[PC] Civilization IV

Just got this game a week ago and I can say it's probably the best Civ incarnation up to date... once you get past some of the early bugs in the first release. Either way, the options that they've put in have been pretty fun to play around with, most notably religion and Great People. It's also put a damper on some of my favorite strats from previous games like rapid expansion.

So far, I've managed to graduate up to Noble difficulty and am getting my ass handed to me by the Mali and their tech lead in the space race. At least I was able to take out the Aztecs. :P

It definitely puts the "one more turn" syndrome back in full force. What does everyone else think of this game?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by YeOldeButchere

Still, for the few games I've played, I've found it to be harder than before. That's mostly because I tend to play with "Conquest" being the only victory option enabled and it seems harder to take over the world by force now. Not only have they removed tactical nukes, one of my favorite toys in Civ3, but tanks also seem to be less effective now. Plus I seem to have trouble teching up as fast as before, and you can't completely eliminate unhappiness due to war. In the end it makes my usual "nuclear blitzkrieg" more challenging. And I just hate those gunships that keep blowing up my tanks!

Yeah, I still have a bad habit of massing up on one type of offensive unit. It's still hard getting used to the fact that every unit seems to have a counter to it, and building one of the same unit allows the opposition to just build one unit in order to counter it really effectively.

I also find air strikes to be annoying as all hell. Nothing worse than when the computer declares war and begins sending airstrikes, destroying all of the terrain improvements that my workers have worked so hard on in order to build up.

There's nowhere I can't reach.