Civilization III: Play the World PC
User Score
6.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 5 out of 15

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  1. [Anonymous]
    Nov 6, 2002
    0
    This Game Sucks Big Time. It has crashed 20 times. I have never been able to play a full game yet!!!
  2. Newton
    Nov 8, 2002
    2
    This review by IGN is misleading. They didn't review how it works on-line, only on how it works on a LAN network. On a lan network, I'm sure it will work just fine, but on the internet, it is just simply horrible. And the bugs...don't let me get started on the bugs. The 1.04 patch fixes somes of them, but it still is a dissapointment. The only perk are the extra civs, units, music and scenarios. But even that doesn't warrant a price of $30 dollars. DON'T GET THIS EXPANSION IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO PLAY ONLINE!!… Expand
  3. AJ
    Nov 14, 2002
    0
    More crashes than a demolition derby.
  4. KielV.
    Nov 22, 2002
    0
    I hate a capitalist civilazation in which a feature could have easily been grafted into the original game but is left out only to make more money as an expansion. Then not being able to play online at all makes it all the more disgusting. If "play the world" were a competing civ, I would smash it with my vast army of tanks and subs . . . assuming i could get connected to it first.
  5. FUBAR
    Dec 29, 2002
    3
    Love the new aspects, but crashes harder then my sex drive when drunk...

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Metascore
61 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. Yahoo! Games
    70
    This expansion adds a lot more clutter, but at least it's interesting clutter. Sadly it doesn't fix some of the aspects of the game still arguably broken.
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  2. netjak
    45
    Not only vastly overpriced, it is unnecessary as a boxed title at all. A patch download from the official site would be more than sufficient to offer the majority of improvements Play the World offers.
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  3. Computer Games Magazine
    60
    Delivers just about everything except what it's supposed to: a satisfying multiplayer experience. [Feb 2003, p.64]
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