Highly addictive role playing game (Civilization IV (PC))

Member Name: aliswan1

Product:	Civilization IV (PC)
Date:	29/08/08 (38 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great fun, has difficulty levels to meet everyones abilities

Disadvantages: Lots of decisions to be made

I have always enjoyed this game series ever since I was little and played Sid Meiers civilization on my first PC. When you first start the game you are given loads of choices as to the design of the world including, the size of the globe, the layout (islands, one giant land mass, continents, and loads more), the terrain and the climate. So basically you never play the same game twice, as one little change in these settings changes the whole game. You also choose which civilisation you want to play as, this includes a huge selection of both modern and ancient civilisations,
each with a leader who has two traits, which gives you an advantage in the areas they are strong in e.g. industrious, financial, aggressive, expansive...

Ok anyway when you have finally got into the game it appears quite simple a turn based game where you build a civilisation, how hard can it be? well actually its extremely difficult (especially if you don't play on the easy difficulties) you really have to think hard about how to arrange your cities, what you should develop, do you choose to get a big army and attack other civilisations, or do you defend your own? or do you build up a high culture rating and make your people love you? You also have to maintain relationships with the other civilisations to aviod war, or build alliances.

Really this game is incredibly diverse and addictive, you select the game length so it can run for an hour or a day. There are also scenarios to play, multiplayer games so you play against real people rather than the AI. And there are expansion packs available which give you even more options. This game is definately not one for people who can't make decisions, you need to be really decisive to be successful!

Summary: It's not a game you can't get bored of