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Civ Rules

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Been playing Civ since the first edition back in the mid 90s when I bought my first puter. Love this game and Civ IV just proves that it's one of the best games ever! Sooner or later, I'll order Civ V, just haven't done it yet. Still having too much fun with IV and it's expansion.

It's a lot of fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this as a birthday gift for a friend's teenage boy. He couldn't quit playing it. He says its the best one yet.

Fun game, annoying support

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought the Gold edition and the Beyond the Sword expansion pack and overall I think this game is excellent when you are playing it. I really have to say it is addictive and as long as you are happy with the game right out of the box and assuming you are not the type of person to read the manual anyway you will love it.

Unfortunately it had a few shortcomings:
- documentation claimed that the full manual was on disc 3 (Gold) but at least on mine it wasn't there. I emailed support and they told me to go download it off some third party site. When I responded politely that they must be joking and they must have a pdf version of the full manual somewhere they sent me a link to a pdf of the full manual...who knows why they told me to go hunt one down myself the first time.
- when you go to download an update there is no progress bar so you sit there and wonder if it's almost done, how much longer, etc. The only way you know the update is still running is when you go to click on something else and it tells you that you may not proceed until the update is complete. It might take a really long time depending on how fast your connection is and you pretty much just sit there wondering.
- I checked out the website and it is pretty barren for such a great game, and you can find some of the links are broken on the website so it seems like they don't really maintain the site much.
- some parts of the game itself are somewhat clunky like the Civilopedia. It is pretty decent although they could have added more information to it and the interface for it is pretty poor. I wanted to know what caused the global warming effect and of course that wasn't in there so I ended up chasing down the full game manual just so I can find out what game effect made it (using nukes apparently).
- the only real game issue I had with it was when you get to the end of a game and just barely scratch the surface on super-tech things like space-elevators and interstellar spacecraft it's all over. Years ago I played the Call to Power game and the one thing that I loved about that game was the high-tech. Underwater cities, extreme eco-terrorists (I loved the ability to eco-nuke a city) and stuff like that. None of that here...at least yet (cross my fingers).

Not as good as Civ 3

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i would rather play Civ 3 than CivIV.I like the graphics better on Civ 3 better as well.Civ seems to have losts its way.

Great game, wish I'd bought the Complete Edition

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I got to this game a few years after it came out, but I am not at all dissapointed in the content. The only thing I wish is that I'd have bought the complete edition (which I didn't know existed), instead of buying this edition and Beyond the Sword separately.

Awesome game, if you have a FAST computer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing Civilization Games since the game first came out. Even when there were two different brands Sid Meier's and non-Sid Meier, I bought both to see which was better. (Obviously Sid Meier's versions was ;)

This game is FANTASTIC! The requirements are incredably high though and often my PC would lag as the game progressed, taking longer and longer for the computer to compute each turn. I upgraded my computer's RAM though and that largely solved the problem.

If you like ANY of the other Civilization games, you'll love this one. I wouldn't say this is a sequel though, because it's more like a whole new Civilization game.

Also, I would recommend getting the Beyond the Sword expansion along with this for a life changing experience.

Lastly, make sure you check out "Sid Meier's Alpha Centaury." It is INCREDIBLY hard but is FANTASTIC!!! It has Customizable Units and you can even take control of the native flora and fauna.

Make sure you have a lot of time on your hands if you're going to play this game though, as it can easily consume 8 hours of you day without you even realizing it.

Civ 4 gold

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I personaly own this game and I am proud of it. Like all the civilization games before it, this is just the latest and greatest version out. I recomend trying the demo before buying. But I like editing the xml files for bigger cities and more gold. The mod options are great. And the in game map editor is a handy addion compared to previous games. I got this a christmas gift in 07. It is worth 4 stars if you a fan of these games.

Beginner in a serious game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought Civ IV on recommendation from my son. He thought I would enjoy it as a time filler now that I am retired and have time to do these things! Well, time is not that free, but I do find the game a lot of fun. You can really get into it, but don't try to jump right in, like I did! I didn't even know how to begin till I went through the tutorial, it is a must for first timers. Then I spent 2 days on the first game, really intense!! LOL

Sid Meir's Civilization IV

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 20
Date: April 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Don't like the graphics or movement of the various people, animals, etc. The tutorial is not the best. After numerous tries to understand the game I un-installed it and put it on the shelf.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Wow such a great turn based game. I am so happy with this game. You build your society and as you increase your level of sophistication you branch out and grow. You deal with it all economics,religion,military.You get to interact with other societies around you and can conquer them using brute strength or just being a better society they will come over. Man great game this guy is genuis. This is a really good buy

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