Just got it today, will give a review this weekend.. from what I've heard, it is MORE addictive than Civ 2.

 

i lost a friend for a few weeks cause of that, enjoy

 

I'm going to pick it up as soon as I have some time. The original Civilization is my all-time favorite game.

 

BTW, Gamespot gave it a 9.4 review!

 

I lost soooooooo many hours as a kid playing CivII...
I'm definitely going to get Civ4...but just dont know which edition to get...
I want this one:








here's a quick walkthrough with pics so you can see what its like to play:
http://www.kalikokottage.com/civ3/su...v4_walk_1.html

 

Civ II was awesome

 

I'd get it, but I know I won't leave the house for months if I do.

 

Sooo many good games, so little time

 

Ok, in short, Civ IV is MORE addictive than Civ II at this point. Even though its slower paced, it has all the GOOD features I liked in Civ III without the stupidity. Combat has been improved as well.

 

Yep, I just picked up AOE III a few days ago and I've been playing that online with most of my free time.

 

TES: Oblivion will absolutely kill all my free time

 

Civ has always been a fun game for me and the wifey to sit and play. We played a little tonight and will probably pick up again on Saturday.
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I'm lucky - it's the only computer game she likes to play.

 

Is it really good ive been playing empire earth 2 all week its a lot of fun.

 

I got my preordered copy yesterday and have yet to install it....weekend I guess. I just know my marriage will be on the outs soon again

 

So I ended up playing until 3 AM last night and now I feel like I'm about to pass out at work. I particularly like some of the new features (religion adds a new dimension as does the "great people" feature).

I'm currently playing a slow game (I've always wanted that feature) because I enjoy taking my time.

I can't wait to get home tonight.

 

I really wanna get this game, but I'm afraid I'll lose lots of friends...

 

I'm gonna go to lunch here and a few minutes and go pick up a copy. Today will be one of my 4 hour lunch break days I'm sure

 

Wow, that walkthrough is great stuff.

 

Has anyone else been having the "crash to desktop" problems?

 

No. But Civ IV is a RAM hog. People with 512 megs had CTD issues, but once upgraded to 1 GIG, it went away. Go figure.

 

I'm running an AMD 3200+ and 1 gig of RAM with an nVidia 6800....I can't figure out wth is going on....

 

I pretty much have the same setup minus the graphics card. Try updating the video drivers.

 

I did that....way ahead of you. Went on all of the major CIV forums and apparently there are tons and tons of people having issues with this game.....guess I wait for a patch.

 

I lucked out.. my friend gave up on Civ IV, too many problems with the in-game videos and sound problems.

 

I have AOE III & CIV IV...no probs playing either one. I don't really like AOEIII...in fact, I still prefer AOE II. CIV IV is growing on me...haven't played since CIV II.

 

I had Civ IV in hand tonight at the store but put it back at the last minute. I have too much going on this weekend that i cant afford to put off. As a long time and borderline obsessive fan of Civ, i know if I buy it at the wrong time, I'm screwed.

I've played hundreds of hours on each of the 4 editions. Starting back in 94 with Civ 1 on my 486. I played a couple stretches of 36 hours at a time on this game. I disgust myself

Long story short, i think my plate should be clear by mid next week. Then Ill take the plung and lock myself in a room for a weekend and play

 

I bought it see you guys next month

 

Taking a break right now.....

 

We should play a network game

 

I would be up for it if I could get the damn game to stop CTD! :angryfire

 

Have you tried the civ forums?
They have various suggestions, like particular video drivers,
running it in windows mode, etc.

 

My laptop cant handle this game. I have a P4 1.5ghz and it takes like 2-4 minutes for the AI turn and it freezes on every scene change.

I reduced the resolution and minimized the features which seemed to help until sattelite. It was all over after that. Sometimes up to five minutes between turns. Finally, as my army was just about ready to mount and destroy an entire continent I got the blue screen of death...I hadnt saved in like 5 hours either

Anyone have any ideas on how to minimize features more than I have so this shit will run a little better?

 

get more memory

also, the game autosaves quite frequently, so you should be able to recover your game.

 

Yup, the three big ones, but after trying everything, no dice. It's ok though, I'll just hold out for a patch....I'm not sweating it like a lot of people on those forums seem to be.

 

so I sank about 20hours into a game, and now civ4 wont load the save file its off my computer now, I'd like to actually graduate college in 4 years, which isn't going to happen with civ4 on my machine

 

anyone have a general strategy for waging war early on in the game?
or any other general strategies...such as always building the oracle ASAP

 

Patch is out! http://apolyton.net/dir/index.php?id...s=5594&cat=350

 

Damn this game. I've been up til 2AM the last few nights kicking the crap out of the Aztecs and Germans

 

Get the patch.

There's also a hacked DLL file that fixes the memory leak problems.

 

Between this and Silent Hunter III, it'll be a miracle if i have much of a vacation left