FreeCiv is an Open Source game similar to the popular PC Civilization series by Sid Meier. Your goal is to build cities, collect resources, organize your government, and build an army.
FreeCiv features a lot of strategy and a ton of variety. You can choose to build many types of civilizations throughout history and take several different paths to victory. This game is completely free.
Everything a computer strategy game should be. . ., May 02, 2008 Reviewer: Roy Gathercoal from Beautiful Pacific Northwest
3 of 3 people found this review helpful ... although the implementation of the game could use some polish.
Freeciv is much, much better than others *because* it is open-source. Those willing to do the work have left their various marks on the game.
The result? You customize it to play solo or up to 30 humans. You pick nations, geographies, government systems, economics,and more: You get a great game and a high frustration potential.
Create your own land wars or a waterworld where ownership of the smallest piece of barren island makes the difference. Start with Babylonian vs. Phoenicians, play with stealth bombers and SETI programs, or both. At the same time!
This game offers the ultimate replayability potential. a simple change of the right two variables will produce an entirely new game.
In-game help is spotty so the online fora are critical. Documentation is awful.
Within the genre, Freeciv is more complex and customizable than most. You set a big stage, then play out representative units in their own roles.
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OMG!!!!!!, March 27, 2008 Reviewer: Joseluis from Joliet,IL USA
6 of 6 people found this review helpful this game waz awesome!!!!!it's like civilization
but way better and it's FREE!!!OMG!!!! i had so much fun i played 4 hours and days and i still play it i hav been playing it for 2 months straight and im still playing it ..i love it and i would recommend it to whoever likes civilization becuz it is way better and as i said its FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! SO U DONT HAV TO PAY!!!!!!i would also allow youths to play becuz it is for all ages!!!well thats all the rest u have to find out once u play it !!hav fun!!!!!!!=)
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Addicting, November 26, 2007 Reviewer: Anoop from India
21 of 25 people found this review helpful I started playing Free Civ with a lot of skepticism. I am a veteran of strategy games and have spent endless hours over civilization games. Free civ kept me addicted to the game all through. It is definitely worth the time to give it a try. One of best strategy games available in the free download domain.
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FreeCiv fun, but lacking., November 07, 2007 Reviewer: Jason Bunderson from Highland, UT, USA
8 of 10 people found this review helpful FreeCiv was a really enjoyable game. It had many of the same features as Sid Meier's Civilization, and is, as the name suggests, free. However, I did find certain qualities lacking in this game that were present in the costly version (understandable, since it is, after all, a free civ). First, I must complain about the graphics. They are very hard and distract a person's eye very easily. Second, I find that the overall feeling of the game is just not the same. It lacks a certain 'oomph' that Sid Meier's games had. Finally, I found the game to be slightly difficult to navigate, and the city and terrain graphics/info were very crowded. If an update was released, I would make the coastlines smoother, and try not to confine everything to squares. Other than those three things, I did not find much wanting on the game. I believe that this is the best civ game that you can get for free, and I would heartily recommend it to any who love and adore, as I do, Sid Meiers Civilization
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CIVILIZATION ROCKS!, September 02, 2007 Reviewer: Ng Kai Shuo Keane from Singapore
15 of 18 people found this review helpful Civilization is a really fun, good and exciting play and easily understandable. ROX!
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