

The game features entirely new concepts, such as firepower and hitpoints (meaning phalanxes cannot so easily beat battleships), and changes some units' abilities and strengths. Rivers now act much like roads- moving one square along a river will cost only 1/3 of a movement point. The river is just part of each topography square it flows through, adding productive value and movement ability.

Rivers no longer occupy the whole of each tile along its length. The graphics (greatly improved with clickable links and movable windows) have been changed from top-down view to isometric representation. It is also called Civ II for short.Ĭivilization II is very much like the first Civilization, with some changes to the units and civilizations and additional wonders, units, tile "specials" and technologies included. It was released in 1996 for the PC and later ported to the Sony PlayStation. Civilization II, or Sid Meier's Civilization II, is a turn-based strategy game, the sequel to Sid Meier's Civilization.
