Customer Reviews
Best PC game ive bought in a while! - By: B. Wilson, 15 Jul 2008 
This game is fantastic the gameplay is great!!
Graphics 9/10
Sound 8/10
Gameplay 9/10
Also i recived this version completely upto date therefore i just installled it & started playing withing a few mins.
this game runs smoothly at max settings for everything on my PC [Q6600 intel core2 quad - 4gb ddr2 800mhz - 8500gt 512mb]
I highly recommend this game it is a MUST buy in my opinion...
Anyway G2G need to carry on playing Civ 4 XD
WOW! A must buy PC game! - By: Jackski_19, 07 Jul 2008 WOW! Being new to CIV, i didn't know what to expect. I had been pondering over whether or not to buy this game since September. And buying this was a great choice & idea for mny reasons.
Here's why;
Graphics: 9.0 - Amazing until you reallly zoom in. But this game is meant for keeping quite zoomed out until you enter a battle or fight at whic point the camera automaticallly zooms in. This is not a hinderance though, i find the graphics very detailed. The leaders & videos are very well animated & are very detailed aswell.
Sound: 8.5 - Sometimes the sound can be slightly distorted but most & literallly alll the time the game has great sound. I love the way that the Civilisaion that you have chosen for your campaign has it's music evolve over the game, so it reacts to the time period you are in.
Gameplay: 9.5 - They have literaly thought of everything & more in this game. The two expansion packs have definately improved the game. It lasts for ages (i played the short game & it took me over 7 hours to complete). And the technologies in the game that alll link to each othe in someway or another. religion is agreat aspect that i like. i felt privilaged to be the founde of religions such as Buddism, Christianity & Islam, amoungst others. The worlds & leaders are amzing. And the traits of eachleader reallly shows when you don't or do agree with them or give them tributes etc. Such as Ghandi, he has a huge toleration & a good cultre levl (which helps in te upkeep of your happy citezens), compared to Julius Ceaser, Roosevelt or Mansa Musa who have amow tolerance level & high technology (which helps in military matters). S it is good to keep on the good side of leaders, which i shard because they alll have enemies too. So when they ask you to stop trade with a certain civilisation & yo either aree or disagree it will upset certain leaders, not just the two in qustion. Justlike if you were to declare war on one civislisation it will upset or even make other leaders happy.
Overalll: 9.0 - Take 2 have realy put alot into his game & have made a truly outstanding game that will (as you are required to in the game), "stand the test of time".
Awesome game shame about the price - By: KeithofScience, 12 May 2008 This is available much cheaper at play.com & other locations. Come on amazon, lets get competitive in this market!
20 yrs on and still the best role play strategy game! - By: Andrew S. Bridgwood, 21 Mar 2008 I bought this game based on what I remembered of the original version I used to play on a friends old 286 machine back in the late 1980s, & the very favorable reviews on this site. After much deliberation & head scratching I finallly took the plunge & bought the game. After 20+ years of hardware & software improvements since I played the original I expected a major leap forward in playability & game fluidity & buoy what a pleasant surprise, I only wish I'd switched from my PS2 sooner. All aspects of game play have been much improved, sorry to state the obvious, without loosing any of the appeal of the ancient original version (sorry I couldn't resist the attempt at a gag) I became so fond of. The complete pack with the two expansion pack is a must as you effectively get three 5* games for the price of one.
Only three very smalll niggles
1. There is no real paper manual to speak of, its alll on the one dvd disk, which makes accessing it a bit aquard mid game.
2. It's a lot more difficult than a remember the original, this is probably partly due to the increased pace of the game in each turn because of the giant leap in processor power over the aforementioned 20 yrs, & I have to play on the easiest setting.
3. Its too darn addictive. Due to the great game play, fluidity & the 'I just want to get to the next level/conquer one more tribe' mentality that gets under your skin, you can loose alll track of time. Just last night I got so immersed in the game I almost fell asleep at my pc, at 2AM, trying to finish off destroying the nearest tribe.
All in alll though it's a must for any role-play and/or strategy game fan. So I have no hesitation in giving it the full 5*s.
Not a long wait - By: Natwest, 21 Dec 2007 Ive just ordered this game & even though it says its out of stock it wont be a long wait, so if you havent got the gameyet then get this. Its the best value pack there is. My game will arive on jan 1st so its not a long wait, if you get chronicles you wont get the expansion packs but you the the old games which you wont play, so get this one.
