Review - Civilization 4

In this review, I take a look at Civilization 4, a PC-exclusive turn-based strategy game from Sid Meier. At one point, the video stops while the audio continues. I have no clue how to fix this (This is the final attempt with the same results as the first), so I'm sorry about that annoying inconvenience.

ESRB Rating: Everyone (10+) - Violence

To clarify my review scores (they're "rough" scores, meaning it's not supposed to be some sort of percentage or anything):
1 or lower = Terrible. Avoid at all costs.
1.5 = Has a few redeeming qualities, but still sucks and should be avoided.
2 = Mediocre (Sub-par). You'll probably want to avoid this one.
2.5 = Underwhelming, but playable.
3 = Average. Worth playing, but probably not at full price.
3.5 = Good, but has issues.
4 = Excellent, but has a few problems that could probably be fixed through patching.
4.5 = Exceptional. Better than 4 but still has a few problems that could be ironed out.
5 = Outstanding. Stuff in this category is pretty much "must own."

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[kalashnikov96]

Bismarck was an asshole but an extremely fucking clever asshole.

[DWTerminator]

True.

[UbinTimor]

this is kind of weird because I remember having a demo of civilization 4, years ago on my grandpa's computer and it looked nothing like this, but it had to have been almost a decade ago, it was probably out in the very late 90's but yea it looked nothing like this I've been looking for the one that I played all over YouTube but haven't found it can someone explain why this looks completely different??

I'm not a hardcore CIV fan but I do have CIV 3 and enjoy it not sure if I'm going to get CIV 5

[DWTerminator]

Civ4 wasn't out in the 90's. It was out in 2005. Perhaps you're thinking of Civ2 or some completely different game altogether?

Civ5 is a mess. Try the demo first.

[UbinTimor]

@DWTerminator no I'm sorry it was Civilization call to power, that's what tripped me up because I guess it's not considered part of the civilization series because of legal reasons or something but that was one I used to have a demo for.

[DWTerminator]

Oh ok. Activision had to remove the "Civilization" bit from Call to Power 2 before release for legal reasons. It's technically an offshoot of the Civ series regardless.

[JDTR1900]

But I liked Religion...

[MrDataCode]

Thanks for this review, you saved me from wasting some money on this game.

[Dxx36]

@mrfiggins It sucks. There isn't a clear focus of the game. The way the tiles operate is just ridiculous with how the resources can go on every tile. Also WORLD EDITOR. Nuff said.Oh yeah, have you played the previous game? Try it. You'll see how much better it is.

[DWTerminator]

To name a few just from the turn-based strategy genre...

Master of Orion 2, Civilization 3, Age of Wonders, Disciples 2, Lords of the Realm 2, Lords of Magic, Medieval 2 Total War (if you consider it a TBS anyway... it can be both TBS and RTS, technically).