Uploaded June 2014 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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Civilization Online is an online game in development by XLgames, where Archeage was developed.

The game mixes elements of a mmorpg and civilization together though I would say that the tactical part feels closer to an RTS (Age of Empires, Rise of Nations) than a TBS.
So while the game is designed like a mix of RTS and MMORPG, the overall flow of the game feels like a MOBA.

Players will compete in sessions, which means there's an end to each 'match' like a MOBA or RTS. The type of session that was available for CBT was a basic conquest mode with two age periods available (middle age and renaissance). At the end of a session, which was two days each during the CBT, the civilization with most control over the world will be announce the victor.
Players will have to fight, craft, gather, and build with the appropriate class in order to achieve victory. Combat classes can level with the usual 'fight to gain exp' method while other classes like gatherer or builder gain exp by doing their job. While players are free to change classes thus interchange between peaceful and fighting roles it is completely possible to contribute to your team without seeing a single battle. The strategy part is simplified so that players will be able to quickly immerse in to the game and concentrate on the action.

To be honest, I wasn't that interested in this title because I assumed it would be another mmo piggybacking on the name of a successful title but I was wrong. Despite the wacky balance, frequent framedrops, and constant invisibility bugs the game was really fun and I look forward to how it goes with its next betas.
That said I still don't think I'll play it on release since I tend to avoid any MOBA-ish games due to what super-competitive environments tend to do to gamers and, well.. even at CBT the community is already showing some signs of the acidity commonly seen in MOBA communities :P