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Seemed boring to me but apparently its epic.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game off of Steampowered and was expecting it to be epic, which I can see it is with all the different elements in the game. The only problem is that it's almost too complicated, once you get to the 1900's the turns take way too long and everything just slows down giving you nothing to do but move military forces around.

To be fair I was expecting something like Black & White and thats not what this is at all, its about thinking and strategy, basically an electronic board game.

Dont waste your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: March 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Now Ive had the other 3 versions of civilization and thought they were great and assumed this one would be too (well you know what happens when you assume). If you dont have a top end gaming system forget it. My system was above the min requirements and it played horribly. Game play is laggy at best and gets worse the longer you play. In fact it played like a pre release beta like 4 versions away from being retail. Only one patch has been put out since its release and there as been nothing said about a future patch and the tech support sucks. They really didnt add much to the game either compared to civ 3 so over all I dont think it was worth the value. Its too bad Fireaxis had financial difficulties and sold out to a company that is bottom line driven and doesnt care about customer support.

Sid Meier's Civilization IV

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My grandson thinks this game is awesome and has been enjoying it very much.

Civilization 4 - Civ 4

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 21
Date: November 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was unable to install this game properly due to my video card. This is a common problem with this game if you have an ATI video card. Check before you buy. Stupidity, Firaxis and shame on you Sid Meier.

So much fun it makes me cry

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: July 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. It makes you not want to go back to any other game after this. It's that fun.

Civ 4

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: March 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The only thing I did not like about the game is the availability of cheating. Unlike Civ 3 there was little or no cheating.

OK but nothing spectacular

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 13
Date: January 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The game is interesting/OK, but not really anything to write home about. It is also WAY too difficult, even on the easiest setting.

Amazing game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: February 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (2.2GHz)
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (Chipset)
2 GB RAM

Civ4 Patch: 1.52

***

It was not necessary for me to buy a new video card. The ATI chipset (256MB shared memory) included on my motherboard did the job perfectly. 1024 x 768, highest settings for graphics, biggest map. Not a single crash or problem.
I suggest at least 1.25 GB RAM memory (2x512MB + 1x256MB).

A good game!

The One, The Only

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you're familiar with the concept of turn-based strategy, such a graphics intensive program as CivIV might seem ideosyncratic. If you have substandard equipment in your PC (not uncommon for the bulk of American gamers), this program will likely spot it and drag it back to you, dead, like a good hunting dog. Of course, almost everone who bought the game got it to work and would never think of taking five minutes away from playing it to come here and leave a review...

For single player games, nothing compares to Civ. There could be dozens of games out there with similar or even better strict gameplay design, but Civ strikes a balance between design, marketing, and user interface/graphics presentation that makes it a nexus of the genre. The fourth version introduces even more brilliant innovations to the series than the last one, and the AI, another huge step up from the last version, is becoming more authentically challenging with each patch.

Unfortunately, AI is inherantly limited and cannot match the challenges that come with playing other humans. Multi-player is the limiting factor with the game. The Chrismas'05 patch has made single player very solid and made many improvements to MP, but some problems persist with online play. Assuming you like the simultaneous move mode of play, don't pass final judgement on MP until another patch or two is released. On the bright side, there's more than enough gameplay in the single player mode to last until MP matures. I'd certainly say its more than $50 worth anyway. Play by Email also has some promising developments slated for future inclusion.

One other note- not an area I'm involved with myself, but the game is supposed to be a mod-maker's dream...

3d graphics adds nothing to this epic game series.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The differences between CIV 3 and CIV 4 are small except for the 3d graphics. My PC has 2gHz processor, 512 DDR memory, and a 128 meg NVIDA graphics card. CIV 4 runs terribly slow and often freezes my PC. One of the attractions of CIV 3 was the ability to customize the game by producing your own units, building, technologies, ect.. That is impossible for all but the most advanced users in 3d. So don't expect many mods.
The other new game features are great. The expanded importance of culture and religion are welcomed additions to the CIV franchise. One disappointing factor is that the battles are just as lame as before, one unit battles one unit at a time making for unnecessarily long game play and unrealistic results.

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