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Sid Meiers Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: December 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This was a Christmas gift for my twenty-six year old son, a history major at Kansas State University. He loves it.

It's only OK...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Folks,

This game is simply blah. It is a boring, slow-moving game. BTS looks and plays about the same as Warlords, which played about the same as vanilla Civ4. Nothing earth-shattering here.

The game STILL goes out of sync when you play multiplayer. Get a life Sid. Fix the darn MP please. I mean, really, go play Company of Heroes, BF2, even old Risk II, or Monopoly online, and you will not go out of sync...EVER.

The Random Events feature are always (at least for our family) a BAD thing.

The Quests feature has never worked for any family member. It always says we fail a quest, even though we meet the requirements of the quest.

There are only three things which BTS is an improvement on:

1. Spy system is pretty cool, though most things are way too expensive for the spy to do, so you end up doing petty crap like steal the town's treasury, which is usually a pittance.

2. Random Personalities: You can mix and match a leader to the country of your choice.

3. Corporations have their own suite of options, like Civics.

All in all, a rather bland, boring game, no matter how many ways you play it.

Regards,

JohnYoga

Frankly ... I expected More :(

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 50
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game is great but i never try any civ game before so from what i heard about civ 4 i expected something better than command and conquer something more action not only order all of your unit to do something and then press the red turn button . It's like CHESS game with some addition .

The Idea of choosing a famous leader at the begining is great but they actually do nothing to the result of the game . They just ask for techonlogy , help and War .

The fames stopped working with me many times allthough my laptop is new and very good one .

you can start this game and finish it without killing any unit which is furstrating because there is 6 winning scenarios . One of them is Time winning (if you reach 2050 with the highest score you are winner).

When you attack a city with a large army only one unit can fight at a time . Imagine that i lose about 6 cavalries to one maceman ...

Near the end of the game you can creare air craft . Some of the are useless .

The bottom line : I don't recommend this game to any one who like action strategies game like command and conquer but if you have heart deases or health problem you can buy this game because you adrenaline will never rush :)

Incredible Game play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Just to let everyone know that this game expansion in great. Dont hesitate to pick to this up.

Best Yet

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Over all good game... Moving the different units can be a pain, other than that it's a good game that you can keep playing because no 2 games are the same

A great addition for any Civ fan

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Civilization IV Beyond the Sword is a great addition for anyone who is a fan of the Civilization series. The components, such as corporations and new late game elemnts, make the end game much more enjoyable.

Civilization IV expansion,Beyond the Sword

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

THe game has a wide variety of new games that you can find to your liking. Example New World mod, Has old world with sci-fi ending. Any one who has play the Civilization series, will like this new expanion pack.

Great Addition

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Great addition to Civ 4. Adds many new features from previous civs that make it better.

PERFECT

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: October 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is just as my title states, Perfect. I have been a huge fan of Sid Meiers ever since the original Civilization was created. I loved the Warlords expansion pack to CIV IV but always wanted modern warfare technology integrated into the game. My wish has come true! I guarantee this game will have you addicted to it until Civilization V is released. This game is worth every penny! Buy it now!!!

Good Challenge

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: October 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game gives you different units from the previous versions. It is nice to have more variety of units and buildings. Much more challenging than prior versions.

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