Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization

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

About this game

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization™ is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV® series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization 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 will lead a European nation on their 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.

Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization does not require the original Civilization IV game to play.

Features:
• Classic Game Design Rebuilt for the Modern Era: Usher forth a new generation of Sid Meier’s Colonization with gameplay built on the award winning Civilization IV engine, providing the beautiful visuals, famously addictive gameplay and endless fun that are synonymous with Sid Meier strategy games.
• Fight the Homeland and Establish a New Nation: Play as the English, Spanish, French or the Dutch and journey to a brave new world in search of freedom from your oppressive homeland
• Improved Diplomacy: Sustain peace and support your followers as you engage in advanced negotiations with natives, other colonists and the hostile homeland -- Trade resources, gold and land as you build the foundation for a self sufficient and powerful colony
• Historical Figures Provide Adaptive Gameplay: Acquire founding fathers such as John Smith, Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams who will help guide your nation to freedom based on your gameplay style
• Brand New Interface: Both Civilization IV fans and players new to the series will feel right at home with an interface that Firaxis has built to be accessible and easy to navigate.
• Multiplayer Offers Endless Replay Value: Compete with friends from all over the world via the Internet and Play by Email modes or compete locally via the Hotseat and LAN modes, offering endless ways to conquer the New World.
• Detailed Tutorial Guides Players In Their Conquest: Civilization IV: Colonization will provide an enhanced tutorial that will help both fans of the game and brand new players on their way to ruling the New World.
• Mods and Community Tools: Players will have limitless options for modifying the game to suit their needs. Firaxis will ship the game with modding tools including a map editor using XML and Python.

Game Details

Release Date:
September 23, 2008
Developer:
Firaxis Games
Publishers:
2K Games
2K
Rating:
PEGI rating of 12
Franchise:
Civilization

Product Requirements

Steam account required for game activation and installation

System Requirements:
sound card
DirectX 9.0c-compatible
hard disk space
900 MB Free
memory
512 MBytes
video card DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB
video card with Shader 1.1 Support or better
processor 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or
AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
OS Windows Vista®/
XP/2000

Recommended System Requirements:
hard disk space
900 MB Free
sound card
DirectX 9.0c-compatible
memory
1 GB
video card 128 MB Video Card
w/ DirectX

Critic Reviews

90 / 100
"The random map generator, several unique factions and difficulty levels, and many approaches to the ultimate goal of independence give Colonization as much replay value as any...
83 / 100
"What is particularly interesting about Colonization, as against the Civ games, is the relationships between the different factions. There isn't, for example, the same emphasis...
84 / 100
"If you missed Col the first time around (and most of you probably did), now is an excellent chance to pick it up and dive into the colonial era. [Nov 2008, p.62]"
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Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization Statistics

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Difficulty Statistics

Difficulty Rating

Simple
0%
Easy
1.23%
Just Right
59.26%
Tough
34.57%
Unforgiving
4.94%
Relax & enjoy! 59.26%  of players consider this game to be Just Right

Completion Statistics

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30%

Play Behaviour

Tried It
25%
Played It
23.91%
Halfway
9.78%
Beat It
25%
Conquered It
16.3%
Completionist! 16.3%  of players have Conquered It

Play Time Statistics

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Time Played

< 1 Hour
4.17%
~1 Hour
0%
~2 Hours
2.08%
~4 Hours
2.08%
~8 Hours
4.17%
~12 Hours
12.5%
~20 Hours
14.58%
~40 Hours
18.75%
~60 Hours
8.33%
>= 80 Hours
33.33%
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33.33% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
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Frequently Asked Questions

There are 2 editions. They are Colonization and The Complete Edition
Somewhere in the middle. 59% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 40% of GameFAQs users said Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization is Tough or Unforgiving.
According to PEGI, Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization is suitable for players aged 12 and above.
Yes, Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck.

Steam account required for game activation and installation

System Requirements:
sound card
DirectX 9.0c-compatible
hard disk space
900 MB Free
memory
512 MBytes
video card DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB
video card with Shader 1.1 Support or better
processor 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or
AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
OS Windows Vista®/
XP/2000

Recommended System Requirements:
hard disk space
900 MB Free
sound card
DirectX 9.0c-compatible
memory
1 GB
video card 128 MB Video Card
w/ DirectX

The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 47 hours. 60% of users played Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization for over 40 hours.
Yes, Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization has broad critical consensus. 88% of critics on Metacritic recommend Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization. The Metascore is 83 out of 100.
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization was released on September 23, 2008
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization is published by 2K Games and 2K
Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization was developed by Firaxis Games
Fanatical users tagged Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization as Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, 4X, and Grand Strategy
Fanatical users tagged Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization as Historical, Economy, and Management
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization as having Multiplayer
Yes. Fanatical users tagged Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization as Strategy
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization as Turn-Based Strategy
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Sid Meier's Civilization® IV Colonization as 4X

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