Game
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Gold Edition
About this game
This is Civilization III and the add-on Civilization III: Play the World, packed together.
Civilization III, like the other Civilization games, is based around building an empire, from the ground up, beginning at start of recorded history and continuing beyond the current modern day. The player's civilization is centered around a core of cities that provide the resources necessary to grow the player's cities, construct city improvements, wonders, and units, and advance the player's technological development. The player must balance a good infrastructure, resources, diplomatic and trading skills, technological advancement, city and empire management, culture, and military power to succeed.
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Game facts
Release date
Nov 4, 2003
Developer
Firaxis Games
Publisher
Atari, Inc.
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres
Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Fantasy, Historical, Educational, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Game modes
Single player
Franchise
Sid Meier
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
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