Civilization is the most iconic turn-based series of all time, but Sid Meier considered making it an RTS: 'It could have easily gone in different directions'
Sid Meier, the creator of the Civilization series, revealed that the iconic turn-based strategy game was initially considered as a real-time strategy title, similar to Age of Empires. Meier and Bruce Shelley explored this direction after the success of Railroad Tycoon, but ultimately decided that a turn-based approach would better suit the game's complexity and accessibility. Despite this, the exploration of RTS concepts influenced later games like Age of Empires and Rise of Nations.
- Entities
- Game: Civilization
- Company: Firaxis Games
- Person: Bruce Shelley
- Game: Rise of Nations
- Game: Railroad Tycoon 3
- Person: Sid Meier
- Platform: PC
- Topic: Turn-Based Strategy
- Topic: Real-Time Strategy
- Topic: 4X Genre
- Person: Brian Reynolds
- Game: Age of Empires II
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