Geeky Info

 I came to playing games on my pc late and even now there are few games that capture me. The game that I measure all games against is CIV3. It is the game that captured me completely for about two years.

ugo.com have a teaser on what features will be in CIV4. I simply cannot wait.

• Animated 2D sprites are history. Civ IV features 3D graphics.
• Countries can found entire religions, such as Catholicism or Hinduism. You can choose to let your populace worship in peace, or crush any display of religion with an iron fist.
• The game features 85 technologies, 102 buildings, 31 new resources, 30 wonders of the world and 83 units.
• The tech tree will not be split into eras, so once you’ve invented a technology, it’s yours for good.
• You aren’t forced to start at a specific point in a civilization’s development. You can start wherever you choose.
• There will be a new category known as “Great People,” broken down into five types: artist, tycoon, prophet, engineer and scientist [Why isn’t politician on the list? Oh, right. - Ed.]. Samples include Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Einstein, and Michelangelo.
• You can institute any type of government that you desire including democracy, totalitarian regime, conscription, emancipation, etc. If you’re having a hard time understanding why Communism failed, give it a go in Civ IV and see for yourself.
• Governments have been modeled on the leaders of their day. A player who interacts with India while Gandhi is at the helm will find it to be a peaceful, diplomatic nation. Trying to make peace with Hitler (if he makes the final version) will have disastrous results.
• Combat has been overhauled to be much simpler: all units will now have a single base strength instead of attack and defense strengths. Combining various types of firepower (e.g.: ranged weapons plus cavalry) will have a cumulative effect in battle.
• If you manage a city well enough, it can bring about a “Golden Age” where the city enters a renaissance-style bonus period.
• If that’s still not enough, you can enslave any racial group of your choice, incite holy wars, and commit crimes against humanity without regret. And if a rebellion starts to overthrow your regime, there’s always the reset switch.

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