Civilization III is a turn-based strategy computer game by Firaxis Games, the sequel to Sid Meier's Civilization II. The game represents a maturing of the game in terms of mechanics and strategy. Unlike the previous versions of the game, CivIII was not designed by Sid Meier, but by Jeff Briggs and Soren Johnson, another game designer and a programmer at Firaxis.
Civilization III introduced many new winning options, including a "diplomatic" option involving maintaining good relations with all other civilizations throughout, as well as a "cultural" option involving building culturally strong cities with many improvements such as temples and universities.
Two expansion sets have been published for Civilization III: Play the World and Conquests. Play the World attempts to enhance multiplayer, while adding greatly to the original game. Conquests offers eight historical playable scenarios, ranging from Mesopotamia to WWII in the Pacific. Both contribute many more aspects to the game as well as adding a combined 15 new playable civilizations.
Civilization III is consistently hailed as one of the best strategy games ever made by magazines, reviewers and strategy game fans. The entire Civilization series (including the first two versions) is the greatest selling strategy game series of all time.
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