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This angle, however is the viewpoint of a bitter simpleton.

Slave/TradeĪs it uses the same engine and shares similarities in combat and production, from one angle Colonization can look like just a glossy Civilization mod. The original Colonization surfaced back in 1993 and this update is again a brilliant Civilization-esque epic where you play one of the first European settlers in the Americas, trying to establish a colonial empire strong enough to fight off the pesky natives and other greedy European invaders, with the final aim of reaching independence from your homeland. Did his dad design Risk? Was his greatgrandfather the guy who came up with Monopoly? Did one of his ancestors think up chess? Only Wikipedia can tell.Ĭivilization - upon which this game is based - is the Citizen Kane of videogames a gaming classic destined to forever be remembered and played, like Checkers, Go, Mahjong, or kiss-chase.

So good is Mr Meier at putting together turn-based classics that you wonder whether it runs in the family. Sid Meier Has been making strategy games since before you were a dirty thought in your dad's mind, and almost everything he has done is unutterably brilliant.

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