It's a sad comment when a classic game is succeeded, several generations later, by a 'sequel' that is considerably harder to play and much more annoying in interface and controls. Don't buy this. Please, don't subject yourself to it. Buy Civ2 - which is similar to this, only not broken and far less annoying. Buy Civ3. Buy Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. But don't buy this. The pathing is a pain, you can't get to the controls for your cities or your units, and it's just generally one of the few games I ripped out of my CD drive and threw against the wall in pure frustration.