Posted on: April 5, 2025
luks_on
Verified ownerGames: 40 Reviews: 7
better than civilization
easier than civ and has nice us history background
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Sid Meier's Colonization
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Discover the New World and fulfill your Manifest Destiny!
The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise, and infinite possibility: your colonists anxiously follow you to shore and the treasures of an entire continent await you. But beware of your enemies! Angry natives and rival powers can encroach upon your territory. You'll have to overcome your foes with superior military strategy and wily diplomacy. Only then can you launch your revolution and declare your independence.
Players control either English, French, Dutch, or Spanish colonists in the New World. This New World can be the historically accurate Americas (North and South) or a randomly generated world with varying resources and challenges. Overseeing economic, military, and political growth, you strive to establish independence from the mother country while competing with other colonies for control of the New World.
Plant a foothold in the New World and establish your independence in Sid Meier’s Colonization!
The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise, and infinite possibility: your colonists anxiously follow you to shore and the treasures of an entire continent await you. But beware of your enemies! Angry natives and rival powers can encroach upon your territory. You'll have to overcome your foes with superior military strategy and wily diplomacy. Only then can you launch your revolution and declare your independence.
Players control either English, French, Dutch, or Spanish colonists in the New World. This New World can be the historically accurate Americas (North and South) or a randomly generated world with varying resources and challenges. Overseeing economic, military, and political growth, you strive to establish independence from the mother country while competing with other colonies for control of the New World.
Plant a foothold in the New World and establish your independence in Sid Meier’s Colonization!
- Play either the French, English, Dutch, or Spanish colonial powers, each with distinct characteristics and political situations.
- Customize your games and choose your own level of difficulty so you never play the same game twice.
- Designed by Sid Meier, who brought you Alpha Centauri and Civilization!
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soundtrack
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Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
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Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
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18.5 hMain
34.5 h Main + Sides
59.5 h Completionist
23 h All Styles
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Posted on: April 6, 2025
Ger Bib
Verified ownerGames: 381 Reviews: 192
Fun, But Frustrating At Times
Objective Review 6 of 5 must play. 5 of 5 great story great gameplay. 4 of 5 great story average gameplay. 3 of 5 average story average gameplay. 2 of 5 play only if it's your favorite genre. 1 of 5 play if you have nothing better to do. 0 of 5 play if you're a masochist -1 of 5 avoid Sid Meir's Colonization score is 3 of 5. Subjective Review It's fun, but frustrating at times. Don't let the dated graphics stop you because there's a lot of game behind them. Not sure why gamers today play purposely pixelated games that are so lame when you could play a game like this that is pixelated because that's all there was, but the play is anything but lame. Don't play on the hardest level unless you're ready for some heavy micromanaging over many hours, if not days. There's no way to move units all at once, so tedium makes its appearance as you move each unit, and late in the game there is no joy in that. Some things, like trade elements, require a pencil and paper, unless you've got a great memory. Sid Meir made quite a name for himself back in the day, and this game alone shows why.
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Posted on: April 12, 2025
goodrichjohnc
Verified ownerGames: 120 Reviews: 2
Colonization
Great game. Fun to play old school game.
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Posted on: April 14, 2025
PKHarmer
Verified ownerGames: 11 Reviews: 1
Old Time Fav
Played this game for hours back in the day! Still love playing this awesome Game
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Posted on: April 19, 2025
arturbonito
Verified ownerGames: 92 Reviews: 5
colonization
one of the best old game strategy and history
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