Sid Meiers Civilization IV: The Complete Edition |  | From: 2K Games
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 771
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Genre: world_builder_strategy_games
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.8
MPN: 31571
Model: 31571
UPC: 710425315718
EAN: 0710425315718
ASIN: B0026EGO3A
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days
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| Features:
| • | Multiple multiplayer options including the ability to compete with friends via the Internet, play by E-mail modes or compete locally via the Hotseat and LAN modes. | | • | Includes four classic games: Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Civilization IV: Warlords expansion pack, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword expansion pack and Sid Meier's Civilization IV Colonization. | | • | Innovative features in all four games including: Great People, Holy Cities, missionaries, variable game scales, new land, sea and air units, and loads of new civics. | | • | New scenarios to encounter in each adventure. | | • | Classic turn-based PC strategy gaming at its best. |
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Product Description
The final and ultimate installment of the classic Sid Meier's Civilization IV series, offering the pinnacle of value.
Amazon.com Product Description
Sid Meier's Civilization IV is the ultimate PC strategy game, offering players the chance to lead their chosen nation from the dawn of man through the space age and become the greatest ruler the world has ever known. Now the complete Civilization IV experience is available, DRM (Digital Rights Management) free in Civilization IV: The Complete Edition. Containing the original Civilization IV strategy classic, plus both the Warlords and Beyond the Sword expansion packs and the standalone Colonization game in one box, it's an incredible value any gamer will cherish. 
Engage in classic turn-based battles.
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Mine resources for city building.
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Create architectural wonders.
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Expand into space.
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Utilize 'Great People' units to advance your civilization.
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With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier’s Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new tools to manage and expand your civilization, all-new easy to use mod capabilities and intense multiplayer modes and options. Civilization IV will come to life like never before in a beautifully detailed, living 3D world that will elevate the gameplay experience to a whole new level. Civilization IV was already been heralded as one of the top ten games of 2005, and a must-have for gamers around the globe. Key Features - The Strategy Classic - Includes the multiple game of the year award winner that started the series. Rule throughout time and create your legacy in this landmark game.
- 3D Living World - Detailed environments where animals roam and smoke billows from small huts, set in a vibrant and colorful world.
- Innovative Features - Great People, Holy Cities, missionaries, variable game scales, new land, sea and air units, and loads of new civics.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant worldwide hit. Paying homage to some of history’s greatest military leaders, the expansion will deliver six unique and interesting scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their new powerful "Warlord" unit. Civ IV: Warlords includes new civilizations, leaders, units, and wonders that will offer even more fun and exciting ways for players to expand their civilization’s military power. Key Features - New Leaders & Civilizations - More of history’s greatest military leaders including Shaka, Wang Kon and Augustus Caesar, plus six all-new civilizations.
- Warlord Unit - Utilize a great new person unit – the Warlord. Change the course of history through military might.
- New Scenarios - Eight new scenarios including Alexander’s Conquests, the Rise of Rome, Genghis Khan and more.
The biggest, most ambitious Civ expansion pack ever Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for the definitive strategy title Civilization IV – the 2005 PC Game of the Year and worldwide hit. Focusing on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder, the expansion delivers more epic game and scenario content than any Civ expansion pack in the history of the series. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword contains 11 amazingly unique and challenging scenarios created by the development team at Firaxis, as well as some esteemed members of the Civ Community. In addition, ten new civilizations, sixteen new leaders, five new wonders, a variety of new units and several new gameplay innovations offer players even more strategic options for expanding their civilization’s power as they strive for world domination. Key Features - The Biggest Civ Expansion Ever - A massive increase of 10 civilizations, 64 buildings, 11 scenarios, 5 wonders, 6 technologies, corporations, brand new espionage system and expanded trade routes.
- Scenarios - Expect the World: 11 additional scenarios include settling new worlds in Final Frontier, battling zombies in Afterworld, conquering medieval Western Europe in Charlemagne and more.
- Unstoppable Corporations - Found your own corporation and spreads its influence as another tool to gain control over the world.
Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization strategy game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players lead a European nation on a quest to colonize and thrive in the New World. Players will be challenged to guide their people from the oppressive motherland, discover a New World, negotiate, trade and fight as they acquire great power and battle for their freedom and independence. Key Features - Classic Game Design - The strategy classic Colonization is rebuilt with beautifully improved visuals, while retaining the famous addictive gameplay and endless fun that are synonymous with Sid Meier games.
- Establish a New Nation - Play as the English, Spanish, French or Dutch and journey to a brave new world in search of freedom from your oppressive homeland.
- Multiplayer Offers Tons of Replay - Compete with friends from all over the world via the Internet and Play by E-mail modes or compete locally via the Hotseat and LAN modes, offering endless ways to conquer the New World.
System Requirements: | Minimum Specifications: | | OS: | Windows 2000/XP/Vista | | Processor: | 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent | | RAM: | 512 MB RAM | | Video: | DirectX 9.0c compatible 64 MB video card with Shader 1.1 Support or better | | Sound: | DirectX 9.0c compatible | | DVD-ROM: | 4x DVD-ROM drive or faster | | Hard Drive Space: | 3.8 GB free hard drive space | | Other: | Internet connection required for online play |
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 Learn History while you play November 16, 2009
vincent anzalone M.D. (Long Island, USA)
Civ IV is a game that puts you at the head of different civilizations. You are charged with the responsibility to expand your empire while keeping it solvent and safe from aggressors. One can have fun and learn about the past. The games keep me playing long after the sun sets. By the way I'm in my 50's!!
Great game, long game life. November 13, 2009
Alex (Chicago, IL)
What can I say, It's Civ and an RTS. If you are into RTS style games, you will enjoy this one. Lots of hours play with tons of replay value.
 Lack of Zone of Control ruins game November 3, 2009
Skwisgaar (Cedar Rapids, IA)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
There are so many improvements in the game mechanics compared to Civilization II, it's incredible.
But dropping the zone of control ruins everything.
One great innovation of Civ IV is the introduction of special resource squares. If you want to produce military units that require iron, you must have a road leading to an iron deposit from one of your city squares, and a mine built on the square.
Alternately, you can set up an exchange with another civilization. If they have more than one iron deposit they can trade that with one of your surplus resources.
The problem is with defending your resources. Enemy units, most notably barbarians, can just pass right by any unit you have defending one of these squares and destroy (pillage) the road leading back to your city square. With the road cut off, you may lose the ability to produce iron-based military units throughout your civilization!
The more succesful you are, the more barbarians the A.I. will send your way. So success means you spend all your resources building military units to protect your resources.
In Civ II units exerted a zone of control that meant no enemy could move from one adjacent square to another adjacent square. So, if enemies got next to your unit, they would have to either retreat or attack. It made exploration difficult at times, but it would have been so valuable in Civ IV.
Point of clarification - the A.I. will always be sure to send one unit to either side. If you attack one of them, the other one has free range to pillage your territory. Putting two strong defensive units per valuable square is too expensive. The main city tiles are so fortified with city walls and castles that you can make them all but invulnerable with a garrison of archers or longbowmen, which don't even require either copper or iron to produce.
You can just turn off barbarians altogether, but that solution is not acceptable to me.
The zone of control was probably dropped because of too many complaints and a need to market newer games to less intelligent people. Which is why people like me throw video games away after a couple of weeks even when we do deign to purchase them.
Better strategy game October 31, 2009
Jeffrey Salazar O. (Costa Rica)
This is a great civilization collection. It's the best strategy classic game I already play.
Great collection of games October 27, 2009
Zizawah (Reston, VA United States)
This is a great collection for CIV fans such as myself. CIV4 and Warlords are great. Beyond the Sword has many interesting scenarios. Colonization, I'm not sure of. It's a fun game but the graphics are not at the same level as in the other three games and the game controls are not intuitive. It could be better but it's not.
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