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Civilization IV

Rating: 4.4 (10 votes cast)
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  • Operating System: Windows® 2000/XP/Vista
  • Processor: 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM (Windows 2000) / 512 MB RAM (Windows XP)
  • Hard Disk Space: 1.7 GB Free
  • Video: DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB video card with Hardware T&L support ( GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better)
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
  • DirectX®: DirectX® version 9.0c (included) or higher
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    With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new tools to manage and expand your civilization, all-new easy to use mod capabilities and intense multiplayer modes and options. Civilization IV will come to life like never before in a beautifully detailed, living 3D world that will elevate the gameplay experience to a whole new level. Civilization IV has already been heralded as one of the top ten games of 2005, and a must-have for gamers around the globe!

    • Faster-Paced Fun - Gameplay has been streamlined for a tighter, faster, and more compelling experience.
    • Greater Accessibility and Ease of Play - An easy-to-use interface will be immediately familiar to RTS and action game players, and newcomers to the series will be able to jump in and play.
    • Tech Tree - Flexible Tech tree allows players more strategic choices for developing their civilizations along unique paths.
    • More Civs, Units, and Improvements to enhance and grow your empire.
    • Multiplayer -LAN, Internet, PBEM, and Persistent Turn-Based Server (PTBS) offer players all-new strategies and ways to play when competing or cooperating with live opponents.
    • Team Play - Whether playing multiplayer or single player, team play offers a new way of setting locked alliances that result in shared wonder effects, visibility, unit trading, and shared territory that delivers a plethora of new strategic and tactical options.
    • Civ IV comes to life! - Beautiful 3D world with dozens of fully animated units (including culturally unique units), and totally customizable armies. Cities and wonders will appear on the map. Wonder movies are back!

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    16th Sep

    By mralston

    Great game, and I agree with dupee419 that Civ IV leaves the previous installment in the dust. 'Easy to learn, difficult to master' is something that all mainstream strategy games should aim at, and the Civilization series is about as good an example of this as you can get, with Civ IV being no exception. Simple and well-presented enough to pick up and enjoy almost immediately, complex and strategically deep enough to offer countless hours of challenge. After loving the original Civilization, I missed the sequel when it came out and struggled to retrospectively get into it years later. Civ III was undoubtedly a quality game, but had its share of problems for casual and serious players alike. With this game though, I think I might be entering a new wave of addiction.

    25th Jun

    By dupee419

    This is a great addition to and otherwise great series. Beats out Civ3 hands down. If you're running Vista basic 32 I would recommend updating your DirectX drivers as of the day of installation to prevent the runtime and pixel shader errors that will come with it otherwise. Other than that, GREAT game.

    26th May

    By Bertram87

    Civilization IV is an excellent game that features all thats good about the series in a new fresh updated package. The interface has been streamlined and it is now easier than ever before to understand why things happen and what to do about them. The art direction is also pleasant to look at and feel alot fresher and updated than the 3rd installment. Another thing the new graphics and art direction gives is more chareceristic accuracy to the civilizations ( no more Tokugawa looking like an mongolian and so on ). The only real negative point about the game is what i have found the most frustrating in the series namely the combat , although greatly improved in this title the combat still feels a bit off and random at times. Although since its not a very combat heavy game it might be forgivable to neglect that department without seriously damaging gameplay value. all in all civilization 4 is an great game that will keep you going for hours and it has that " just one more turn " feel that will keep you going until the dead of night. recomended for series fans but also newcommers since its slimlined interface makes it alot easier to jump into without loosing any real depth to the gameplay
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