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Good Game, If You Can Play It

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: November 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was very hesitant on buying this game after reading all those negative reviews. But after thinkging about how my comuter was only about 1 1/2 months old I decided to buy the game. And to my luck I was able to play it. It is a really great game with lots of new features. The only things I don't like about it are how only certain civs have two leaders to choose from. Can no one else think of a male pharoah it egypt's history? I mean come on there's plenty of leaders to choose from so that every civ can have two leaders. And also there is no civs like Babylon, Carthage, and yet again, no Hebrews! and what's with the Malinese, your telling me they deserve to be in this game more than the Babylonians? Any way, those of you who can't play Civ4, I feel for you. But those who can, good gaming!!!

great... once you get by the tech problems

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: July 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I found this game to be very much improved and much more fun. Your workers can construct new buildings like cottages and pastures... but with this added stuff it is easier then civ 3 to play. With the more improved tutorial it is much easier to get into the game and start playing.

What i thought was much more improved was the research window. It recomendes you to the next best research (either military or economic).

and yeah this is all 3d now so thats pretty cool.

Like Playing For The First Time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: November 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoyed playing this game - a great deal. With the new graphics upgrades, etc., it was a lot of fun.

I'm playing on a laptop with considerable processor and hard disk limitations and, when I get the slowdowns in later turns, I save the game, exit, and restart. It's a hassle, but that seems to reset the paging and gameplay is much quicker.

As always, you can also "cure" slow response (especially if you play large or huge worlds) by ratcheting down your options. For example, after the first five sessions I knew what Leonard Nimoy was going to say so I shut off voice, and that picked up a wee bit of processor time. Graphic options downgrades serve the same function.

You could say you shouldn't have to sacrifice like that, and you'd be right. I enjoy playing this so much, though, that to me it's well worth it.

Games like this are written for "the next phase" of hardware capability. This has been the case for twenty years now, so we should not be surprised. The first time you earn the rank of Caesar Augustus, you tend to forget these troubles...

Terrific Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing Civilization all the way from the beginning. The fourth installment has incredible detail, wonderful graphics, lots to do, and a great replay value. With the addition of religion, leader traits, and a whole new technology tree, Civilization 4 is my absolute favorite next to Simcity 4000. Religion needs some polishing because it seems to be non-important later in the game and seems like its not even there. The only bug is the fact that a archer sometimes can defeat a gunpowder unit which is odd. It reminds me of the Phalanx unit in the previous Civilization where it somehow holds out against a tank.

Basically you are in charge of a civilization (there are many to choose from) and you lead them from the stone age to the space age. You have to create cities, spend your gold pieces wisely on research and happiness, and possibly building projects. These projects outside of buildings such as granaries and barracks are called World of Wonder or a Natonial Wonder. There are loads of wonders between the 2 of them so be careful, you only can build a certain amount of each within each of your cities. The addition of Great Leaders adds a value to the game that sometimes in other games waters it down and gives you an idea as to who will win. This is not the case. For instance, the Great General can bind your units together and give them expierence points where you can upgrade them. These upgrades can be: strength, extra defense, healing, extra strike, and many others. A Great Artist can give any of your cities a culture boost or give a city a "shot in the arm," which means you can get extra prodiction and/or culture.

With the addidtion of 2 expansions this game went from outstanding to amazing just like that.Some minor bugs have been fixed with the exception of early units defeating more advanced units as I stated above. Anyone complaining about it not being polished and horrible are dead wrong. When this game was released it was incredibly strong and hardly buggy. It's a lot better than most games that are released! I preordered it and recieved it when it was released. I was able to get the box that contained the tech tree and extras that included a Sid Meier interview. Not bad but if you get this edition or the one with no extras, there is no difference in price and its not jaw dropping material.

Playing it immediatly, I was astonished and very satisfied. Yes I am guilty of the "just one more turn" thinking. This is an absolute for empire-building fans, people who like to explore, war, diplomacy, work the land and recources, and strategy fans.

Better, but still needs improvement

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I first played this game about 10 years ago. The newest version in a vast improvement over that version in most aspects. The graphics, sounds and voice-overs (Leonard Nimoy) are new and inviting.

The game seems to need a very powerful computer to run smoothly and my computer loses graphic information after saving and re-loading a game. Some of the difficulties I remember on the older version involved keeping the individaul cities happy and un-polluted. These probblems seem to be gone completely and such maintenience is no longer required.

It is a complex game and I have found it neccessary to take time to review the situation before continuing play once play has been posponed or when a saved game is re-loaded. Civilization requires patience and strategy. Most likely, younger players used to rapid stimuli and requiring fast hand-eye coordination will be bored.

Unless You Patch It, You Will Not Play More Than The Demo...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As a CIVILIZATION fan since the first DOS-version, I cannot begin to express my OUTRAGE towards FIRAXIS!!!

Sure, the graphics are nice; however, CIV games were always about large map overviews. This one trades off size for walking and rolling units. Apparently for a reason...

Spyware installation issues apart, CIVILIZATION IV was so prematurely released, it is hardly a beta version! Once you reach the 20-city limit this premature contraption crashes to the Desktop. Sometimes even sooner...
Unless you are willing to download the 78MB Patch (which only partially corrects all the shortcomings) play the Demo, that's all you are gonna play anyway!

Let's not encourage the lazy corporate cats make a bundle in our expence.
Replay CivIII and its expansions OR wait until the release of the..."Expansion Bundle". By then, hopefully, the game will have been finished!

Didn't work with Vista but expansion pack fixed that.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have a computer with Windows Vista Ultimate 64. This game wouldn't play at all on my computer even after the patches for both the game and the Nvidia driver. I saw that the Beyond the Sword Expansion Pack says its Vista compatible, installed that plus the patches and now I can finally play this game. And its alot of fun.

Only 3 Starts???

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I can't believe this game only gets an average of 3 stars. It is one of the most complex, thoughtful, detailed, deep and addictive games ever released on the PC. I can't believe these people. Oh, boo hoo. It's turn-based. Deal with it!

The Game that you can play for days....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: December 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have had Civ 4 for a year and recently bought the Warlords expansion pack.... It is awesome. Obviously you need a computer that will run it, but that is the case with most newer games. If you like RPG's... you will love this one.

Long awaited Sequel

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: October 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Although there are many changes from the last Civilization...many new things and many things they took out...Its still a solid game overall...the graphics are the best Ive seen for a turn based strategy game....its just suprising how much they have gotten better...I like the fact its just not focusing on the military part..theres a strong religion factor now...culture...special units, structures, for each civilization...the only drawback is the content..but is improving with the new expansion pack...and hopefully another one to follow later. If you loved Civilization III and the previous versions like me then you will love this one too....some of the changes to take some getting used to but are still worth it in the long run. Its still Sid Meier...the one and only king for Civilization.

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