Bought at a Scholastic book fair in middle school. Baba Yetu and Leonard Nimoy's warm voice still stick with me to this day. Magical game
Played a campaign with friends in their apartment in Japan until 4 in the morning. I'll never forget it.
shit lowkey goated sucks they changed the game to hexagons
Wasn't as fun as 3 for me and 5 came out fairly soon after I bought it.
Still probably my favorite strategy game ever made. Playing the Civ games that came before just showed how all the elements came together so perfectly here, especially in its expansions. And, what more could be said about "Baba Yetu" or Leonard Nimoy's wonderful narration?
it's kind of hard to go back to a square grid
>baba yetu
>leonard nimoy narrating
kino is served
>leonard nimoy narrating
kino is served
RIP Leonard Nimoy
Played on all difficulties, played every single civilization, beat all scenarios, and got every victory type.
Someone will always snipe that wonder you've been building for 60 turns.
Civ 4 was a fun time when it was the most recent Civ and the complete edition was full of neat things that I enjoyed, including that one space scenario.
It was still the best Civ when 5 had come out, but after a while when 5 had matured with content, I tried going back to 4 and it didn't seem as good. Still, it was fun back when I was playing it so I won't take points off.
Good selection of music, too.
It was still the best Civ when 5 had come out, but after a while when 5 had matured with content, I tried going back to 4 and it didn't seem as good. Still, it was fun back when I was playing it so I won't take points off.
Good selection of music, too.
i associate extremely fond memories with this game but it has some pretty annoying issues and i don't care much for stacks
(6-year-old's review, typed by her dad)
Hmm. In my game, it was like, there was some cities and towns. I named my cities Kittyland, Kitty Village, and Kitty London. My most favorite thing that's kitties was the lions and bears, and they just left! I have no idea why they left. Meow.
Hmm. In my game, it was like, there was some cities and towns. I named my cities Kittyland, Kitty Village, and Kitty London. My most favorite thing that's kitties was the lions and bears, and they just left! I have no idea why they left. Meow.
(8-year-old's review, typed by his dad)
Baba yetsu yetsu tamoogi
Googoo gaga baba-ba-baba
That's my impression of the theme. I have a world where I can, like, mess with the stuff. And I went to the Egypt city thing on City Mode and made it Barbarian, made it only have the bad stuff, and made its population extremely high. And put it in a Fallout zone in an island in the middle of the ocean!
Baba yetsu yetsu tamoogi
Googoo gaga baba-ba-baba
That's my impression of the theme. I have a world where I can, like, mess with the stuff. And I went to the Egypt city thing on City Mode and made it Barbarian, made it only have the bad stuff, and made its population extremely high. And put it in a Fallout zone in an island in the middle of the ocean!
Great, but glad there's been newer generations
Epic
Great strategy game and great Civ game as well. I'm not particularly a fan of the square grids and unit stacking this game has compared to later entries, but it is a very important game in the series, so I respect it a ton. Can't say more than that.
Score: 85
Score: 85
i'm not 50 years old so i wasn't feeling this one, sorry
I think I'll just try Civ 5. This feels pretty old.
la folie des grandeurs...
Baba Yetu alone makes this a masterpiece but i also think its the civ game that has the best balance between hardcore micromanaging and Casual Gameplay in the series
This is my favourite Civilization game.
Great menu music (Baba Yetu), good city management, where playing tall was as viable as playing wide.
Different leaders for some civilizations means you could play a bit different with each civilization.
Also it's important to mention good modbase, mods like Caveman2Cosmos or Realism Invictus still keep this game alive after many years.
As a downside combat is still pretty random (Doomstacks of units is a pretty popular strategy in this game). Also culture spreading borders, which allows you even to take enemy cities peacefully is fun, but not very logical.
Great menu music (Baba Yetu), good city management, where playing tall was as viable as playing wide.
Different leaders for some civilizations means you could play a bit different with each civilization.
Also it's important to mention good modbase, mods like Caveman2Cosmos or Realism Invictus still keep this game alive after many years.
As a downside combat is still pretty random (Doomstacks of units is a pretty popular strategy in this game). Also culture spreading borders, which allows you even to take enemy cities peacefully is fun, but not very logical.
Lost my life in this game… and all its sequels lol
it was fine but the 3rd was the best
I lost track of reality playing this as a teenager. I'd start a campaign and next thing I know it's four days later.
I must have had like 400 hours on this at the age of 9, man, I had no clue what I was doing. I got this shit from a Goodwill.
great menu song
Fun-ish game. I think my favorite in the series? Played it a few times but never got super far. Oh well.
GOAT tbh especially with Beyond the Sword. Too bad it runs poorly on modern machines
civ 4 lets you play god with the origins and development of human society. but when 'The Chairman Dances' plays, the stacks of mechanized infantry roll across the hills, and the nukes rain down, you realize even gods face consequences