Description
Sid Meier's Civilization IV, the fourth installment of the series, starts the player, like in the previous games, with a single village in the Stone Age and has them advance from there by exploring, founding cities, researching, exploiting natural resources and eventually trading or making war with neighbouring civilizations. While
Sid Meier's Civilization III put cultural influence in the forefront, this time it is religion that is put forward as a new factor underlying many aspects of the game.
In addition,
Sid Meier's Civilization IV attempts to streamline gameplay by removing some features (corruption, pollution) which slowed down the late stages of the game and making significant changes to the combat system so that tactical thinking plays a more important role. Units now have a single combat value instead of defense and attack values, have a special ability and can be further enhanced with experience in a player-defined way.
The game also offers some aesthetic improvements such as a detailed 3D map, environmental ambiance and animated units.
Alternate Titles
- "文明帝國 IV" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
- "文明IV" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
- "Wenming IV" -- Chinese title
- "시드 마이어의 문명 IV" -- Korean spelling
- "Civ 4" -- Informal name
- "シヴィライゼーション４" -- Japanese spelling
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Thunderbolt Games |
Nov 15, 2005 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| Gamereactor (Sweden) |
Nov 10, 2005 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| Looki |
Nov 23, 2005 |
93 out of 100 |
93 |
| Playfuls |
Nov 14, 2005 |
9.2 out of 10 |
92 |
| Mygamer.com |
Nov 15, 2005 |
9.2 out of 10 |
92 |
| Video Game Generation |
Jun 21, 2007 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) |
Nov 09, 2005 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| Computer Gaming World (CGW) |
Jan, 2006 |
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90 |
| Yahoo! Games |
Oct 26, 2005 |
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90 |
| Gamezone (Germany) |
Nov 17, 2005 |
8.1 out of 10 |
81 |
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Trivia
Just as Sid Meier's Pirates reused some voice and music samples from Civilization III, one particular piece of instrumental music has been recycled in Civ IV. It can be heard when a Great Artist is used to create a Great Work in a city.
