Is it worth giving civ 1 and 2 a try and best Civ game?

[Kurkel]

Hi all

I have been a huge Civ fan for years and have played civ 3,4 and 5 to death and was wondering if the first 2 games are worth playing and what does everyone on here think is the best Civ game?

I would say civ 5 with all the expansions but if it is just the base game I would say civ 4 or 3 as civ 5 was terrible when it first came out!

Cheers!

[Dutchgamer1982]

All civ games are great, what you like most or least is more a matter of personal taste than absolute quality. Every game in the series adds some, and removes some, sometimes they change a thing I loved, but also add a new thing I came to love, so every installment has something agsint and something for it going.

Civ II was fun as well, the thing I miss most from civ II would be the advisors, they were so funny.
(never managed to get my hand on a copy of my own though, I lend the copy of a friend back in the days, and any pirated version I found did not have the advisors on them, not sure if thats because it's pirated, or that some version of civ II do not have the funny advisors alltogether.)

Civ I I never managed to play, never found a copy I could lend or buy, nor found any pirated version I could try out. So can't give you a hint on that. Stil it's the game it started all of this, so I would be very interested getting my hands on it.

When at it, you might also try out Alpha Centaury, and Call to Power 1 and Call to Power 2.
They are of the same team, play sort of the same, but are different enough to be enjoyable.
To me Call to Power would be the best "civilization game"

With civilizations 3 right after it. (I like to build hundreds of city's, and I like to be master of all trades, something that has been made impossible in civ 4 and 5)

Civ 2, Is good too, but I'll have to admit, it plays a bit like a beta civ 3, planes for example work very differently. However those really funny advisors make a lot good, I still can't figure why they were EVER removed, they should never have been taken away!

[Jeff Kaos]

Civ 2 advisors were definitely cool. I love the "Elvis Impersonator" as the domestic advisor. If I was you I'd give Sid Miers Alpha Cdentauri a try. It's basically Civ 2 in space. Instead of barbarian warriors as your first unit you start with laser troopers. Everything is basically the same but with a futuristic slant. And to me the coolest thing is that you can make custom units. You can get AC for about 5 or 6 bucks at GOG.

[SGT.Muffin badger]

there meh... newer ones are better

[kennycjr]

Civ1 is a very old game, I can't remember if it even ran on windows 3.1 or DOS. In it's heyday civ2's popularity was nothing short of epic, in no small part due to its ease of modding. You could even say civ2 was the grand or forefather of all game modding.

[Mr. Shaggnificent]

My first civ was II on PS1. it was one of my faovrite games. i still take it with me and play it when i have extended stays away from my comp.

[jimbo]

Civilization II is - in my opinion - the best of them all. You should definitely give it a try.

[Greeny]

I've always loved Civ 2 and 3...Not a fan of 5 and 4 is ok

[Cejan]

I still play Civ 1 - Great game... And it was from the old DOS era. Skipped over Civ 2 and went to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Now playing Civ 3... I'll work my way up to 4 & 5 soon (I generally wait until they're on sale)

[Lanarch]

Civ3 is the best one.