The two videos (and gallery) below will give you a good idea of what it's like to play Civilization World, the Facebook variant of everyone's favorite 4X strategy title. Think Civ, with cartoonish looks and more involvement from your friends.
Civ World screenshots and video will conquer your curiosity
by Mike Schramm 
on Jun 24th 2011 5:50PM
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Reader Comments (10)
Posted: Jun 24th 2011 6:07PM Crazy Nut BE said
I still don't get the core mechanic. Is it just an elaborate hot seat or can people pillage your city while you're asleep?
Posted: Jun 24th 2011 6:44PM jesus lol said
Played the Beta for a few days then finally just removed the application. What a mess of a game.
Posted: Jun 24th 2011 7:49PM liquidsoap89 said
@twocows
From all the beta's I've played, the main reason the game even goes in to beta stage is because it's close to being finished and the developers want the mass QA from it's fan base. What they do with all that information gathered is beyond me, because I almost never see any major differences between a beta and retail version of a game.
Sure there are exceptions, but most of those are the games that completely A) Didn't work at all and had to be delayed/whatevered to be properly fixed, or B) Were completely trashed by everyone that played it, and had to be delayed/whatevered to be properly fixed (Dark Sector and Borderlands spring to mind).
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From all the beta's I've played, the main reason the game even goes in to beta stage is because it's close to being finished and the developers want the mass QA from it's fan base. What they do with all that information gathered is beyond me, because I almost never see any major differences between a beta and retail version of a game.
Sure there are exceptions, but most of those are the games that completely A) Didn't work at all and had to be delayed/whatevered to be properly fixed, or B) Were completely trashed by everyone that played it, and had to be delayed/whatevered to be properly fixed (Dark Sector and Borderlands spring to mind).
Posted: Jun 24th 2011 8:04PM Vector Scalar said
I'm in the beta and really like it. It isn't as engrossing as Civ or Civ Rev, but it is quite well done for a Fb game. I don't see myself buying into Civ Bucks, but there's more than enough to keep my occupied while on Fb.
Well, gotta go (battle coming up in 30 minutes).
Well, gotta go (battle coming up in 30 minutes).
Posted: Jun 24th 2011 8:26PM sortius said
Well, I won't be playing it.
If only it wasn't a Failbook game.
If only it wasn't a Failbook game.
Posted: Jun 24th 2011 8:51PM Colin said
I thought it was garbage. Basically a Farmville style clone, extremely unintuitive tutorials (seriously, you get a quest explaining how to spam your friend's wall before one on combat) and nothing good related to Civ.
I'd call this a pass, pals.
I'd call this a pass, pals.
Posted: Jun 25th 2011 8:47AM Dumac said
Tried Civ 5, such an addictive game, and so shallow. pass
