Call to Power II

I played CTP1 years ago, and for many, many hours. It was great; it was essentially Civilization (it was even in the name!) with a bunch of mechanics being tweaked. Unfortunately, that game is not on Steam. I'm guessing due to licensing issues. This game is pretty much a demake or an "un-expansion" of the original CTP. A bunch of features are scrapped...late game is much more like the OG Civ games than they are CTP1 (no 3000 AD late game). You can't actually control what tiles your cities 'work' in the management screen; only tell the AI to concentrate on a certain resource (food, production, etc.). The graphics are pretty much the exact same, but some of the units have changed appearances. I don't really get why this game was even made. It did nothing to improve on CTP1 but did several things to make it an inferior product.

I used to play this game a lot when I was a kid. I was fascinated by how you could grow your civilization even beyond today's technology. I was always aiming for that defensive dome on your cities and I thought it was really cool. It was a really good game in my memories, and it should have stayed that way. This game on steam is a shameless trap for people like me who seek that nostalgia. The game is currently unplayable and can hardly be described even as a game. The music won't play and the options menu won't save your selections and you will need to go over them each time you run the game. I have an ultra wide screen and whenever I progress for some time and discover some of the map, the game would just freeze each and every second, making the game unplayable. Did I mention there is no music?! It is stupid how people can expect someone to buy this crap and be content. And if you wanna feel nostalgic, just go watch some old gameplay videos on youtube. Trust me, you will feel a lot better.

what a waste of money, I will echo anyone else when they say they cant get this game working at all, all it does for me is loads up on the start screen, blacks out and crashes the game is clearly not being " developed by activision " any longer it isn't well up to scratch nor being kept updated, this nostalgic game from 2000s was a was awesome in its time now its been ruined, there are more outdated games that are playable on steam which I find amazing.

I loved this game when it came out. This is dated and crashes often. We need a solid Call to Power update like Civ 6.

Excellent jeu de stratégie au tour par tour (l'un des meilleur de son époque), le jeu tourne très bien sur Windows 11. Petit bonus, un Patch VF existent en téléchargement ici : https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1239237516

This game does not work on Win10/Win11 systems without extensive legacy component modification.

Este jogo é fantástico para a época em que foi feito e até os dias de hoje, se você dá mais importância para a estratégia do que para somente gráficos realistas. Na época em que foi lançado, era concorrente direto ao Civilization 3 e eu afirmo categoricamente que Call to Power (e Call to Power 2) é muito, mas muito melhor do que o Civilization 3 em todos os aspectos, além de sua primeira versão ter tido tradução para português (textos e legendas nos vídeos), algo que só quem teve a mídia física (como eu tenho) sabe do que estou dizendo. A versão Call to Power 2, disponível aqui na Steam é tão boa quanto a primeira, mas vem recheada com mais recursos, mais unidades, mais tecnologias, apesar de ser muito parecida tem um "plus". Recomendo muito aos que gostam de jogos de estratégia de verdade.

I cannot understand why Steam sell video games that it doesn't work. I feel totally disappointed and cheated of course. From now on I won't buy any game here. It's not for the loss of money it's because of the frustration I feel as a client.