Civilization III: Conquests

Civilization III: Conquests
Civilization III: Conquests
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Developer(s) BreakAway Games
Firaxis
Publisher(s) Atari
Engine Custom
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s) 2003
Genre(s) Turn-based strategy
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: E
Media/distribution CD-ROM

Civilization III: Conquests is the second and final expansion for the award-winning and best-selling computer game Civilization III. It was published in 2003. This expansion added seven new civilizations to the game, and including the eight civilizations from Play the World this brings the total number of playable civilizations up to thirty-one (the maximum supported by the game). The new civilizations are the Byzantines, the Dutch, the Hittites, the Incans, the Mayans, the Portuguese and the Sumerians. In addition to these playable civilizations, graphics for the Austrians are present in the editor so one can replace an existing civilization.

Two new special traits are added in this pack: seafaring and agricultural. Many of the new civilizations take advantage of these new traits (e.g. the Sumerians are Scientific and Agricultural), and some old civilizations are changed to more appropriate ones (e.g. the English have been changed from Expansionist and Commercial to Seafaring and Commercial).

New governments have also been added to the game, Feudalism and Fascism, and new Wonders of the World such as the Statue of Zeus and the Mausoleum of Mausollos. Four new bonus resources have been included, two of which provide food bonuses to previously unprofitable terrain. Oases can now be found in deserts, tropical fruit in jungles, sugar on plains and hills, and tobacco on grasslands and hills. In addition, two new types of terrain have been added. These are marshes and volcanoes. Players cannot construct cities on marshes, and cannot improve volcanoes in any way. Like jungles and flood plains, cities that have at least 1 citizen working a marsh may succumb to disease. Volcanoes may periodically erupt, destroying all improvements and cities and killing any units in some or all adjacent squares.

The centerpiece of this expansion pack, however, was the inclusion of scenarios, intended for multiplayer gaming. Unlike the main ("epic") game, these scenarios took much less time to play, and focused on a specific period in history.

Generally the reception of this expansion pack was much better than that of Play the World.

One year after Conquests was launched, the latest Civilization III stand-alone version, Civilization III: Complete was also released. This version included Civilization III, Play the World and Conquests. This version also includes several patches.

Two years later, Civilization IV was also released.

Contents

New civilizations in Conquests

Civilization Qualities Starting Advances Special Unit Leader Capital
Byzantium Scientific, Seafaring Bronze working, Alphabet Dromon Theodora Constantinople
Hittites Expansionist, Commercial Pottery, Alphabet Three-man Chariot Mursilis I Hattusas
Incans Expansionist, Agricultural Pottery, Masonry Chasqui scout Pachacuti Cuzco
Mayans Agricultural, Industrious Masonry, Pottery Javelin Thrower Smoke-Jaguar Chichén Itza
Netherlands Agricultural, Seafaring Pottery, Alphabet Swiss Mercenary William of Orange Amsterdam
Portugal Seafaring, Expansionist Pottery, Alphabet Carrack Henry the Navigator Lisbon
Sumeria Scientific, Agricultural Bronze working, Pottery Enkidu Warrior Gilgamesh Ur
Austria ("Bonus"-Civ: not included in the standard game) Militaristic, Industrious Masonry, Warrior Code Hussar Charles V Vienna

Conquests

The Conquests are official scenarios, nine of which are included in this expansion, Mesopotamia, the Rise of Rome, the Fall of Rome, the Middle Ages in Europe, Mesoamerica, the Age of Discovery, the Napoleonic Wars, the Sengoku period in Japan, and the Pacific Theater of World War II.

Mesopotamia

The first Conquest, Mesopotamia is centered around building the 7 Wonders of the World. There are seven civilizations, all of them playable; Egypt, Mycenae, Babylon, Medes, Phoenicia, Sumeria, and the Hittites. Michael Soracoe, aka Sullla, described Mesopotamia as "the most peaceful of the Conquests and that due to the peaceful nature of the scenario, it "is not a very good Conquest for multiplayer." [1]

Rise of Rome

[2]

Fall of Rome

[3]

Middle Ages

[4]

Mesoamerica

[5]

Age of Discovery

[6]

Sengoku: Sword of the Shogun

[7]

Napoleonic Europe

[8]

WWII in the Pacific

[9]

References


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