The player must balance a good infrastructure, resources, diplomatic and trading skills, technological advancement, city and empire management, cultural influence, and military power to succeed. 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 game is based around building an empire, from the ground up, beginning at start of recorded history and continuing beyond the current modern day. A complete (or Gold) edition of of the game includes the original game as well as the Conquests and Play the World expansion packs.Īs in previous Civilization games, the player must manage an empire of cities in a turn-based system, dealing with issues of war, culture, economics and more. It gives you the opportunity to enjoy unmatched strategic gameplay alone or against players from around the world. Dominate the world through diplomatic finesse, cultural domination and military prowess.
