Civilization 4: Beyond The Sword
- New units, buildings, and technologies to the epic game with additional focus on the late-game time periods
- 12 new scenarios, many containing themes never before included in the Civilization series
- Ten new civilizations, such as Portugal, Babylon and Netherlands
- Sixteen new leaders including leaders for the ten new civilizations, as well as additional leaders for existing civilizations
- Game play feature that allows you to create corporations and spread them throughout the world; each corporation provides benefits in exchange for certain resources
Product Description
Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV. The expansion focuses on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder and includes 12 different scenarios, ten new civilizations, 16 new leaders, five new wonders, and a variety of new units that offer more ways for players to expand their civilization’s power as they strive for world domination…. More >>
Civilization 4: Beyond The Sword
I just looooove Civ IV. It’s by far the best of the series, and this expansion makes it even better. There’s not one day I play it that I don’t tell myself, “just… one… more…turn.” It just keeps on being great. Amazing replayability… amazing value. I must have played more than 200 hours of Civ IV, probably including more than 40 hours of Beyond The Sword. A+!!
Rating: 5 / 5
It took a long time to get it for Mac, which is a lot smoother than doing it through other, shady means. The gameplay is awesome, as are the concepts brought through the game that are not in the Regular Civ IV.
Rating: 5 / 5
You will love it and you will be sorry. You need to set time limits in advance when you start or you will be late for work the next morning.
More addicting than any drug!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is not just an upgrade with an addition of more leaders and units. This version of the game has all of these things … yes. But the subtleties of gameplay have also changed. I’ve had to revise my strategies. This is almost like buying a whole new game.
The new art and additions are awesome. Then new scenarios are also great. Love the space exploration and the zombies.
One thing though, the new narrator just doesn’t cut it. Sorry Sid. I think it is mainly that the new narrations are juxtaposed with the original Leonard Nimoy voice-overs. There aren’t many who can stand up to that comparison.
I give this two thumbs up.
Rating: 5 / 5
The new units, leaders, etc are all nice. This add on seems to play more difficult than Warlords or the base Civ 4. The computer controlled civs attack more intelligently. They at times all seem to gang up you also.
Rating: 4 / 5