Will Wright's Spore

[A Black Falcon]

Of the three Civ games (Not including the nauseating Call to Power spin-off), I'd say Civ II is the best. It improves on the first so much, without deviating from it's core gameplay. For me, Civ III changed the game too much, I just couldn't enjoy it the way I did Civ II.

That is exactly my opinion. Civ III may be good, but it's too big a change for me to like it anywhere NEAR as much as I loved Civ II. Civ II is in my 'top 10 games ever' list. Civ III? I'd never consider putting it even close.

Oh, the two Civ II expansion packs are great... but Civ II Test of Time is worthless junk. Get Multiplayer Gold Edition and Fantastic Worlds (the only disk with all the Civ II music tracks on it...). :)