Pretty fun! Finally started to mold into the Civ games that I know and love, thanks to cultural borders, charming animations, and the goofy leader portraits. Fun fact: I saw people playing this back in middle school and wanted to get a Civ game. My parents got me Civ IV, not Civ III, which then turned out to be one of my favorite games ever
A pretty jank Civ game but gosh darn it sometimes it's fun to endlessly stack units on top of each other. I also like loading units onto boats which the modern games have completely dropped. I also find it humorous how the leaders outfits would change as the years pass, and while I understand why there may be cultural concerns over ancient leaders wearing suits, having some kind of visual development is fascinating.
One of the first strategy games i played.
There were many good things in this game, like you needed to have some mandatory stuff to allow city to grow, good diplomacy system with leaders advancing throught ages and changing their clothes (sorry, Lincoln, no suit for you in ancient era). Also some of extra scenarios were amazing, like Japan one.
Sadly combat, while interesting, was pretty random and balance of some civs and abilities was bad (some civilizations were a lot worse than others).
There were many good things in this game, like you needed to have some mandatory stuff to allow city to grow, good diplomacy system with leaders advancing throught ages and changing their clothes (sorry, Lincoln, no suit for you in ancient era). Also some of extra scenarios were amazing, like Japan one.
Sadly combat, while interesting, was pretty random and balance of some civs and abilities was bad (some civilizations were a lot worse than others).