Sid Meier's Civilization III PC
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Metascore
90 out of 100

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User Score
8.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 127 Ratings

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  • Summary: In Civilization III, you'll find new pathways to explore and strategies to employ, greatly expanded diplomacy, more powerful combat, a new trade system, new technologies, more powerful tools to build and manage your empire, and the most detailed and beautiful art, animations and sound ever found in the genre. [Infogrames]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Games Radar
    100
    The biggest, deepest, most spectacular strategy game ever made.
  2. Next Generation Magazine
    100
    The changes mostly seem to increase your options for trying new strategies, without altering the core game. And actually, that’s a brilliant approach. [Jan 2002, p.90]
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  3. Game Informer
    85
    A release finally worthy of the fans who have been waiting patiently for it. [Dec 2001, p.114]
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  4. Electric Playground
    70
    Like so many things that come in threes, this one just can't compare to parts I and II.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 37
  3. Negative: 7 out of 37
  1. MitchK
    10
    The people that rate this game poorly because of the tank/spearman issue likely do not know how to play the game. The game does not determine battle outcomes by icon, it uses a number system. So in the case where a spearman is attacked by a tank: Spearman (in city, fortified, on a hill, across a river, etc. etc.) will be pumped up quite drastically and make it feasible to beat a tank. Awesome game, endless fun.… Expand
  2. DejimmyD.
    8
    A nice game witout an population limit.
  3. EdY.
    7
    Everything is nice but one thing I don't like is that the computer controlled players are too unfairly powerful (in harder levels). It seems they don't need an effort to produce a large army in a short time and and maintain it. I like everything in the game except that I feel the challenges should be on AI but not on the "unfairness."… Expand
  4. KevinH.
    0
    This game was a complete disappointment. Get SMAC instead.

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