Call to Power II

 PC
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. Eurogamer
    90
    Improved menus and controls make it rather less intimidating, and the open-ended nature of the game and the massive range of units, buildings, technologies and strategies on offer means this is one game that you can play time and time again without ever repeating yourself.
  2. GameSpy
    87
    Perhaps the largest impediment in Call to Power II is the build tree, which would more accurately be described as the "build pick-up-sticks."
  3. Gamers' Temple
    82
    Hard-core "Civilization" buffs will probably be disappointed in CTP2's lack of evolution of the Civilization series and some of its unbalanced units.
  5. Computer Games Magazine
    80
    An ideal game for the 4X gamer who prefers managing armies over micromanaging cities. It doesn't quite have the panache of "Civilization II" or the drama of "Alpha Centauri," but it's colorful, relatively fast-paced, and it has that "one more turn" addictiveness that will keep you burning the midnight oil.
  6. PC Gameworld
    79
    Doesn't innovate enough to ever be considered a new classic. Still, it's worth playing while we wait for "Civilization III."
  7. Game Over Online
    76
    A good Civ game, not revolutionary but more evolutionary, although even at that it seems to pale against the more refined "Alpha Centauri." CTP2 has its charms and if Alpha Centauri alienated you, CTP2 is worthy of any Civ gamer' s time.
  8. Gaming Age
    75
    A far better game pound for pound that any other Civilization game made. But for a gaming paradigm that has been around for almost ten years, there's no reason for the genre to still be stumbling over the same problems over and over, and that's exactly what's happening here.
  9. Daily Radar
    75
    It offers more than "Civilization 2," but not a lot more. Fighting has been expanded in strategically interesting ways, but additions to diplomacy, technology and interface are primarily cosmetic and flat.
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  10. GameZone
    75
    It may not sport the graphical quality of Microsoft’s "Age Of Empires II," but still has all the elements of a good program, built to be user-friendly.
  11. Da Gameboyz
    75
    Everything improves slowly, and so those who do not possess patience should find another outlet. Only the most patient and capable of leaders will emerge as the supreme ruler of the planet.
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Awards & Rankings

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#74 Best PC Game of 2000
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#85 Most Discussed PC Game of 2000

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User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 20
  3. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. iseeall
    Dec 15, 2015
    6
    This sequel to Call to Power 1 adds more units and more features to the game but doesn't fix the almost gamebreaking flaws of the originalThis sequel to Call to Power 1 adds more units and more features to the game but doesn't fix the almost gamebreaking flaws of the original (overpowered ranged units in army battles, overpowered special units), resulting in another average Civilization-inspired 4x game.… Full Review »
  2. Ben
    Aug 18, 2001
    8
    I like it. Any lover of civilization would really love it.
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