Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition
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Video Game Reviews of Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition
Customer Review: Simply the best strategy game. Ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have played this game thousands of hours and it never gets old. The replayability is simply unparalleled. Between all the different civs, maps, etc, there are literally hundreds of possibilities. This game is perfectly challenging, to the point of being frustrating at times, but all the help I got from on-line forums helped. I was never a fan of scrambling and stressing in real-time games, so I love the turn-based game play. It's simply a ton of fun and I'd recommend it to any strategy game or civilization simulation fan. Customer Review: Civ 4: Civ 3 but more boring and slow
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm glad I waited to buy this one used because it's certainly not worth the original asking price.
First off, if you've played Civ 3, you've already seen everything fun about Civ 4. If you got bored of Civ 3 and stopped playing, you will find yourself bored during your first game.
Secondly, it just feels incredibly slow and boring. Cities take thousands of years to grow to a decent size, the AI makes no sense, the maps and interface are clunky, etc.
Thirdly, and this is a pet peave of mine- the music is terrible. It's just amazingly terrible. It actually sounds like there are wrong notes all over the place, and they just layer different musics with no regard to pitch or tonality.
This will be the last Civ I buy unless they completely rework it. Not at all worth the upgrade.
Customer Review: A boring follow up to Civ 3
Summary: 3 Stars
I can't put my finger on it, but this game was just a completely boring follow up to Civ 3. The graphics and audio are definitely more advanced and the game options (religions, techs, actions, etc) are more plentiful, overall, I played for hours and just didn't care. It's dull. Try out a demo online before buying. Customer Review: Awesome Game, best strategy game out there.
Summary: 5 Stars
I hate to admit it as its like I am admitting to being a geek but this is the best strategy game ever. I know others would disagree but this is the most realistic, (as you can possibly get, playing a game). I am not into killing monsters or playing dungeons and dragons (the old school Atari game was pretty cool back in the day)or any mythical fantasy games out there.
The game takes some time to play, great to play for an hour after work or on the weekends but be careful because it is high addictive. I say if you want to travel into the future play this game, cause if your not careful the day can pass you buy without even knowing it. My wife hates it with a passion for that reason. Playability is pretty easy, I don't read directions and caught on rather quickly. You need to have a good computer to play, good graphics card and a good chunk of memory so check the system requirements.
If anyone out there knows of a better game let me know.
Customer Review: Fun game but crashes
Summary: 2 Stars
I have Civ 4 and some expansions running under Win XP and I seldom finish games becase they crash leaving a 16 color lo res screen.
The game is still fun and I find it addictive but I don't see many improvments over past versions. The graphics are different. I do like the increase in wonders and other special projects. I find religon a marginal improvment and is often a distraction.
Many of the past short comming have not be addressed such as the early part of the game goes too fast. I often have new units obslete by the time they are built and put into the field. I also find that the game is too easy or too hard. Either I dominate the game or I get killed. Other countries will only go to war when they become a real threat.
I find the interfaces rather confusing and not as clears as past verisons of the game.
I do like the fact that they got rid of pollution which was a way to really make the end of the game drag and get overly tedious.
We have had four versions and it is essentially the same game. The combat system is basically the same where units fight units and in history most battles were armies vs armies. I would suggest looking to Empires in Arms as for some ideas for a new combat sytem.
I find resouces a bit simple, a single oil space can supply the whole empire. I often have single horse units wanter for thousands of years with no resupply or new people.
I would higly recomend reading from Sumer to Rome a book on ancient warfare before the next version is realeased. Any future additions will have to have simpler graphics and some actual revamping of the game rules. Combat and logistics could most use an update.