Civilization 4: Gold Edition
- Rule throughout time and create your own legacy as you guide your civilization from the dawn of man through the space age and beyond. Implement new technologies, conduct diplomacy or wage war to grow your society and become the most powerful leader the world has ever known. Gameplay Faster-Paced Fun - Gameplay has been streamlined for a tighter, faster, and more compelling experience. , Great
Rule throughout time and create your own legacy as you guide your civilization from the dawn of man through the space age and beyond. Implement new technologies, conduct diplomacy or wage war to grow your society and become the most powerful leader the world has ever known.
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Posted by Irwan on February 11, 2010
Review by Bruce F. Mackenzie for Civilization 4: Gold Edition
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Bought this for my 13 year old son. He plays it all the time, maybe too much. However, he IS also learning leadership styles and names of famous landmarks. The game is a great educational tool to teach basic economics, warfare strategy.
Review by game play addict for Civilization 4: Gold Edition
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After playing Rise of Nations years back I wanted to buy a similar strategy game. I like 2K, so I assumed this would be the one, but after putting a few hours into the tutorial and two hours into the single play, I just couldn’t get the game play. After forcing myself to spend a few more hours, the game play is fun and almost similar to Rise of Nations. There are four ways to win, territorial, conquer, time based and another I cant recall. The tutorial is short and not enough to understand each aspect of the game. Do as I did, go through the tutorial once, play one game on a beginner level and then return back to the tutorial to understand it. I have a MAC and games are limited, so as with many games, you have to put some time into it to appreciate it. I’m guilty of judging this game too quickly, but I dont have a lot of time to spend on one particular game. Overall, if you have a MAC and enjoy strategy game, this one will consume your life. The 3D graphics are nice.
Review by O Shepard for Civilization 4: Gold Edition
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I recently purchased Civ 4 Gold and the expansion disc ‘Beyond the Sword’. Although I find this version interesting, it just is not up to the playable standards of previous versions. I dearly wish I had not given away my copy of Civ 3 because that version is superior to Civ 4. Aside from the strange feeling of being removed a step from the actual game play which was not a factor in previous versions, Civ 4 has 3 major faults: 1. The 3D map effects add nothing to game play and often gets in the way. This graphic upgrades were unnecessary. 2. The lack of a printed manual is a significant handicap for a game that relies on accessible information. Sorry, the CivEncyclopedia just isn’t good enough. 3. The need to have the disk inserted to play is a major drawback. Backup disks do not work. This is especially a handicap for laptop users. Overall, because I like the game’s traditional idea of developing a civilization, I have rated this version as ’3 stars’, but for older fans of the genre consider this a ’2 star’ game’ and keep your older version if your computer can support it.
Review by xris for Civilization 4: Gold Edition
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Issues with this game on OSX: 1) graphics glitches: units and terrain will suddenly turn black and you can’t see the game. restarting the fixes this for me. 2) it runs very slowly (eg. combat animation) even on a brand new late 2009 macbook pro (the bizarre focus on these graphics aside, given this is a turn-based strategy game). 3) multiplayer simply doesn’t work for me. I click “register to play online” and the screen just hangs, doing nothing. 4) I figured maybe patches from the developers would resolve some of these issues, but it seems like they’re exclusively focused on the windows users. I found a zip file via developer support pages that might contain an OSX patch but then got a MySQL error from the download server link. I feel these glitches and lack of technical support are a bit ridiculous for the price tag of the game. I was a huge fan of early versions of the game and would recommend that people not buy Civ 4 for OSX and wait for a subsequent version that lacks the glitches and comes with OSX support, if that time will ever come.
Review by Ryall Mack Cowling for Civilization 4: Gold Edition
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I played this on a 15″ 2009 Macbookpro running OSX 10.5.7
Outstanding historical strategy - it gets no better than this.
Works well with latest macs, few issues.
Pros:
Great Music and graphics.
Incredible attention to detail in research and buildings.
Several ways to win, Multiplayer modes, expansion pack included in one disc.
No serial number required.
Cons:
Some graphical glitches. (world leaders faces transparent)
Disc required in drive for play. Disc images/Backups don’t work.