I'm a huge Civilization fan. I've seen the sun rise (and hurried to bed) with only one game series in my life and that's Civilization. The series is simply unmatched in the genre and always has a few turns I just have to make.

So, naturally when I heard they were making a civ game for play on FB I was very intrigued. I knew it would be smaller scale and have some sort of micro-transactions, but I figured it would still be essentially... Civilization.

CivWorld is not Civilization. Its so dumbed down and has a forced team game mechanic that it is frustrating at times. I know its in beta (which is why I'm not berating it for various connection issues) however, there are serious gaps in gameplay that should exist and maybe will come in the future as it moves out of beta.

Overall, it is a decent FB game, but, I'd like more solo control please.

For those that have played, what's your thoughts?

I'm surprised no one but me on this gaming website has played this. >:(

I wasn't aware that it was available yet.  I think I won't waste my time and just take your word for it.  =P

Beta launched two days ago. Its ok as a FB game but not a civ game really.

How is it compared to Civilization Revolution. That's the only Civilization game I played and I thought it was pretty fun.

CivRev isn't a real Civ game and since it wasn't free I havn't tried it.

I actually figured CivWorld would be similar to CivRev as a smaller and simplier Civ game, but on FB and free. However, CivWorld definitely isn't that as the videos I've seen of CivRev are far closer to normal Civ games.

I may sound too harsh as I have nearly completed one full game on CivWorld. Its just missing elements that make you want to keep it open and actively playing. Instead I play for a few minutes to do all my backlog of work, once I'm caught up and waiting on timers, I'm done. I have zero interest to keep it open.

Now, I don't play farmville or anything else, but those at least make people want it open actively to participate in the game. CivWorld is missing that element.... along with the solo strategy you get out of normal civ.

It's weird. You're right, it's not a Civ game at all. It shares far more in common with FB games than Civ, although it is better than most other FB games I've tried. Still, it's not entirely bad, but I think I'll be playing AoE: Online a lot more than CivWorld to get my free/social gaming fix.

So you say CivFB is not a real Civ (which was already clear when it was announced), then you say you're surprised that Civ fans on VGC haven't tried CivFB, then you say you've never tried CivRev which you think isn't a real Civ while in fact it's probably a 100 times more Civ than CivFB (I can't really judge as I never will play CivFB, but I can tell you: CivRev is Civ, just dumbed down for systems which can't handle the unique scope of this franchise, but still a typical Civ game and very good - especially on DS imo).

Nothing does really compute here. Not even my first paragraph.

All I have to say: As long as I haven't tried Civ V yet (my current laptop can't handle it), the best Civs remain I, II and IV.

No, I said it wasn't free. I'm willing to try a civ game I know won't be 100% civ if the cost is appropriate.... i.e. free.

"CivRev isn't a real Civ game and since it wasn't free I havn't tried it."

What I expected was CivWorld to be like what I saw in CivRev (a dumbed down civ game). However, its not even close to that.

If CivRev was free I'd try it, but for any price, I'd rather play one of the civ games on my PC that I already purchased.

I was just trying to mess around. Actually it was clear what you meant but in fact I don't care anymore which route Civilization will take. Even if CivWorld was any good I'd never try it as FB is a service that doesn't interest me at all.

Sid Meier reminds me more and more of Will Wright. Wright seems to have lost interest in his best and most influential work (SimCity) years ago. It seems Meier is losing interest in Civ as well and the best he came up with is a Civ for Facebook. The fire isn't burning anymore. I'm not disappointed and I won't blame these guys. Wright and Meier (plus Brian Reynolds in Civ'II's case) already gave me some of the best game experiences ever. As long as Civ II and IV are made playable by fans on future systems, I'm content.