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| Sid Meier's Civilization IV |
|
| Developer(s) |
Firaxis Games |
| Publisher(s) |
2K Games & Aspyr |
| Designer(s) |
Soren Johnson |
| Engine |
Gamebryo |
| Version |
1.74[1] (July 20, 2007) |
| Platform(s) |
Windows, Mac OS X |
| Release date(s) |
Microsoft Windows
NA October 25, 2005
PAL November 4, 2005
Mac OS X
June 30, 2006 |
| Genre(s) |
Turn-based strategy game, 4X |
| Mode(s) |
Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) |
ESRB: E10+
OFLC: PG
PEGI: 12+
|
| Media |
CD (2), DVD (1), download |
| System requirements |
Windows 2000/XP/Vista
1.2 GHz Processor
256 MB RAM
1.7 GB free space
4x DVD Drive
DirectX 9.0c –compatible 64 MB video card with hardware T&L & pixel shader
DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card |
| Input methods |
Mouse, Keyboard |
.^ Civilization IV will stand head and shoulders above all other turn based strategy games.- Civilization IV (pc) reviews at Metacritic.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.metacritic.com [Source type: General]
^ Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization does not require the original Civilization IV game to play.” .- Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » Sid Meiers Civilization IV Colonization-RELOADED 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.rlslog.net [Source type: General]
^ Calm down dear, it's a turn-based strategy game.- PC Preview: Civilization IV - ComputerAndVideoGames.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.computerandvideogames.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The answer, as proven by this, the latest installment, the fourth in the inimitable series, is "Yes".- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
.^ The obvious comparison that spring to my mind would be if somebody released a game called "Civilization IV: Confederacy," in which players have to "lead a proud people to defend their values and traditions against their oppressive neighbors to the North."- The Cut Scene - Video Game Blog by Variety on Variety.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC weblogs.variety.com [Source type: General]
^ This review is pretty late considering that the computer game Civilization IV (Civ4) was released at the end of 2005.- Half Sigma: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.halfsigma.com [Source type: General]
^ Release name: Sid.Meiers.Civilization.IV.Colonization-RELOADED Size 657mb Links: Homepage , NFO .- Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » Sid Meiers Civilization IV Colonization-RELOADED 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.rlslog.net [Source type: General]
.^ Review: I've always loved Civilization games ever since the first release.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ UPDATE: Performance is massively improved by the 1.61 patch (released on 31 July 2006), but it still slows down quite a bit after a few thousand years.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
^ Great Game - Poor Quality , July 8, 2006 .- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
.^ Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series.- Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » Sid Meiers Civilization IV Colonization-RELOADED 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.rlslog.net [Source type: General]
^ Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization does not require the original Civilization IV game to play.” .- Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » Sid Meiers Civilization IV Colonization-RELOADED 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.rlslog.net [Source type: General]
^ Sid Meier September 23rd, 2008 .- Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » Sid Meiers Civilization IV Colonization-RELOADED 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.rlslog.net [Source type: General]
[2] .^ "Civilization IV: Colonization," does not appear to be that game.- The Cut Scene - Video Game Blog by Variety on Variety.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC weblogs.variety.com [Source type: General]
^ Civilization IV: Complete advice .- Civilization IV: Complete advice - Straight Dope Message Board 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC boards.straightdope.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series.- Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » Sid Meiers Civilization IV Colonization-RELOADED 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.rlslog.net [Source type: General]
.^ This review is pretty late considering that the computer game Civilization IV (Civ4) was released at the end of 2005.- Half Sigma: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.halfsigma.com [Source type: General]
^ A great feature about Civilization 3 over the prior two versions is that every nationality (you can choose whether to be American, German, Chinese, etc.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Fight the Homeland and Establish a New Nation: Play as the English, Spanish, French or the Dutch and journey to a brave new world in search of freedom from your oppressive homeland .- Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » Sid Meiers Civilization IV Colonization-RELOADED 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.rlslog.net [Source type: General]
.^ The Civilization game that Colonization was based on was all about empire building.- The Cut Scene - Video Game Blog by Variety on Variety.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC weblogs.variety.com [Source type: General]
^ It’s the third game in the Civilization IV series.- Releaselog | RLSLOG.net » Sid Meiers Civilization IV Colonization-RELOADED 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.rlslog.net [Source type: General]
^ This isn't necessarily a detriment, but it's worth pointing out for those players who prefer to spend their Civilization gaming hours researching powerful new technologies and building massive armies so that they can eventually steamroll over their enemies.- Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization - Video Game Review 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.commonsensemedia.org [Source type: General]
.^ For example, my city isn't going to be foundable until next turn (for all you who were wondering why my score is so low ).- xkcd • View topic - Civilization IV Vanilla PBEM 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC forums.xkcd.com [Source type: General]
^ Don't build a 2nd worker until your 2nd city is at a population of 3, then build another settler for a 3rd city.- Civilization IV: Complete advice - Straight Dope Message Board 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC boards.straightdope.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ You can either build another archer for your next city or you can go ahead and build a settler.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ This is a godsend for defensive players who prefer to hang back to develop an economic, scientific, or cultural infrastructure without fear of ambush.- Civilization IV (PC) - Compare prices, reviews, user opinions - Shopper.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC shopper.cnet.com [Source type: General]
- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ By building a city nearby and pumping up the city with as much culture as possible, when it's borders expand you have a chance that the rival's city with revolt and join your civilization.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ The greatest need of backward nations is to develop agriculture by promoting greater use of fertilizers, better plowing, better seeds and stock.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Each city has a cultural value that increases each turn, and the rate of increase depends on the cultural buildings in the city.- Half Sigma: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.halfsigma.com [Source type: General]
^ Culture is so important that you can actually win the game by being loved enough by the people (or leaders) of the world.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
^ If you like ANY of the other Civilization games, you'll love this one.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
.^ It is a turn-based game, so you can take your time and work out your strategies, rather than having to just run around and shoot things.- Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization - Video Game Review 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.commonsensemedia.org [Source type: General]
^ I never had a good idea of the relationship between year and turns left, because the amount of years between turns changes a few times going from 4000BC to 2050 AD. But with this mod I do.- Adventure 13 - The Sixth Column 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.vandergeer.net [Source type: Original source]
^ Pros: none - the game doesnot run on my system that meets min req .- Civilization IV (PC) - Compare prices, reviews, user opinions - Shopper.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC shopper.cnet.com [Source type: General]
Gameplay
Diplomacy
Diplomacy in
Civilization generally involves the trading of goods.
.^ While "Alphabet" is the only technology required to trade technologies, map trading requires "Paper".- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
^ From the development of writing (formal open-border agreements), the alphabet (technology trading), paper (map trading), and currency (gold trading), scientific research is by far the best long-term strategy for remaining relevant in the rapidly-changing Civ 4 world.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
^ As it turns out, different technologies aren't tied to specific epochs anymore, so you're free to pursue some technologies in advance of others.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ Try to find Tribal Huts as these will give you free gold, technology, settlers, workers, or a map of the surrounding areas.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Players can no longer receive obsolete resources through trade .- Civ IV Patch 3.19 Is Availiable - Apolyton Civilization Site Forums 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC apolyton.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ While "Alphabet" is the only technology required to trade technologies, map trading requires "Paper".- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
.^ Each Monastery allows the city to create a missionary for that particular religion.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ National wonders are still allowed though.- Adventure 13 - The Sixth Column 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.vandergeer.net [Source type: Original source]
^ After the United Nations wonder is built some global changes can be made.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ With this setup along with a Barracks and even the wonder "The Pentagon" or national wonder "West Point" you can crank out units that already have a few levels already under their belt.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ It is more difficult to establish the causes of the decline of civilizations than to trace the reasons for their rise.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The last reason why you should be content with Civilization III and completely forget that Civilization IV was ever made is the most simple.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
^ Decade Civilization III is a top game of the decade according to Destructoid , and Civilization IV looses out early on in Crispy Gamer 's comparable feature.
.^ Civilization IV: Warlords includes new civilizations, leaders, units, and wonders that offer even more fun and exciting ways for players to expand their civilization's military power as they strive for world domination.- Civilization IV Warlords - Expansion Pack 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.macfriends.com [Source type: General]
^ Culture is my favorite way to win But human players are much more aggresive, I hear...- xkcd • View topic - Civilization IV Vanilla PBEM 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC forums3.xkcd.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ There are a number of other frustrations that only serve to irritate the player.- Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization Review for PC - VideoGamer.com 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.videogamer.com [Source type: General]
"-2: You refused to stop trading with our worst enemies!").
.^ I like the added variety of leaders and their abilities, seems more realistic and helpful for long term strategy.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
^ Civilization IV: Warlords includes new civilizations, leaders, units, and wonders that offer even more fun and exciting ways for players to expand their civilization's military power as they strive for world domination.- Civilization IV Warlords - Expansion Pack 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.macfriends.com [Source type: General]
^ Some leaders are absolutely serious when they demand tribute of one kind or another.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
[3]
Combat
Instead of receiving generic increases in rank as in
Civilization 3, the player is allowed to "promote" units with upgrades that provide bonuses in certain situations (For example +25% city defense, or +25% vs. melee units.) There are 41 different types of combat promotions. It is also possible for players to examine "combat odds" before attacking, giving the player an idea as to whether a given attack will succeed or not.
[3] .^ Units, Resources, & Improvements - Many new items not available in the core game will be introduced in the new scenarios Core Game Tweaks and Additions - Expanded features and gameplay tweaks will be made to the core game.- Civilization IV Warlords - Expansion Pack 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.macfriends.com [Source type: General]
^ Every single era brings its own unique challenges which arise in the game's many different dimensions.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
^ Rivers and oceans are animated, the terrain is varied and realistic, and units and buildings each have their own unique models.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
.^ I can't bring myself to knuckle down and play through to the new gunpowder units, corps, etc.- xkcd • View topic - Civilization IV Vanilla PBEM 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC forums.xkcd.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Moors found a great advantage in being part of the vast Islamic Empire, united with distant lands by religion and language.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Listed is the special unit each Civ gets and which unit it replaces, the techs they start with and each leader along with their traits.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
Production
.^ Units, Resources, & Improvements - Many new items not available in the core game will be introduced in the new scenarios Core Game Tweaks and Additions - Expanded features and gameplay tweaks will be made to the core game.- Civilization IV Warlords - Expansion Pack 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.macfriends.com [Source type: General]
^ Above all features of Civ3, however, my most favorite was the customization of the game through the map editor and the wonderful online resources of the Civ community.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
^ That can be cool, but consider the offset: it is unnecessary for this genre, it diverts computer resources from other cool and more thorough features, and it makes the game extremely difficult to modify.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
.^ Construction speed doubled for Barracks and Drydock.- Sid Meier's Civilization IV (video game) - giantbomb.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.giantbomb.com [Source type: General]
^ Construction speed doubled for Coliseum and Theater.- Sid Meier's Civilization IV (video game) - giantbomb.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.giantbomb.com [Source type: General]
^ Construction speed doubled for University.- Sid Meier's Civilization IV (video game) - giantbomb.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.giantbomb.com [Source type: General]
.^ Also, it's a good idea to have multiple defenders, especially on border cities.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ I'm surprised they did the one without the others.- Civ IV Patch 3.19 Is Availiable - Apolyton Civilization Site Forums 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC apolyton.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ If you see one of your cities has a border close to a rival's city then run an Great Artist over there and have them create their work of art.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ Quick movement early on seems to be the standard, and while things do bog down a bit later in play, it seems quicker than previous games in the series.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
Cities on the same river or same coastline are automatically connected for trading purposes.
.^ If you are building a Wonder and another civilization completes it before you can, you must change the production of your city.
^ If you are producing an item that is no longer available from the menu, that production continues even after the item is completed.
^ In addition, Civ IV has done away with Civ III's "industrious" leader trait, which sped production of all projects and was a bit too powerful in some cases.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ I Love the fact that this game removed some of the micro management flaws of the previous CIVS such as managing over flow of production or research, Corruption, etc....- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ [Space Race] - When you've exhausted almost all the tech that you can possibly research you'll get the chance to start building space ship parts.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Important too to the economic progress of Spain was the introduction there of the system of irrigation which had previously turned barren districts of Syria and North Africa into productive areas.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3]
Religions
.^ Cons: Can be tough for new players to the series .- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Each temple gives the city its built in +1 to happiness and +1 culture per turn.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ As the fourth installment in the series, Civilization IV has received many improvements that make the game more user friendly than previous Civilization games.- Sid Meier's Civilization IV (video game) - giantbomb.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.giantbomb.com [Source type: General]
.^ Each of the seven religions (Taoism, Confuscianism, Buddhism, Judaism, Chirstianity, Islam, Hinduism) is exactly identical, but they can be important.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
^ The game's new religion system adds seven new creeds to the game, each of which is tied to a specific technology and each of which can influence your cities' culture-producing temple structures and missionaries.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ More important still has been the influence of Confucianism, reinforced at times by Taoism and Buddhism and absorbing the chief values of these rival truths.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[4] .^ By default it should be located at: C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Assets\XML The XML files in this area change global settings.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Added=- [Religion] - For the first time in Civilization games religion plays a large role.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Review: I've always loved Civilization games ever since the first release.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ The religion feature in Civilization IV is new, and won’t affect the entire game, but it can be used as an extra tool to shape your diplomatic efforts.
^ If you want to create a single player game you can click on Play Now and you'll pick the type of map and the civilization you'll use.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ The dawn of Islamic culture and technology broke first in the newly founded city of Baghdad, which became the archetype of an urban civilization that began to spread throughout the Muslim world.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ But there's no religion-based victory condition, and aside from these bonuses, religion isn't a hugely influential addition to the game.- Civilization IV (PC) - Compare prices, reviews, user opinions - Shopper.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC shopper.cnet.com [Source type: General]
- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ You buried this comment Comment below viewing threshold Show Roamer: There's no "Secular" religion, if that's what you mean.- Civilization 4 Review | PC | Eurogamer 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.eurogamer.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Religion factors into a number of existing game mechanics.
.^ One Civilization Under God You can soften resistance at the edges of your domain by making sure that you and your neighbors share the same religion.
^ The religion feature in Civilization IV is new, and won’t affect the entire game, but it can be used as an extra tool to shape your diplomatic efforts.
^ Terrain and Resources Here is a list of different Terrain and Resources you'll find while building up your Civilization.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ There can be only one holy city per religion.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ If the holy-city of the religion has the proper building constructed in it, itll receive gold for every city in the world which follows the creed.- Civilization 4 Review | PC | Eurogamer 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.eurogamer.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Also, each religion gets a "Holy City," these Holy Cities are the cities that the religion is founded in.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ Each Monastery allows the city to create a missionary for that particular religion.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Religion can spread either by it's own or you can build Missionaries to send to your cities and rival civilization's cities.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Once you have send him to the Holy City.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ But there's no religion-based victory condition, and aside from these bonuses, religion isn't a hugely influential addition to the game.- Civilization IV (PC) - Compare prices, reviews, user opinions - Shopper.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC shopper.cnet.com [Source type: General]
- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Religion can spread either by it's own or you can build Missionaries to send to your cities and rival civilization's cities.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ If you just build any wonder in any city then when it does generate a Great Person there is no telling what you'll get.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ They had already adopted the religion of the Arabs.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ One of your cities is chosen to be the Holy City for the religion.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Build cities in line with nearby religions, or try to convince other societies to adopt your chosen beliefs.
[3].^ There are five different civic topics and five different topic specific civics.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Your governments characteristics are defined according to five different categories (Government, Legal, Labour, Economy and Religion) with eventually five research-uncovered options in each.- Civilization 4 Review | PC | Eurogamer 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.eurogamer.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ There are two more choices available under the Options selection of the Game Menu: Sound and Enemy Moves.
All players start with
Paganism, but later on can impose a
theocracy, adopt
pacifism, have freedom of worship or have an organised and integrated religious policy.
.^ There can be only one holy city per religion.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Its also handy in certain Religion Civics, where if you take certain ones you can gain production bonuses in any city with the State religion or...- Civilization 4 Review | PC | Eurogamer 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.eurogamer.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ If I can found one of the starting religions I'l go for it, if not I try to get masonry ASAP so I can build the great wall, while trying to balance my economy and expansion.- Civilization IV: Complete advice - Straight Dope Message Board 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC boards.straightdope.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ I could not believe how intriguing the music was even though a: I'm not religious and b: I'm not that great at strategy games.
[3]
Civilizations and leaders
.^ Everytime I want to play Civilization IV, I stop, and I hear the song at least one time.
^ Also, if one or more of your cities are in civil disorder for two turns, there is a chance each turn thereafter that a revolution may occur.
^ This mood depends upon the leader's personality and how your two civilizations compare to each other and the rest of the world.
.^ As it turns out, one of the game's all-new leader traits, "philosophical," increases your chances of producing a great person.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Selecting A Civilization And Leader Unlike previous Civ games several of the available civilizations have two leaders with different traits and favorite civics.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Religious buildings, Libraries, Universities, and most wonders will contribute culture as well as some civics, leader traits, and Great Artists.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ Some of the included scenarios let you turn the game into a Civ in Space type game, a full-on recreation of WW2, an RPG type futuristic mech game, etc.- Civilization IV: Complete advice - Straight Dope Message Board 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC boards.straightdope.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The religion feature in Civilization IV is new, and won’t affect the entire game, but it can be used as an extra tool to shape your diplomatic efforts.
^ I get the Civ IV modifications required to evolve the game into the current version, and can appreciate them.- Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization Review for PC - VideoGamer.com 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.videogamer.com [Source type: General]
.^ This saves your game into the file.
^ The religion feature in Civilization IV is new, and won’t affect the entire game, but it can be used as an extra tool to shape your diplomatic efforts.
^ Punch the Keys Civilization games are known for an extremely complex menu, resulting in options being squeezed into tiny buttons on your dashboard.
.^ First of all the various civilizations get to vote on who becomes head of the UN. After that various topics can be brought up to vote including who becomes the world leader.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ This was a problem with Civ3, as well - its first expansion pack was a total waste of money because everything was later put on the second expansion pack.- Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Civilization IV 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.amazon.com [Source type: General]
[5]
.^ Civilization IV lets you develop your society by focusing on one, some, or all of the core disciplines: science, culture, religion, military, industry.
^ First of all the various civilizations get to vote on who becomes head of the UN. After that various topics can be brought up to vote including who becomes the world leader.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ In addition, Civ IV has done away with Civ III's "industrious" leader trait, which sped production of all projects and was a bit too powerful in some cases.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ Praetorians, Redcoats, Cossacks, Quechuas, Immortals, Keshiks, and War Chariots are often considered powerful unique units.- xkcd • View topic - Civilization IV Vanilla PBEM 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC forums3.xkcd.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ [Immortal] (Replaces Chariot) Persian Specific Unit (4/2/Horses) Type: Mounted 30% Withdraw Chance/+50% vs. Archery Requires Tech: The Wheel ============================================================================= My Take: If you want to go to war early this is a good unit to go with but it's quickly obsolete.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ [Samurai] (Replaces Maceman) Japanese Specific Unit (8/1/Iron) Type: Melee 2 First Strikes, 50% vs. Requires Tech: Civil Service, Machinery ============================================================================= My Take: Decent all around unit.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
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Technologies
Tech tree of Civilization IV
.^ A great feature about Civilization 3 over the prior two versions is that every nationality (you can choose whether to be American, German, Chinese, etc.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ First of all the various civilizations get to vote on who becomes head of the UN. After that various topics can be brought up to vote including who becomes the world leader.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Review: This game takes turn based strategy games to a whole new level, adding about 10x the content of Civ III including new tech, graphics, units, buildings, resources, civilizations etc.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
[6] .^ This isn't necessarily a detriment, but it's worth pointing out for those players who prefer to spend their Civilization gaming hours researching powerful new technologies and building massive armies so that they can eventually steamroll over their enemies.- Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization - Video Game Review 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.commonsensemedia.org [Source type: General]
^ That's not even getting into the technology requirement for it, but it is the strongest land unit that you can build.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Terrain and Resources Here is a list of different Terrain and Resources you'll find while building up your Civilization.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ And get those villages as they can give, like in CIV 2, new technology past the first era.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Gain enough points and over a few turns you'll discover a new technology.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ [TURN 6] Your first technology should of been discovered by now.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
[3]
.^ It's fantastic (in more ways than one).- The Cut Scene - Video Game Blog by Variety on Variety.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC weblogs.variety.com [Source type: General]
^ If you need other technologies you'll have to trade for them, but just try to keep a few to yourself.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ But there is historical evidence that Islam at one time looked more favorably on scientific investigation than did Christianity.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ This isn't necessarily a detriment, but it's worth pointing out for those players who prefer to spend their Civilization gaming hours researching powerful new technologies and building massive armies so that they can eventually steamroll over their enemies.- Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization - Video Game Review 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.commonsensemedia.org [Source type: General]
^ As it turns out, one of the game's all-new leader traits, "philosophical," increases your chances of producing a great person.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Civilization IV and all related symbols are property of Firaxis and 2K Games.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
If multiple paths lead to the target technology, the AI will pick the shortest.
.^ Building the different buildings in all your cities can help increase happiness, money, or even unlock the ability to build a National Wonder.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ The game's new religion system adds seven new creeds to the game, each of which is tied to a specific technology and each of which can influence your cities' culture-producing temple structures and missionaries.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ [Pollution] - In previous games during the later years pollution would pop up all around cities.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ You don't have to be a history buff to enjoy Civilization IV, though that would help...and so would previous experience with other Civ games.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ And just like with previous games in the series, Civ IV's varied and addictive gameplay offers the same tantalizing siren's song that will tempt you to take "just one more turn."- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ This game sure packs a lot of potential tech monsters, with all the water tiles and the 50% bonus to commerce financial civs get.- Adventure 13 - The Sixth Column 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.vandergeer.net [Source type: Original source]
[3]
.^ The most intriguing aspect of Civ IV's audio is the narration you'll hear at the beginning of every new game and each time you research a new technology--narration that's provided by none other than Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek fame.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ The stately delivery of Leonard Nimoy makes even mundane discoveries, like the calendar, seem...classier.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ You can start a Single Player or Multiplayer game.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ You can tweak plenty of different variables for single-player and multiplayer games.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ If you want to create a single player game you can click on Play Now and you'll pick the type of map and the civilization you'll use.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
Beep. Beep." attributed to the
Sputnik space probe.
.^ Gain enough points and over a few turns you'll discover a new technology.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Nimoy's scholarly delivery of his lines adds a touch of class to the game, though you may grow too familiar with them over time, since the same lines are repeated for the same techs.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ You can start a Single Player or Multiplayer game.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
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Wonders
.^ In the early days of your civilization a Great Engineer they can rush a world wonder in a single turn.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ If you have even a passing interest in strategy games, world history, or getting less sleep at night, you owe it to yourself to give Civilization IV a try.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ You'll also miss out on all the valuable World Wonders and be left in the dust on the types of buildings you can create in your cities if you don't focus on science.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
A number of World Wonders which have been present in earlier versions of the game have been tweaked to reduce their overall effect on the game dynamic.
.^ A great feature about Civilization 3 over the prior two versions is that every nationality (you can choose whether to be American, German, Chinese, etc.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ If you have even a passing interest in strategy games, world history, or getting less sleep at night, you owe it to yourself to give Civilization IV a try.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Great Engineers can be used to almost instantly create buildings, units, and wonders as well as create and Academy to increase Culture and Science in the city.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Several National Wonders which give a decent boost to Culture require at least six cities and a specific building being built in all of them.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ The problem with World Wonders is that each one can only be built by one nation, so it's a race to the finish on these.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ There are World Wonders that only one civilization may build in the world and then there are National Wonders, which any city you own may build.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
[3] .^ How and when will the modern world grasp the vision for the creation of a culture as noble as its technology is great?- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ These wonders are used to specialize your cities.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Technology and science are modern forces of unification that exert everywhere a powerful influence.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Several National Wonders which give a decent boost to Culture require at least six cities and a specific building being built in all of them.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Interspersed with the native Iberians had been for over a thousand years enclaves of Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians, all of whom excelled in trade and who had built and maintained flourishing cities.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The building will also give the city +2 culture per turn as well as a +10% increase in science.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ National wonders differ a bit since any city can have up to two of them, but there can only be one of each.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ The problem with World Wonders is that each one can only be built by one nation, so it's a race to the finish on these.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Thinking about victory types, I would guess the only options were: conquest (should be doable on prince), culture, true diplo and space.- Adventure 13 - The Sixth Column 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.vandergeer.net [Source type: Original source]
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Scoring system
Score is based on a number of factors, including military growth and success, population size and attitude, technological advancement, construction of wonders and economic growth.
.^ Civilization is an amazingly addictive and open-ended game, very well designed.- The Cut Scene - Video Game Blog by Variety on Variety.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC weblogs.variety.com [Source type: General]
^ If you have even a passing interest in strategy games, world history, or getting less sleep at night, you owe it to yourself to give Civilization IV a try.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ First of all the various civilizations get to vote on who becomes head of the UN. After that various topics can be brought up to vote including who becomes the world leader.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ Review: I've always loved Civilization games ever since the first release.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Do the already released civilization games where you can adopt such civics as slavery or police state glorify those things?- The Cut Scene - Video Game Blog by Variety on Variety.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC weblogs.variety.com [Source type: General]
^ In early versions of Civilization it was insanely easy to edit the game how you wanted to play it.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ Thinking about victory types, I would guess the only options were: conquest (should be doable on prince), culture, true diplo and space.- Adventure 13 - The Sixth Column 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.vandergeer.net [Source type: Original source]
.^ Final score is now modified by difficulty level...- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ If you've ever enjoyed playing Risk or Axis & Allies (the board game), you're going to love battle in Civilization IV. As with Risk, there is a fair amount of luck involved in combat in this game, particularly at the higher levels of difficulty.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Civ 3 was revolutionary while still holding true to it's origins, this one on the other hand...- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
As of the v1.61 patch, the grading system has returned to the curved-by-difficulty scale.
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Victory conditions
.^ Culture in all cities .- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Also, by creating three cities with "Legendary Culture" you'll win a Cultural victory.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ First of all the various civilizations get to vote on who becomes head of the UN. After that various topics can be brought up to vote including who becomes the world leader.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
Legendary culture status is achieved by culture points, depending on game speed.
.^ Settings: All default settings; all victory conditions enabled.- xkcd • View topic - Civilization IV Vanilla PBEM 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC forums3.xkcd.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Greeks of Constantinople were of the same gifted race who for the first time in history had dared to think.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ First of all take the time to pillage.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
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New features
Gameplay
.^ In “Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization,” players lead one of four European nations on a quest to conquer and rule the New World.- The Cut Scene - Video Game Blog by Variety on Variety.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC weblogs.variety.com [Source type: General]
^ Firaxis' Web site has an area for educators , since many use the Civilization series of games as a tool to teach politics, civics, and history.
These include:
.^ Sure a Great Artist would get me more culture, but that Great Scientist/Academy was welcome for the research side of life.- Adventure 13 - The Sixth Column 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.vandergeer.net [Source type: Original source]
^ [BUILDING AND USING GREAT PEOPLE] - When you build World Wonders several of them will add points to your ability to generate Great People.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ By moving a Great Prophet into the city they can instantly build a special religious building.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ These great people have several different uses as well as type of Great People.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ You may sacrifice two different types of Great People to start a Golden Age.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ After the first golden age it will take an additional Great Person per golden age.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ Even Leonardo da Vinci, as late as the fifteenth century, felt it wise to write his notebooks in a cryptic form.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Do we add free promotions, higher chance at great people, more money?!?!- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Leonardo da Vinci somehow came into possession of Hero's books and set about to improve the ancient Greek inventions.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Found a city with the Settler and explore with the other unit.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ When a religion is founded that religion becomes your state religion if noother religion is considered your state religion.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ With their 10% city attack bonus and the highest strength of any melee unit they are a force to be reaconed with.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ Cons: Startup time is long, Nimoy voiceovers are tedious, graphics are choppy and slow, game crashes regularly on XP .- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ Great Engineers can be used to almost instantly create buildings, units, and wonders as well as create and Academy to increase Culture and Science in the city.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ For instance, the culture-producing unit, the great artist, can be used to create an artistic masterpiece in a specific city, which drops a "culture bomb" that instantly generates thousands of culture points and greatly expands that city's borders.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ There are an extensive amount of military units you can create over the course of the game, depending on how scientifically advanced you are.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ Religion can spread either by it's own or you can build Missionaries to send to your cities and rival civilization's cities.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Great Engineers can be used to almost instantly create buildings, units, and wonders as well as create and Academy to increase Culture and Science in the city.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Then start building your city up and eventually spread out your civilization.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ It also had a blue circle, I'd still get both the pigs and the corn and I wouldn't have any overlap with Athens' BFC. I would lose a little production at the start, but gain more tiles for cottages in the future.- Adventure 13 - The Sixth Column 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.vandergeer.net [Source type: Original source]
^ The terrain that is close to a city produces food, resources, and trade the city needs to grow and be productive.
^ Cities in civil disorder produce no tax revenue, no technology research, and no food surpluses, and suspend production.
.^ You can examine any or all of your cities to adjust their work forces or production.
^ Great Engineers can be used to almost instantly create buildings, units, and wonders as well as create and Academy to increase Culture and Science in the city.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ All of these methods are useful in restoring the balance of your cities or enemy cities that you have just captured.
.^ If you focus specifically on developing your cities along a specific strategy, such as cultural advancement, they may produce a "great person," one of the game's all-new special units.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Linking cities with Roads and Railroads can be very helpful in speeding the movement of units from one end of your empire to trouble spots elsewhere.
^ You'll also miss out on all the valuable World Wonders and be left in the dust on the types of buildings you can create in your cities if you don't focus on science.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ Anarchy has the same effect as Despotism with several exceptions- no tax revenue is collected, no maintenance is charged for city improvements, and no scientific research is done while Anarchy continues.
^ They are brought into the city and there become new people, new units, city improvements, Wonders of the World, cash, and civilization advances.
^ Cities in disorder provide no tax revenue, contribute no technology research, and suspend production of new units or improvements.
.^ It can be prevented by building a City Walls improvement.
^ Then maintenance costs for improvements in this city are deducted.
^ You'll be able to start improvements quicker and allows your cities to flourish.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
Thus, civilizations with many small, underdeveloped or inefficient cities will find their empire too expensive to maintain.
- Governments have been replaced with a more flexible civics model with five different categories — Government, Legal, Labor, Economy, and Religion — and five separate civic options within each category.^ [CIVICS] - A brand new system of government gives you more control over your Civ.
- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ There are five different civic topics and five different topic specific civics.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Selecting A Civilization And Leader Unlike previous Civ games several of the available civilizations have two leaders with different traits and favorite civics.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
For example, the Labor category includes the civics tribalism, slavery, serfdom, caste system and emancipation. .
- AI civilizations no longer act as if they start the game knowing what the map looks like.^ Game will start up, look like it's about to run, then shut down with no error message.
- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization” does not require the original “Civilization IV” product in order to be played.- The Cut Scene - Video Game Blog by Variety on Variety.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC weblogs.variety.com [Source type: General]
^ Cons: I would like to see Sid and the gang create an Earth map, with proper starting locations and resources.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
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- Barbarians now form cities in unexplored or unwatched territories, often named after their tribe or culture (Hun, Visigoth, etc).^ Civ IV makes a turn for the better by emphasizing strategic planning in general, which ultimately makes the game more balanced.
- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Gunpowder The Arabs also learned from the Chinese how to make gunpowder, but they put it to a use the Chinese had never conceived of.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ As for the Spanish conquerors, they had full need of all that these Moorish hospitals and universities had to offer.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ They don't get the bonus' other units do.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ If you focus specifically on developing your cities along a specific strategy, such as cultural advancement, they may produce a "great person," one of the game's all-new special units.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ If you want to safely steal a rival's city you can try to out culture them.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
However, they cannot be contacted via diplomacy. .
- The United Nations can pass resolutions, which appears to be adapted from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.^ If you focus specifically on developing your cities along a specific strategy, such as cultural advancement, they may produce a "great person," one of the game's all-new special units.
- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ National wonders differ a bit since any city can have up to two of them, but there can only be one of each.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Your six cities must all be self-founded, using your own settlers, or else captured from barbarians.- Adventure 13 - The Sixth Column 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.vandergeer.net [Source type: Original source]
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- Unit improvement is specialized and no longer random.^ Review: I am running this game with the latest expansion pack "Beyond the Sword" with a pentium 4 3.2 gig, 1 Gig Ram; 256 mb nvidia.
- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ [Settlers & Workers] - No longer does building these units take away population.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ However the special unit each Civilization gets is the same no matter what leader is in charge.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ The attack units get experience points and attain levels which allows them to up their stats.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Levels unit up.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ As units gain XP they level up.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ These units have a bit more strength and some good traits.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ With their 10% city attack bonus and the highest strength of any melee unit they are a force to be reaconed with.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ With their +50% vs melee units these can take out several various defenders while also providing great support against incoming attackers.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
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- Military units no longer have separate ratings for attack, defense and health, but instead a single strength rating.^ That's a 95% defensive bonus from a single unit.
- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ With their 10% city attack bonus and the highest strength of any melee unit they are a force to be reaconed with.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ His City Raider I promoted brother finishes the remaining Archer and Novgorod gets razed.- Adventure 13 - The Sixth Column 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.vandergeer.net [Source type: Original source]
The combatants' strengths are modified by multiplicative promotion and circumstance bonuses, and the highest number generally wins.
.^ Also if you are playing a game with lots of islands or large amounts of oceans then this is a must have unit, though you may not want to have too many of these.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ There are an extensive amount of military units you can create over the course of the game, depending on how scientifically advanced you are.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
The player may now check the probability of success before commissioning an attack.
.^ The more unifying the force, the more stable the civilization.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Yet for more than five centuries that civilization not only led the world in science, but was the only portion of mankind actively engaged in the systematic pursuit of knowledge.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Protestantism allowed far more freedom to scientific investigation than Catholicism.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Well, no big captured cities with lots of angy citizens, I then!- Adventure 13 - The Sixth Column 11 September 2009 3:24 UTC www.vandergeer.net [Source type: Original source]
^ There are World Wonders that only one civilization may build in the world and then there are National Wonders, which any city you own may build.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
The nationality breakdown of each city is now a cultural breakdown; foreign culture can affect a city without the use of military conquest.
Random events were not implemented until the Beyond the Sword expansion.
Interface changes
.^ [Health] - With Pollution pulled from the game now you'll have to worry about the health of a city.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ The irrigation system fell into disrepair, transforming one of the garden spots of the world into a semi-arid and half-sterile country.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ [BUILDING AND USING GREAT PEOPLE] - When you build World Wonders several of them will add points to your ability to generate Great People.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ I would suggest waiting until you have a population 4 city to build a settler as it will stop your population growth whild building it.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Build Aqueducts, hospitals, and other buildings to increase health.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
Forests and fresh water near the city increases the health score, jungles and flood plains cause unhealthiness.
.^ Removed=- [Corruption] - Distance from capital penalties that would take money and production away from the cities.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ From about 800 to 1200 the Arabs evolved a more critical study of equations, giving them for the first time some element of scientific treatment.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ [Unit Upgrades] - Now some RPG elements have been added.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ Technology applied to agriculture will bring greater rewards than in any other field of human endeavor.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Gain enough points and over a few turns you'll discover a new technology.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ The gameplay is solid with convenient new automation features for workers, an easier unit movement interface, and the little things (wonder videos, map animations, etc.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ Almost all of the advisors are useless.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ If you want to create a single player game you can click on Play Now and you'll pick the type of map and the civilization you'll use.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ With the exception of the Science Advisor (which is essentially unchanged from Civ3) none of the advisor screens made much sense.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
New players often play without leaving the map view, only as players gain the ability and need to
micromanage are the specialized screens utilized.
Audio-visual
- See also: Music in Civilization IV
- More emphasis has been put on the game's soundtrack, which features compositions of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Minimalist origin, and contemporary by Jeff Briggs. The song "Baba Yetu" was composed specifically to be played at the start of the game. The title means "Our Father" in Swahili, and the song itself is a rendition of the Lord's Prayer. It is performed by Stanford University's Talisman A Cappella and was composed by Christopher Tin. (lyrics and more information, sample)
- Each leader has a unique piece of music played during diplomacy (with the exception of Kublai Khan and Genghis Khan who share music). Many of the pieces are popular and familiar; for example, Roosevelt's music is the "Marines' Hymn", and Napoleon's is a variant on "La Marseillaise". Some are renditions of famous pieces of classical music, such as Frederick's piece, which is a paraphrase of the fourth of the Goldberg Variations, or Bismarck's, which is the opening theme of the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3. Others, such as Mao Zedong and Alexander the Great have music that has been modified from earlier games, such as Civilization III. .
- Narrative voice acting, previously heard in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri but never used in a game with Civilization in its title, is provided by Leonard Nimoy, who reads a quotation related to a technology when it is discovered.^ The most intriguing aspect of Civ IV's audio is the narration you'll hear at the beginning of every new game and each time you research a new technology--narration that's provided by none other than Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek fame.
- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization” does not require the original “Civilization IV” product in order to be played.- The Cut Scene - Video Game Blog by Variety on Variety.com 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC weblogs.variety.com [Source type: General]
^ SCIENCE: Jameson Thottam This used to be a favorite feature for me in Civ 2, but in this game, it's outweighed by many other aspects.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ The Moors found a great advantage in being part of the vast Islamic Empire, united with distant lands by religion and language.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The spiritual bond of a common faith and culture held her together, and the use of Latin as the common language of learning united European scholars.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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- Great artists visually resemble famous people, such as Elvis Presley and William Shakespeare, even when they are not given those names.^ If you focus specifically on developing your cities along a specific strategy, such as cultural advancement, they may produce a "great person," one of the game's all-new special units.
- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ If you see one of your cities has a border close to a rival's city then run an Great Artist over there and have them create their work of art.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Great Artists can go to a city and instantly give the city thousands of points of culture.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
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- Sound effects are played when certain buildings or improvements are built, such as coins jingling when a bank is completed.^ If you see one of your cities has a border close to a rival's city then run an Great Artist over there and have them create their work of art.
- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Review: I've played every civ since it was first created, Civ III was a huge step forward, and Civ IV is a another great step forward as far as gameplay.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ But if you haven't purchased it as yet, hold of until they have worked out all the bugs.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
Ambient sounds can also be heard near different terrains when zoomed in. For example, near the ocean or on its shore, waves splashing and breaking up can be heard.
- Civilization 4 uses the same 3D engine (Gamebryo) used in Sid Meier's Pirates!, which allows zooming smoothly from world map levels down to individual squares. .
- Wonder movies have returned after being absent in Civilization III.
- As game time passes and the player enters new eras, pictures of devices that measure the passage of time are shown.^ Wonders Wonders are a staple of Civilization games.
- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ When beginning a new game your civilization is automatically governed by Despotism.
^ Your Civilization game should contain this manual and a set of high-density 5 1/4" disks or high density 3 1/2" disks.
When the player leaves the Ancient era and enters the Classical era, a picture of a sundial appears. The player is shown a picture of an hourglass upon entering the medieval era, an armillary sphere upon entering the Renaissance, an analog clock upon entering the Industrial Age, a digital clock upon entering the Modern Era, and, in Beyond the Sword, an identical digital clock upon entering the future era.
Wonders and Projects
- The Three Gorges Dam has replaced the Hoover Dam, which was a Wonder used in previous versions.
- Spaceship journeys to Alpha Centauri are always successful in games prior to the second expansion, Beyond the Sword, after which the chance of success once again varies depending on how complete the spacecraft is; it is possible, by fully constructing the spacecraft, to guarantee success.
- Civ IV is the first in the franchise not to feature SETI as a wonder.
Official maps and scenarios
Sid Meier's Civilization IV included some bonus content, released with mainly the purpose of showing modding capabilities:
- Earth - This is the world map of the game. 124x68 tiles big, it features just 9 ancient civilizations. It is based on the Robinson projection of the Earth in order to optimize its size.[7] .^ (In the IBM version, technology that your civilization was first to learn is shown in white.
^ Review: I've always loved Civilization games ever since the first release.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Being the first civilization to contact other intelligent life brings great glory and perhaps technological advantages.
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.^ They were present during the Age of Pericles when trade brought wealth, and the labor of some 100,000 slaves afforded leisure to the average Athenian citizen.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
11 randomly-picked civilizations are contained in this map.[9]
.^ Conquering the world bonus: If you succeed in conquering the world, you receive up to 1000 civilization points, plus a bonus for the date.
^ For example, if your civilization has the third highest population but the larger civilizations are not known, you would appear at the top of the list, but shown as number three in the world.
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.^ World Map: Also the work of your geography department, this is a map if the entire known world.
^ This crude people was presently to dominate half the known world, revive the dying culture and science of the Greeks, and transmit to dormant Europe the knowledge and skills gleaned from the classic age.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Find City: You can center the map on any known city in the world.
Extra detail is borrowed from other ancient sources such as Homer, Ptolemy, and Herodotus.[11]
- Desert War - This scenario represents the Mediterranean theater of World War II. Axis and Allies have different cities as objective. .
- American Revolution - This scenario begins in 1775 AD. Player can side with American colonists or with the British Crown.
- Rhye's and Fall of Civilization - This scenario offers the "closest-to-reality" experience with much of the core settings of the game having been changed to ensure historical realism.^ Your Civilization game should contain this manual and a set of high-density 5 1/4" disks or high density 3 1/2" disks.
^ Date: The date is reported in years plus the notation BC or AD. The normal game begins in 4000 BC. Each turn represents the passing of so many years, depending on the current date.
^ Cons: Hard game to really play in 10 minutes (not always a bad thing).- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
Includes a dynamic rise of civilizations and other features like stability, plagues, congress and different Unique Historical Victories for each civilization. .^ Date: The date is reported in years plus the notation BC or AD. The normal game begins in 4000 BC. Each turn represents the passing of so many years, depending on the current date.
It is currently the only user-made mod to be officially included with the game.
Development
Customization
.^ It is more difficult to establish the causes of the decline of civilizations than to trace the reasons for their rise.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ I have been playing Civilization IV for a longer time than I can recall (gift from a colleague), and I still have yet to discover and understand everything about the game.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ But it's still a Civ game, and with Civ IV, the series is even more engaging and addictive than ever.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ Never overwrite your XML files for the main game as you may have some unexpected errors pop up.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ All of the XML files will have similar rules throughout, but will have different names for the tags.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Inside each of the folders in this section are different XML files that affect the parts of the game named on the folder.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
Major parts of the interface, map generation, and scripted events are written entirely in
Python and can be customized.
World Builder
.^ Cons: I would like to see Sid and the gang create an Earth map, with proper starting locations and resources.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Mechanized Infantry is the best defensive ground unit in the game, useful for defending cities or other important points.
^ You can check the Hall of Fame when starting a new game from the pre-game options menu.
.^ Each home military unit in excess of the number of people in the city requires one unit of resources for industrial support.
^ If the city's industrial capacity is not sufficient to maintain existing units for which this is the home city, the amount of resources that you are short is shown in the resource line as a shortfall (on the IBM, the symbols are black).
^ Disband: This order disbands the unit receiving it, removing the unit from the map and city records.
.^ For example, a city generating a large number of resources each turn (say 20) and inhabited by a large population, may show five smokestacks in its city display.
.^ Its breath and grandeur is a description of how well your civilization is progressing.
^ The extent of this Islamic civilization, as well as the progress and achievements of its component parts proved an inspiration to Muslim scholarship and creative arts.- Islamic Contributions to Civilization by Stanwood Cobb 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC bahaistudies.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Being the first civilization to contact other intelligent life brings great glory and perhaps technological advantages.
.^ [CITY SIEGE] - Civilization IV is a strategy game.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Civilization IV and all related symbols are property of Firaxis and 2K Games.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Quick Replay: This replay shows the basic land mass of the world and repots the founding, capture, and destruction of cities by all civilizations throughout the game.
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XML
.^ Never overwrite your XML files for the main game as you may have some unexpected errors pop up.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Open up the CivilizationIV.ini If you want to work on the XML portion of the game and edit pretty much every aspect of the game you'll need to locate the XML files.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Once you have left the program you can print this information out as a text file and you may read it by opening it in a text editing program.
Barry Caudill, a senior producer at
Firaxis Games, said in September:
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.^ By default it should be located at: C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Assets\XML The XML files in this area change global settings.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Any information put inside of these will be ignored by the game and is only so that you may keep documentation so you know what has been changed.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Below is a list: ART = Changes where and what files are used for all the various graphics in the game.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ After founding your first city, you may have the technology to build only two types of unit, Militia and Settlers.
^ For this graph, power includes everything your civilization possesses, including cities, population, improvements, Wonders, your treasury, and units.
^ If you are building a Wonder and another civilization completes it before you can, you must change the production of your city.
.^ If it's your first time playing it probably isn't.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Note that at certain times the game accesses the "#1" disk for information, so do not remove the "#1" disk from your drive once the game has begun unless prompted to make a switch.
^ Government system is interesting,long time players feel comfortable playing but still challenged.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
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At the current time the XML processing in Windows is permissive of errors, whereas the Mac OS X version is not.
.^ It way also be useful to screen your cities from unsettled areas so that barbarians that appear may be intercepted before they reach your cities.
^ All in all this will be a great game if they can patch to correct some of the sluggish gameplay.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Using the Mouse: To click the mouse on some part of the game, move the torch that is the pointer onto the desired location and click the correct mouse button.
[14]Python
.^ SCIENCE: Jameson Thottam This used to be a favorite feature for me in Civ 2, but in this game, it's outweighed by many other aspects.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ It applies to all computer systems, but specific references are given for use with an IBM system, for which the game was first designed.
^ Using the Mouse: To click the mouse on some part of the game, move the torch that is the pointer onto the desired location and click the correct mouse button.
Python can also be used to modify random map generation and to add complex scripted events.
.^ Because this special version of Civilization has a different manual from store-bought versions of the game, the page numbers listed are incorrect.
^ Fundamentally, this is a much-improved version of the same Civ games we've all been playing and desperately trying to put down for years.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
The reverse is also true.
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Software development kit
.^ Updated They released a patch (v1.52) a couple of days before Christmas, and it takes care of absolutely every problem I had.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ I downloaded a patch from the developers website (v1.52).- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ Each part is built like any other improvement, except that when a part is completed, it is automatically added to your ship.
^ The patch is huge: ~45M. I played through a game with 12 AI players at Noble setting and the performance remained the same from beginning to end.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
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.^ Pros: There are no pros to this game .- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Review: There is a design and programming fault, no matter the patch this game will not work for long on any computer no matter how good.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ But there's no religion-based victory condition, and aside from these bonuses, religion isn't a hugely influential addition to the game.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ As a matter of fact, I've already ordered a replacement of my 2 year old pc in anticipation of this game requiring the more robust computing power.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ When there is no risk of global warming, the sun indicator is not present.
^ Review: There is a design and programming fault, no matter the patch this game will not work for long on any computer no matter how good.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ In this dynamic world environment, surrounded by rivals in unknown corners, there is no future in complacency and stagnation.
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Release
Launch problems
.^ In addition, Civ IV has done away with Civ III's "industrious" leader trait, which sped production of all projects and was a bit too powerful in some cases.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ [Building Resources] - Civilization has always had resources, but now there are some resources that speed up building and wonder production.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ Production - 9 of 10 Starting with the box, I got the special edition and loved the packaging (looks like a book) and the extra music CD, but failed to recall enough high-school French to read the tech tree (Anglais substitution est `a civ4 website, http://www.2kgames.com/civ4/techtree_support.htm) At least all the same information is in the game in English.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
[17] 2K Games replaced such shipments.
.^ Copy to newly formatted disks: After formatting disks, now use the DOS "COPY" command to copy the disks with *.* as the file designators.
^ This means you can copy the game files from the original disks however you prefer -- to other floppy disks, or to a hard disk.
^ This simulation is designed to run using copies of the original (distribution) disks, but no information will be supplied in the box.
[18] .^ It is also totaled one last time when the game ends to give you a final score for the game to see how you stand.
^ As far as actual play, while there have been changes, the game still gives you the same "just-one-more-turn" itch to keep playing.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Because this special version of Civilization has a different manual from store-bought versions of the game, the page numbers listed are incorrect.
There are also many typographical errors in the
Dutch manual.
Platforms
.^ Below are the various patches that are available for Civilization IV **************************************************** Version 1.09 Patch Notes Changes: - Increased cost of Apollo Program...- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Civilization IV (PC) specifications .- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ BORDER=0 WIDTH=728 HEIGHT=90 ALT="Click Here"> Civilization IV (PC) (discontinued) .- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
The Mac OS X version is published by
Aspyr and was released in June 2006. A Mac digital version was released January 2010 on
gameagent.com.
.^ Even though this review is barely scratching the surface, I'll try to cover some of the most prominent features of this game.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ The following additional features were added to the IBM version.
[citation needed] The game was released as a
Universal binary, running natively on both
PPC- and
x86-based Macintoshes.
.^ Q. I'm having problems playing multiplayer games.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ Although the game ends for scoring purposes after you win, you may continue playing if you choose.
^ Using Python and XML will help make the game you want to play.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
[citation needed].^ One of the best games I've ever played.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ SCIENCE: Jameson Thottam This used to be a favorite feature for me in Civ 2, but in this game, it's outweighed by many other aspects.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Mechanized Infantry is the best defensive ground unit in the game, useful for defending cities or other important points.
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.^ [CITY SIEGE] - Civilization IV is a strategy game.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ If you have even a passing interest in strategy games, world history, or getting less sleep at night, you owe it to yourself to give Civilization IV a try.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ Mechanized Infantry is the best defensive ground unit in the game, useful for defending cities or other important points.
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Main articles: Civilization IV: Warlords and Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
.^ In Civilization IV there are two types of wonders.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
The first one, entitled
Civilization IV: Warlords, was released in the United States on July 24, 2006 and in Europe two days later, on July 26, 2006.
.^ Review: I am running this game with the latest expansion pack "Beyond the Sword" with a pentium 4 3.2 gig, 1 Gig Ram; 256 mb nvidia.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
.^ I am such a civ fanatic I will probably purchase a new computer just so that I can play this game.- Civilization IV (PC) - PC Games - CNET Archive 12 September 2009 0:21 UTC reviews.cnet.com [Source type: General]
^ When beginning a new game your civilization is automatically governed by Despotism.
^ Keep in mind if they added every civ that they could possibly add to the game in there then it would of taken 5x the time to release the game.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
It also expands the technology tree.
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Torsen, Tor (2006-12-01). .^ By default it should be located at: C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Assets\XML The XML files in this area change global settings.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ First, you can find it in the installation directory at: C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\_Civ4Config Or you can go to the My Documents\My Games section.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ The default location is: \My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\CivilizationIV.ini Open the file with Notepad.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6162633.html?q=Civilization. ..
Sid Meier's Civilization IV manual (German).^ First, you can find it in the installation directory at: C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\_Civ4Config Or you can go to the My Documents\My Games section.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ By default it should be located at: C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Assets\XML The XML files in this area change global settings.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
^ If you want to edit some settings go to C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 or wherever your version of Civilization IV saves it's save files.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
.^ Civilization IV and all related symbols are property of Firaxis and 2K Games.- GameFAQs: Civilization IV (PC) FAQ/Strategy Guide by Frowdo 10 February 2010 13:29 UTC www.gamefaqs.com [Source type: General]
2005. p. 69.
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