Civilization IV Civilization Wiki. Civilization IVPlatforms. Windows, Macintosh. Release datesU. S. Canada October 2. GermanySwitzerland October 2. SteelSeries Nimbus Wireless Game Controller with Minecraft Apple TV Edition Previous Gallery Image SteelSeries Nimbus Wireless Game Controller with Minecraft Apple. Europe November 4, 2. Mac version June 3. Ratings. ESRB Everyone 1. PEGI 1. 21. 2 GHz Processor. MB RAM6. 4 MB video card w Hardware T Lsound card. Civ3 Game Editor' title='Civ3 Game Editor' />Sid Meiers Civilization IV called Civilization IV or Civ4 for short is a turnbased strategy computer game released in 2005 and developed by lead. Civilization IV is the latest installment in the awardwinning Sid Meiers Civilization series. The game is developed by Firaxis Games and is published by 2K Games. Panzer General is reborn as PG Forever The goal of PG Forever project is to preserve game mechanics and characteristic lookandfeel of the classic Panzer General. Kilauea Mount Etna Mount Yasur Mount Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira Piton de la Fournaise Erta Ale. Carls Civ 5 Strategy Guide for Brave New World and Gods Kings DLC 10242014 10 Leader Guides are undone, but the rest of the guide is 95 complete. GB HDDInput methods. Mouse, keyboard. Sid Meiers Civilization IV called Civilization IV or Civ. Soren Johnson under the direction of Sid Meier and Meiers studio. Firaxis Games. Until 2. Civilization series. Civilization IV was released between October 2. ICS.jpg' alt='Civ3 Game Editor' title='Civ3 Game Editor' />November 4, 2. North America, Europe, and Australia. The games first expansion, Warlords, was released on July 2. The most recent expansion, Beyond the Sword, was released on July 2. Overview Edit. Civilization IV is a turn based game in which the player builds an empire from scratch. All standard full length games begin in the Ancient Era 4. BC with a single Settler to build ones first city and a Scout or a Warrior, depending on a civs starting technologies. From there, the player expands the empire while contending with rivals, utilizing the terrain, and developing technology. The player has several obstacles to face, modeled on political or economic problems faced by real world nations. Apart from this they also have to handle their diplomatic relations with rivals and their continuing quest for exploration and new resources. Other important tasks include the planning of where to build new cities and progress in science which reveals access to new technologies. A player has the choice of playing the part of one of a number of historical figures such as Elizabeth I England to Mao Zedong China. Nokia 3220 Software'>Nokia 3220 Software. The scope of the game ranges from around 4. BC to 2. 05. 0 AD. Civilizations gradually advance in technology based on their own production of research and sometimes the work of Great People. Technologies range from writing and pottery through paper and gunpowder to genetic engineering and nuclear fusion. All technologies reveal new possibilities for a civilization and enable the chance to trade with other civilizations for military aid, gold, resources or other technologies. The concept of technological growth is based on a technology tree. Another important concept in the game, not present in the earliest games in the series, is the growth of culture, which expands ones cultural borders and can also cause ones culture to infiltrate into another civilizations, sometimes causing a city to rebel against its current owner. Culture is increased through the creation of World Wonders which may have bonus effects, constructing certain buildings in cities, and the spreading of a number of religions see below. The game can be won through conquest conquering all other civilizations, domination controlling a percentage of the worlds land and population, the space race being the first to construct a spaceship capable of colonizing Alpha Centauri, culture increasing the cultural ratings of three different cities to legendary levels and diplomacy through votes in the United Nations. Finally, if the games clock runs out by default in the year 2. AD, the nation with the highest composite score is declared the winner. Civilization IV was released in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. Fans have also made Russian and Finnish translations. Gameplay Edit. Diplomacy. Edit. Diplomacy in Civilization IV generally involves the trading of goods and forming strong alliances. Different trade options require different advancements to unlock, and some things may only be traded for certain other things e. Players may trade technologies, resources including luxuries such as wine, maps to reveal information about the rest of the world and gold. Advanced diplomacy options include the creation of trade embargoes, the promising of military aid, and the adoption of particular civics andor a religion. The reasoning behind diplomacy is more transparent when compared to Civ. Diplomacy window now not only displays the other leaders attitudes gracious, friendly, pleased, cautious, annoyed, furious, but why they feel that way e. You refused to stop trading with our worst enemies. When a leader is friendly or gracious towards ones civilization, they are more likely to accept deals without unfair bargaining. Another new feature is the new abilities of the United Nations. The United Nations wonder allows passing global resolutions e. Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty in addition to granting access to diplomatic victory. Unlike real world resolutions, Civilization IVs resolutions are binding, except that in Beyond the Sword you have the option of defying resolutions. Units no longer have separate attack and defense values. Instead, they have a base strength that is increased or decreased depending on the situation. The units strength also affects how much damage it can do. Prior to the 1. 5. After the patch, the damage is calculated from the base strength this means that badly damaged modern units can still easily win battles against obsolete units. Instead of generic increases in rank, individual units gain specific types of combat experience, such as bonuses against specific types of enemies or abilities like faster movement in forests. In total, there are 4. It is also now possible for players to examine combat odds before attacking, giving the player a good sense as to whether a given attack will succeed or not, factoring in all the various bonuses and penalties associated with terrain, unit capabilities, and so forth. The 1. 6. 1 patch brought further changes, and now damaged units attack or defend with the average of their current and full strengths. Production and trade Edit. The game features 3. Some resources are required for certain units, buildings, or wonders iron, copper some may double the production speed of a certain wonder marble, stone and some act as luxuries like in Civ III, providing either happiness or health to all cities connected to them fur, dye, incense. There are also three types of culture goods provided by World Wonders, rather than resources, that can be traded Hit Singles, Hit Movies and Hit Musicals. Ace Car Rental Additional Driver Charge there. To trade goods or to send them to other cities within ones border, they must have some form of connection between the goods and the city. In the later game, this connection can be through ocean tiles, but in the early game, it is limited to roads and rivers. Cities on the same river are automatically connected for trading purposes, while cities on the same coastline are connected for trading purposes once the Sailing technology is researched. Production also as it was in Colonization known as Hammers, the icon that represents it is sometimes used as a resource term on Civilization. Each tile provides a city with a certain amount of Hammers which collect up in the city to produce buildings and units. Unlike in Civilization III, the player is no longer able to transfer all production from one project to another, but all production on a certain project will remain. For example, if the player is building a temple but decides to switch to a harbor, production on the harbor will have to start from scratch. However, the temple stays in the building queue and retains its previous progress, aside from some decay over time.