Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Mild overall intensityWhat's in it
The player wages war by moving military units on a map; combat is resolved with brief, stylized unit animations and no blood, wounds, or bodies.
War, conquest, and destruction of cities sit at the core of play, and nuclear weapons can be built and launched, but these are shown only as abstract map events rather than depicted.
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What it is
Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete is a turn-based strategy game in which you guide a single civilization from an ancient settlement to the modern age, founding cities, researching technology, managing resources and trade, conducting diplomacy, and waging war against rival nations. Conflict is fought by moving military units across a tiled world map; battles play out as short, stylized animations with no blood, injury, or gore. The subject matter includes warfare, conquest, and the option to build and use nuclear weapons, but all of it is presented abstractly through map units and menus. There is no sexual content, profanity, substances, or purchasable content. An included multiplayer mode lets people play together over a network, but the game provides no built-in voice or text chat.
How it's framed
The game frames history as a strategic contest for growth and dominance, where expansion, technological progress, diplomacy, and military conquest are all presented as neutral tools for winning; violence is abstracted into unit-versus-unit odds rather than depicted, and no moral judgment is attached to any nation or path to victory.
Details
- Developer
- Firaxis Games
- Publisher
- 2K
- Released
- Oct 25, 2006
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