Sid Meier's Colonization

I simply love this game. @GOG: game version is 2.26 (19 Sept 94) but it seems that there is a patch: v3.0 (7 Feb 95). Any chances/plans that we get it in the GOG-version?

I love this game. First got it when I was 11 (I'm 24) in some bargain bin and I love this game. I would still own it now if it hadn't been lent to a certain someone... Reason why you should buy it? If you love Civ games, Alpha Centauri, etc, you will love this. Reason why it will stand out from Civ style games? Because it's so DIFFERENT. Not just the theme but the whole premise. This is not just a new world themed civ game. You start off as a small colony ship and aim to claim the land for the crown. Four factions (Spanish, French, English, and Dutch) aim to lie, threaten and bombard each other and the natives to turn this lonely colony into a nation in its own right. With each other, natives, pirates and the royal taxes to juggle you fight to survive and, when the taxes get to much, REVOLUTION!!! This final phase of the game is what it's all about. The bigger you are, the larger the king has been building his forces to keep you in line. But it's either that or kiss his pinky ring every time he issues another tax hike... It has founding fathers to help you grow, a money grabbing king and his hated taxes "kiss the pinky ring", pirates plundering your trade route back to the new world, natives to either kill (like barbarians on civ) or trade and ally with AND SO MUCH MORE. In Civ, a citizen is a generic drone, easily swapped from laborer to scientist. Well in the new world it's got more flavour than that. Cram hardened criminals onto your ships to bulk out your population quickly or start handing over cash to fur trappers, politicians and others to tempt them to brave the wild Atlantic. Breed your horses and sell for buck, become a weapons merchant, crush a few native civilizations, the options are HUGE. So huge in fact it may take a while to get to grips with it but once you do you will wonder why Civ games never had so much character as this. Now... off to buy it :P

As much as it was nice to see a Civ4 mod of this game some time ago, I still prefer this old masterpiece of the game. This is everything you could ever wish for, the game design and tweaking is so perfect, it's incredible. playing on a random map gives you ENDLESS tests of your skills - and counting hours of playtime on this give would give you a 10 figure number fast!

Nice going, it is better than this version in Civilization IV, opponents are more aggressive, map is clear. In this in Civ IV is all about economy and map seems to me overcrowded. Nice game.

Has a learning curve, but very enjoyable.