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User Rating: 9.6 | Sid Meier's Civilization IV PC
By drakos | Review Date:
I have never been a big fan of strategy games. I used to play a little Warcraft and Starcraft and that was about it. After seeing all the great reviews on Gamespot, I decided to pick it up and give it a whirl. When I first opened the package, I thought to myself that I was way over my head by looking at the tech tree map poster. At the start of the game, I selected the tutorial, and behold, Sid Meier actually steps you through the beginning. I found the learning curve was quite quick and I got into the hang of things right away. The concept is simple, dominate the other opponents. There are many ways to win the game. It just depends what your goals are. The easiest way to describe this game to first time siv players is that this is like a huge elaborate chess game. Its turn based gameplay makes you always want to have another go. This is the only video game that I have ever played for 15 hrs straight. 9am to 12am. That is nuts. You completely immersify yourself with great 3D effects and a fantastic cinematic quality score. Sound effects were very well done and put you right in the middle of the action. The graphics were not a blow your pants off impact, but with scrolling across a huge map, you probably wouldn't want that anyways creating lag. The game is very intricate and detailed. I love the concept that you are re-writing history every time you play the game. Whether you are a strat fan or not, this game is definately a highly recommended winner. Just be prepared to lose lots and lots of sleep.

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