Official Civilization IV Thread

[J@3]

Nah it wasn't Postal... you had all different era's, like at the start you had spears to fight with and could only build little wooden shacks or whatever, then as you went on in years the technology was more advanced and whatever.

[cyanide]

Yeah, that game could be either one of the Civilization series, or Age of Empires, or even Rise of Nations.

[Bang]

One thing I don't like about this Civ game is that the different religions have no specific bonuses...Probably they did it to be politically correct, but still. At least have some different bonuses or something?

Also...is there any purpose of using priests in foreign cities?

[shadowgrin]

Yeah, that game could be either one of the Civilization series, or Age of Empires, or even Rise of Nations.

I don't recall Age of Empires having killer robots.

[Bang]

I have a feeling it's one of the call to powers...? The game goes way into the future...

[beau_boy04]

Is Civilization IV a RTS game? if so why is Civilization IV better than Empire Earth II or even Age of Empires III?

What are the main differences between these 3 games?

[cyanide]

One thing I don't like about this Civ game is that the different religions have no specific bonuses...Probably they did it to be politically correct, but still. At least have some different bonuses or something?

Also...is there any purpose of using priests in foreign cities?

Yeah, to be politically correct, but they all work the same way. Using priests in foreign cities spread religion, if you get your priest or whoever onto a foreign city, you can click on the "spread religion" button, and your religion will be added to that city. I think it contributes to the foreign trade, or increases gold to your city, plus giving the additional chance that the foreign country will convert to your religion which means better diplomatic relations, and a possibility that the city will defect and join your country.

What are the main differences between these 3 games?

Empire Earth II goes through from the dawn of civilization to present day/future, and Age of Empires III is a colonial "new land" game where you're connected with Great Britain as the motherland. Both those games are real time, where you have to work fast to move and build and explore, against the computer. Civ IV works the same way as Empire Earth II, except it's turn based where you make your moves, and when your turn is done, the computer makes its move, etc.

[Bang]

I think it would be "fun" if you could keep on spreading your religion to another city, and then that city gets persecuted by their own government and joins you. Oh yea, that will be very non PC, but that was the reality back then though.

I don't know if religion helps that much in defection since I haven't had a defection ever in this game...

[cyanide]

I managed to get 3 cities in the late part of the game through defection.