The counselors' costumes change with each new era. They often argue with and insult one another, as each advisor's department demands a different set of priorities. The council consists of film clips of actors portraying advisors in the areas of the military (a brawny man, often drunk, angry or both he becomes a stereotypical American general when Modern Age is reached), economics (a smooth-talking merchant, later a snooty and suave businessman), diplomacy (in the Modern Age, a saucy femme fatale with a vaguely Eastern European accent), technological progress (a nerdy scientist), and the people's happiness (an Elvis Presley caricature, wearing sunglasses even in the Ancient period). The player has the ability to consult the 'High Council' for advice (as long as the player still has the CD in the drive). Some new units are added such as stealth aircraft.
Damaged units can now retreat to cities, where their hit points are restored.
For instance, engineers and settlers can be automated to improve surrounding areas, but do not ignore enemy zones of control. The game features entirely new concepts, such as firepower and hit points, and changes to some units' abilities and strengths.
The AI was improved as well, including the elimination of most random events by now making the computer player go through the same production requirements as the human player.
Rivers no longer occupy the whole of each tile along their length instead, they are part of each topography square through which they flow, adding productive value, defensive bonuses and movement ability. The graphics were changed from a top-down view to an isometric representation. It was released in 1996 for the PC and later ported to the PlayStation by Activision.Ĭivilization II was a commercial hit, with sales around 3 million units by 2001, and has won numerous awards and placements on "best games of all time" lists.Ĭivilization II is similar to the first Civilization, with some changes to the various units, civilizations, world wonders, tile "specials" and technologies. Sid Meier's Civilization II is a turn-based strategy video game in the Civilization series, developed and published by MicroProse.
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