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is Civ 4 a good/fun game? what is it compareble too? is it a game that I can have hours of entertainment with? is it like Sim City 4? I liked that game.
 
It's like the previous Civs, think Rise of Nation, that type of game

VERY fun, if you like this type of game, just like Civ 1, 2 and 3 this one is increadibly addicting, your life will dissapear as you are drawn into controlling a civilization
 
Yeah it was easy to pick up if you have played any of the other Civ games. Also, I am glad to finally have a game where I am not under pressure to respond quickly. It is the perfect game for watching TV at the same time.
 
It's good, but it won't draw you in and make your life dissappear like mentioned earlier, you can finish most games in about 3 hours. Once you pwn everyone for the tenth time the game loses its appeal and you'll find it gathering dust on your harddrive.
 
CodeEx said:
It's good, but it won't draw you in and make your life dissappear like mentioned earlier, you can finish most games in about 3 hours. Once you pwn everyone for the tenth time the game loses its appeal and you'll find it gathering dust on your harddrive.
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are you kidding me, i find this series of games extreme re-playable, there are lots of different ways to play and different environments to play in, it has a high replay value

Civ II was the cause for many bad grades in high school for me when it came out in 1996 :D
 
CodeEx said:
It's good, but it won't draw you in and make your life dissappear like mentioned earlier, you can finish most games in about 3 hours. Once you pwn everyone for the tenth time the game loses its appeal and you'll find it gathering dust on your harddrive.
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Then you obviously have not turned the difficulty up high enough. The civilization series is by far one of if not the most immersive video game series ever.

@ the OP : You should love this game.
 
Well, i didn't try with the difficulty up all the way but always played higher than medium. If you follow a few set rules you really can't lose, the only thing that it comes down to is the terrain you are put on, and usually there are enough good spots to making winning a certainty.
 
Brent_Justice said:
It's like the previous Civs, think Rise of Nation, that type of game

VERY fun, if you like this type of game, just like Civ 1, 2 and 3 this one is increadibly addicting, your life will dissapear as you are drawn into controlling a civilization
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awsome! Rise of nations is #2 in my favorite games of all time, thanks. as for my life disappearing...I already gave that to my wife now all I need to do is give her all my money at the end of the week and stay out of trouble, between me and my 3 kids there is always somebody in the corner
 
Stupid game. I was sucked into an all-night "just one... more... turn" time suckfest. I admit that I'm a Civ crackwhore just needing another fix. I'm already feeling withdrawl. Worse yet is that after achieving victory through Alpha Centauri, I want to go play AC and continue my game. You'd think I'd know better from working with Bruce Shelley and Sandy Petersen. They warned me what evil Sid was capable of.
 
This game is awesome. Very hard to stop playing, always one more turn! Lucky me, the game freezes on my computer after extensive playing. That way I can stop playing, unless I reboot...

If you get addicted to Civ, you might want to check out Civilization Anonymous.
 
CodeEx said:
It's good, but it won't draw you in and make your life dissappear like mentioned earlier, you can finish most games in about 3 hours. Once you pwn everyone for the tenth time the game loses its appeal and you'll find it gathering dust on your harddrive.
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Well Civ is deffinately not everyone's cup of tea. But if you're simply bored, there are many game types you can play, (One City challenge, and Pacifism are two types I find particularly interesting to play) or if you simply find it to easy on the hardest settings (unlikey for most people, certainly a long time for a begginer Civ player, the AI advantage is huge in top difficulties) you can always tweak the game rules to yourself more of a dissadvantage; no tech trading for instance. Hope your longbows and macemen do well against tanks and mechanized infantry.

Civ 4 has reduced the amount to micromangement signifigantly. That's not to say things like baby-sitting your workers can't get tedious, or you can't tailor your cities to specific tasks, both are still very possible.
Making small changes (Like what you're producing in a city, or what you're researching) are punished far less than in previous Civ games, there's very little penalty for switching in the middle of something now. At the same time, because of how cities tend to be more specialized, big, sweeping changes in your strategies are more difficult. You really have a hard time switching from war-monger to culture victory midway through the game.


If you just to smash and break things, you can do that, but it'll likely get old after a while.
If you want open ended game play, with multiple game types each with many roads to victory, Civ 4 can eat up a lot of your time.
 
Just download the demo and try it yourself. I was a moment away from purchasing the game but after playing the demo I won't be buying it. The game is much to simple and just doesn't have enough going on with it to make it enjoyable. It reminds me of a budget title game that you'd find on a party disc like Yoda Stories.
 
Great game, but don't bother if you have less than a gig of RAM. You'll get virtual memory lag like nobody's business on any map standard size or larger.
 
peacetilence said:
Just download the demo and try it yourself. I was a moment away from purchasing the game but after playing the demo I won't be buying it. The game is much to simple and just doesn't have enough going on with it to make it enjoyable. It reminds me of a budget title game that you'd find on a party disc like Yoda Stories.
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Thats what I heard, at first I was like sweet Civ IV, but then my friend tells me, also who loves civ, that it is not that great, Civ III is better. Maybe I'll get the demo and see what I think of it, but for right now, I'll stick to Civ III.

Lol, same with me Brent, I would like get home at 4:00, next thing I know it's 10:00 and I haven't started my homework. :D
 
Civ is pretty good. I am not even much of a Civ fan but like hte multiplayer aspect a lot.
 
Get this game. I have absolutely NOTHING but amazing things to say about it. Between Civ and Animal Crossing, I'm finding that I don't sleep. At all.
 
I noticed that when I press enter to end my turn it take s aminute to think, is that normal or is my machine a slow POS (but it is steady)

I think that I am going to have to read the book a bit before playing this game again, I played for an hour or so and I didnt really get anywhere it seems like it takes a long time to accomplish things in this game. I will read abit and reserve any actual opinions till a week or two.
 
A minute seems like a long time to think (it may be your PC), however there IS a delay between pushing enter and starting a new turn. You need a lot of time to get anywhere in this game (it is NOT a quick game) so do be patient and give yourself some time when playing this title.
 
I have played the past titles of Civ and enjoyed them alot. I also have played the past titles of AoE, and so when AoE 3 came out, I grabbed the specail edition and was excited...but I find myself very bored with it.

I'm looking for something to take me away from my WoW addiction, do you guys think this one could be it? I got bored with AoE 3 very very fast, prehaps I didnt give it enough time, but either way, do you think I could experience the same with this title?

I'm really debating between this and RE4 for PS2, any advise is great.
 
Ugh.... Do not play this game. It'll make you sooo addicted. ughhhh.... But yes, it's a good game- in moderation of course. God damn civ 4, lowering my grades...
 
Re4 (get the Gamecube version if you have a cube, it's a much much better version) is a fantastic action title, that will pump your energy up far more than Civ IV will.

That said, Civ has more replayability. The game is much slower-moving than RE4, but if you really liked the previous Civ games, you will probably like this one just as much, if not more. I'm not sure which to recommend to you more - it depends what you're in the mood for.
 
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