Civilization IV (PC) > Reviews

Advantages: Addictive, Vast, Complex to Master, Simple to Play.
Disadvantages: Addictive, Slows down in later stages.

Introduction Civilisation IV is, unsuprisingly, the fourth in the well known series by Sid Meir. The game sees you try to build a civilisation from 4000BC through to 2050AD and dominate your neighbours through a combination of military, cultural, diplomatic and technological means. Gameplay The game is turn based and each of your units have a movement rating that allows you to move a certain number of spaces (tiles) per turn. You begin with ... Read review

Advantages: Long sweeping gameplay, addiction, No 2 games the same
Disadvantages: This game will eat you time

The Latest and the best Civ title. Civ 4 continues the great series of games by Sid Meiers this instalment offers much more depth than the other's combat has improved greatly, religion now works in its own unique way and culture effects how quickly the boarders of your civilisation grow. Civ takes you from 4000 BC to 2050 AD game lengths vary as to if you select quick, normal, epic or marathon. The number of turns in a game increases with each ... Read review

Advantages: Civilization at its best yet
Disadvantages: Very high system requirements on higher modes

...go play something else. The Civilization games are equalled in complexity only by some Manager-type games perhaps, though those do not come nearly as close to Civ4 in scope. If you're new to Civ (as the series is commonly abbreviated), the premise basically is that you are in control of a nation/race of people on the earth, such as the Romans/Aztecs/Americans/Russians. You guide your people from the stone age all the way through to the present ... Read review

Advantages: Faster gameplay style, improved graphics
Disadvantages: Increased graphic requirements

The latest installment of this well known series is designed to open up new ways of ruling and expanding your empire, with a more streamlined and smoother style of gameplay. The idea of the game is simple, and has remained the same for many years - simply, to turn a nomadic tribe into a coherent civilisation, researching your way to better technologies, and creating cities to expand your population. The nations available are pretty similar to what ... Read review

Advantages: massive, huge gameplay, perfectly ballanced
Disadvantages: takes a lot of time to learn how to play

Civilization is one of the best strategy games, TBS. The gameplay here is very massive, so that someone new will learn how to play in 2-3 days, but it worth it. One game here takes 10 hours of playing, and it is very likely that player could not stop all these 10 hours. Thing is, you can play any part of gameplay you like and youmay not play the part you dont. And there are a lot of parts it gameplay. While bilding your own civilization, you can trade ... Read review

Advantages: Massively Addictive
Disadvantages: umm... none

...is well worth it. Watching your civilization grow and compete for domination is a pure joy. Buy it. Now. If possible get some mates over and play a LAN game, or even hot-seat if you only have the one computer. Back-stabbing never gets old... ... Read review

Advantages: adult game
Disadvantages: requires big deal of practice

Absolutely breathtaking! Highly recommend for multiplayer. I had the most exiting gaming experience online. What you need is fast speed Internet, about 5 spare hours and nobody at home. Though GameSpy server often has some lags so you cannot start any game for about half an hour. But when you start you go through times to raise primeval tribe to eternal glory. You will be celebrated general and mysterious religious leader, vice politician and ruthless ... Read review

Advantages: good game play, excellent sound, nice graphics
Disadvantages: not much control on city and in battles

Civilization 4 is definately recomonded for every pc strategy game player. Thing about civilization 4 is it is different from other strategy games of cource you made new buildings and units but all that happens within the city and you dont require labour to do so like age of empires but you do require labour units to build roads and buildings on resources which are many. Gameplay of this game is quite good normaly you start with a settler unit unit ... Read review

Excellent game, you can spend hours playing it, really worth buying and it suits any age.. Sid Meir really impressed me in this game..