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Civilization Call To Power |  | From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 15481
Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 95
Genre: historical-strategy-games
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Media: Video Game
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Windows 95
EAN: 5030917008238
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Updating a legendary game franchise is tricky business, but Civilization: Call to Power successfully revitalises an old favourite with revamped art, interface and concepts.Completely redesigned in gorgeous full colour, the new artwork bears as much resemblance to its predecessors as primitive man's cave scrawls do to the Mona Lisa. The animated units prove that turn-based strategy can have some flash, and new movies celebrating the completion of civilisation-boosting wonders are equally stunning. The goal of the game hasn't changed much (create a civilisation that can stand the test of time), but the playing field has been greatly expanded to include ocean and space colonisation, with more technological advances, wonders, diplomatic options, and government types than ever before. Generally, the new interface successfully simplifies control while keeping you close to the action. The occasional awkwardness (it's easy to carelessly mis-click and send units in the wrong direction) is counterbalanced by welcome gameplay enhancements, such as the ability to group units together, tile improvements being funded from a pooled public works budget, and the ability to view a pathing line that shows you where (and how far) you can move your units. Boldly improving on where Civilization II has gone before, Call to Power stays true to its heritage and makes the struggle for civilisation come alive as never before. --Jack Gardiner
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 Civilization Call To Power- Little impotent. December 4, 2002
Bexter (Bristol United Kingdom)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I guess it's more to do with little experience in the real time game stuff that hindered me, but this didn't really draw me in. It is pretty complex which makes it difficult to grasp, but equally there is plenty to tinker with and I imagine that someone with more experience in this would enjoy it greatly.
 Civilization Call To Power October 30, 2002
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been a great fan of the series right from the beginning. Having played Civ, Civ II & Alpha Centauri, all of which I enjoyed, I was excited about this newer version. I found however that although the graphics had changed/(improved?), the game was much too slow & ungainly to enjoy. The turns ended up taking too long, the game options were even more limited than Civ II & the gameplay logic less intuitive. Really quite frustrating. Unlike some others, I did not mind the increased complexity Call to Power introduced. Rather, the gameplay (or lack of) was the primary disabling factor. Even Alpha Centauri which required some imagination to play, had ultimately better gameplay than Call to Power.
Personally I hope that Civ III has concentrated more on gameplay than on graphics, more like Civ II & less like Call to Power.
A fair review November 9, 2000
Mr N J Hopper (trapped in a toilet in the Pentagon, Washington DC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Now i'm not going to babble on about how amazing this game is, cause it's not, nope thats right it is not perfect, but in these days what is. However this game has a good crack at trying to a classic title. Firstly the bad points, the AI is a little slow to develop and it just seems like the game lacks the magic of the previous titles, however it does have a number of good points - allow me to continue, the game is tailored to the player, you select the map size and a whole host of other options, it is a graphical advancement on the other civilization games, but that was not to difficult, and it is fairly easy to pick even without the tutorial, above all this game is big breakfast (wickedly fun) it's more of a GMTV, in that what you see is what you get, a little dull and lifeless in parts (although the tv show is dull and lifeless all the way) anyway this game is a fairly average but well worth a look for fans of the series.
 Great game October 11, 2000
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Much better than the Civ II. Player interface, graphics, are excellent. Can't wait for CTP II.
To complex for it's own good September 3, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved Civ and Civ II and couldn't wait for Call to Power to come out. Having played it a few times I have to say that it is just too complex. There are some excellent features such as the ability to stack units of differing strengths. The ability to build underwater and space cities is nice, and there are far more civilisations to play. The biggest problem with the game is it takes too long to play. As your civilisation gets larger and more developed, each turn can take upwards of an hour. The net result is that it is too much effort to finish most games.
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