e.g. damage multipliers can now be applied to units).
    • More Attributes: Including two new Civ-Types: Agricultural and Seafaring
    • More City Specialists: Including Civil Engineers and Police Forces
    • More Improvements: Including improvements to the AI, Combat System, Interface, Rally Points, Governors, Leaders, Unit-Stacks, and even Game Balance!
    • More Game Options: Including the ability to choose Random World Sizes and new levels of difficulty such as "Demigod" and "Sid"
    • Extra Content: Civ®-Conquests contains all of the content including: Civs, leaders, special units, and features from the Civilization III: Play the World™ expansion.
    • ...And much, much, more!

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    CUSTOMER REVIEWS

    28th Feb

    By GCSCannon

    Its a great game if you have the time to play it, a very in depth strategy game you can manage citys or an empire. its wothe the money if your in to this type of game

    20th Feb

    By RKFM

    Come on, it's 5 DOLLARS!. I mean, this has to be the deal of the century. One of the best versions of the Civ franchise. Not as moddable as Civ IV, but still fun. Who needs all the 3D graphics anyway? Plus, it's ONLY 5 DOLLARS!

    9th Dec 2009

    By Necromaster

    This is a game collection where I could spend hours upon hours playing. Civilizations III Complete is a turn-based game that allows you to explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate from ancient times to the modern era. There are many rulers (31 of them in total) for you to assume control and the animated caricatures of them are so hilarious!

    The game starts small and as your empire grows, you get tacked with more decisions to make, more plans to design, more wars to fight, more building/research to embark on. I especially love building the wonders and improving my own humble abode to a grand and stately building. And just when I think I should quit, a new development occurs in the game - and before I know it, another half hour has elapsed. With a rating of 90%, you know this game is very addictive!

    Although Civilizations IV is out and available for purchase, do give this game a try if you want to confirm whether it's your cup of tea. The graphics is not as inferior when compared to the latest version - it's passable for today... but it was wonderful in it's heyday.

    Now, on to some technical aspects of the game. First thing to note, Civ III Complete could not run in my netbook as it does not support the resolution of 800x600. In fact, the game only supports a minimum of 1024x768. You will have to edit the conquests.ini file if you want higher resolutions; there is no other way to change to a higher resolution in-game - remember to read the readme file for further information on how to approach this. Finally, for me, I managed to run Civ III Complete on both Vista and Windows 7 as well at a high resolution of 1600x1200 (remember to set to XP compatibility mode). That was way cool! Many more hours of play will definitely come my way this Christmas 2009.

    20th Jul 2009

    By Dakkahun

    Good game at a great price. For me, the custom scenarios are pretty interesting. On the technical side, you need to add keepRes=1 in the ini files for wide-screen support. Keep in mind that the Securom version it's crippled by has a pretty upsetting issue regarding right-clicking, so I had to google for a good solution. Basically, you need to download http://www.securom.com/support/repair.zip, run it, and make C:\WINDOWS\system32\CmdLineExt.dll read-only.

    28th Dec 2008

    By mvrusso

    At $10, this game is an incredible buy, unless you are completely jaded by the better graphics and game play of Civ IV and its expansions. Still, this game is probably easier to get into first; features an incredibly detailed game editor; plus both expansions. Although it's best to read the manual, I was able to jump right in, modify a scenario and start playing...and playing some more. What a great value. **** (four stars)
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