Civ
English
[edit]Etymology
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Proper noun
[edit]Civ
- (video games, slang) Civilization, a turn-based strategy video game from 1991 (and various sequels) in which the player attempts to build and maintain an empire throughout history.
- 1997, Rick Barba, Michael Knight, Rod Harten, CD-ROM Classics: Cheats and Hints to Your Favorite Games, volume 2:
- If you have played Civ before then, you already know what I am talking about. If you haven't, then what are you waiting for?
- 2008, Tracy Fullerton, Game Design Workshop:
- I'd worked almost exclusively on the Wizardry series, so I knew everything about it like the back of my hand. So when I played Civ, I became fascinated with how it did that.
- (video games, slang) a civilization, any of various playable empires controlled by a player in the Civilization games.
Translations
[edit]the Civilization games, or one of the games in this series