Civilization III: Play The World

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Civilization III: Play the World
Developer(s)	Firaxis
Engine	Custom
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release date	2002
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Media	CD-ROM
Input methods	Mouse and keyboard

Civilization III: Play the World, released in 2002, is the first expansion pack for the award winning game Civilization III. Play the World added some civilizations from the original game, a new multiplayer feature, new Wonders of the World, new units, and new game modes, including elimination, regicide, and capture the flag.

Play the World (PTW) was generally poorly received. The main feature, multiplayer, was extremely buggy and slow. Most issues were worked out in the second expansion Conquests which led many to regard Conquests as the expansion that Play the World was supposed to have been.

Perhaps one of the major keystones which was supposed to be the catch up phrase for this game was the introduction of turnless game mode, a new concept never used on any previous versions of civilization series, a some sort of adapted mixture between turn based and real time game mode. The concept although was good on paper, never worked so well and many online players experienced OOS (Out of sync) among other issues.

Due to this and the lack of initial support from Firaxis, were among the many reasons which placed the last nail in the coffin for the turnless game mode.

Play the World can also be found on Civilization III: Gold which includes the original Civilization III and Play the World. Civilization III: Play the World is also found on the Civilization III: Conquests expansion.

New civilizations in Play the World

External links

• Official Play the World website
• Civilization III: Play the World at MobyGames