What should I buy?

Daddy-O · October 13, 2000, 15:15

I have played Civ2 before and loved it. Now I want my own copy but with so many versions which should I buy? ToT looks to have many neat new features over Civ2. Is it worth it? Or should I buy Call To Power? Can I play against someone else head to head ie not over a LAN?

Thanks for your time.

Empress · October 13, 2000, 19:49

I would recomend good ol fashioned civ II MPG

but of course, that and the origional civ I is all I have played so....

Sibir · October 13, 2000, 22:51

All of them.

I have them all. But i'd recomend MGE, because it has all the expansion packs and allows multiplay.

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suas333 · October 14, 2000, 15:49

Definately Civ 2 Gold Edition (Multiplayer)

Better game, more people to play online.

cavebear · October 14, 2000, 16:13

I think that Civ2 MGE is still where the action is...

And Civ2 is still the best starting point. Get it first (it's not that expensive) and play it until you feel a lack of some aspect that could be better presented in one of those specialty offshoots.

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kcbob · October 16, 2000, 09:19

MGE. But be prepared for the hostile AI.

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Tizzy · October 16, 2000, 10:49

What those guys said!

Stick to the original, but make sure it's multiplayer.

Exile · October 16, 2000, 16:09

MGE; if you don't purchase this version, you'll wish you had.

Economicon,
Exile

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Daddy-O · October 17, 2000, 18:28

Well I bought the original single CD CIV2. I just could not find MGE locally and I needed a CIV2 fix. Now I just need to figure out what happened to the past 2 nights of my life. This game is too addicting!

Thanks for all of your posts.
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Scouse Gits · October 18, 2000, 04:44

Don't forget to upgrade to v2.42 - its free from here or from www.civ2.com and it fixes loads of bugs

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October 18, 2000, 05:24

I see the need for an alternative voice here....

Get Call To Power II!

Launching in a couple of months time.....

edit: Oh... you already bought civ2. Ah, well...can't blame me for trying

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