Sid Meier's Civilization® IV

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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV
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About Sid Meier's Civilization® IV

About this game

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 has already been heralded as one of the top ten games of 2005, and a must-have for gamers around the globe!

ESRB - DRUG REFERENCE / MILD LANGUAGE / MILD VIOLENCE

PEGI - Violence

Game Details

Developer:
Firaxis Games
Publisher:
2K Games
Rating:
PEGI rating of 12
Franchise:
Civilization
Genres:
4X
Strategy
Grand Strategy
Simulation
Turn-Based Strategy
Themes:
Addictive
Tactical
War
Replay Value
Management
Classic
Historical
Great Soundtrack
Economy
Play Styles:
Resource Management
Moddable
Multiplayer
Singleplayer
Local Multiplayer
Turn-Based
Collections:
War Strategy
Multiplayer Simulator
Feature:
Includes level editor

Product Requirements

Steam account required for game activation and installation

PC System Requirements
Minimum:
OS: Windows 2000/XP
Processor: 1.2GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
Memory: 256MB RAM
Video Card: (ATI): 64 MB Video Card w/ Hardware T&L (GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better)
DirectX7 compatible sound card
Hard Disk Space: 1.7GB of free hard drive space
DirectX9.0c (included)

Recommended:
OS: Windows 2000/XP
Processor: 1.8GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent/better
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Video Card: (ATI): 128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 8 support (pixel and vertex shaders)
DirectX7 compatible sound card
Hard Disk Space: 1.7GB of free hard drive space
DirectX9.0c (included)

Mac System Requirements
Recommended:
OS: Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher
Processor: Intel chipset
CPU Speed: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 3.5 GB free disk space
Video Card: (ATI): Radeon 9600 Video Card (NVidia): GeForce FX 5200
Video Memory: (VRam): 128 MB RAM
Multiplayer: Internet (TCP/IP) and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported. Internet play requires broadband connection.
Media Required: Video cards: NVIDIA GeForce 5200, 6600, 6800, 7800 ATI Radeon 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X600, X800, X850, X1600
NOTICE: This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive).

Language Support:
Interface: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

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Critic Reviews

IGN

94 / 100
"While the game hasn't lost any depth or detail, every aspect of the design has been streamlined to make it easier for new players to jump in and less monotonous for veterans....

Yahoo!

90 / 100
"Firaxis shows an impressively consistent grasp of what to abstract and what to detail, and a remarkable talent for presenting large-scale strategic challenges in a format...

1UP

90 / 100
"From the mellow sounds of Leonard Nimoy's narration to the polished world view that allows you to smoothly scroll from satellite view to up-close and personal, this is the...
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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Statistics

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Difficulty Statistics

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Simple
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Easy
2.38%
Just Right
67.46%
Tough
28.5%
Unforgiving
1.66%
Relax & enjoy! 67.46%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
14.66%
Played It
22.27%
Halfway
4.74%
Beat It
41.35%
Conquered It
16.98%
Completionist! 16.98%  of players have Conquered It

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Time Played

< 1 Hour
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~1 Hour
0.34%
~2 Hours
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~4 Hours
1.03%
~8 Hours
5.82%
~12 Hours
6.51%
~20 Hours
4.45%
~40 Hours
16.44%
~60 Hours
14.38%
>= 80 Hours
51.03%
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51.03% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
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