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1.5 stars
"I paid 50 bucks for a BETA."
Pros: Graphics are greatly improved but could be better. Civics are a lot smarter to work with than government types.
Cons: Civilopedia should have more links to other articles. Poor game navigation.
Summary: I have been a huge Civilization fan since the original. I am extremely disappointed with the fourth game in the series and Firaxis. I paid 50 bucks for a BETA. It is the buggiest commercial software I have ever experienced. It also feels very incomplete. Almost all of the advisors are useless. [Couldn't the City Advisor at least let you open a city from the list?] With the exception of the Science Advisor (which is essentially unchanged from Civ3) none of the advisor screens made much sense. The manual offers no help in explaining how to use them. The are a lot of buttons to click on that don't do anything. [Why is there a Spaceship screen with a drawing that never changes as you make progress on your spaceship build?]
No matter what type of game I played in Single Player mode, after about 5 turns or so, the game would crash -- sometimes even locking up my Windows XP operating system. I haven't had to reboot from a "game crash" since Windows 98!! If I were Sid Meier, I would be embarrassed.Updated
After the few patches that have come out and the expansion I am changing my opinion of the game. It has now become a powerful player in the Civ series. I am seriously looking forward to the next expansion due out soon. I give this game a 9.5.Updated
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I bought it for my Mac, and it has worked just fine. Of course, things don't crash too easily on Macs. I was a little jiffed at first because there was just somthing wrong with the game, but a software update promptly fixed it. I agree, the advisors didnt see much of an improvement, but otherwise, the game is fantastic.
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