Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler Anyone here play Civ4?

It's a HUGE part of Civ4.

Other nations don't seem to just invade you willy nilly anymore though. That's a nice improvement. At least now you know why.

With every major Civ release they add so much more depth to the game. I'm already wondering what Civ5 could be like!

You guys might just convince me to neglect my wife and kids and go buy this game....

Please stop it now.

I've only made it through one full game, but I did get invaded for no reason other then I probably looked weak to the computer since I hadn't built up an army and I was in the lead with 50 turns to go.

I have 100 turns to go in my current game. There were 5 civs, but two of them were at war so I helped one of them out (and got two cities on a new continent out of the deal), so now there are 4 of us left. I am in the lead, but am not sure how it will play out. I won't have a chance to play any more until Monday. My new video card did arrive however, so I got it plugged in and briefly loaded up the game to try it with the high video settings. It is not as much a difference as I thought it would be, but it is probably one of those things were if I play on high for a while and then go back to low I will really notice.

I should be getting my copy tommorow. I usually play the game as a Republic, but I am toying with the idea of a Communist gov't now with really high taxes. Has anyone tried this yet? How would that affect cultural achievement?

Wow, Republic? I've found those to be totally useless. I hold Monarchy until i can get Democracy, then swap between that and Communism depending on whether I'm at peace or at war.

Notably, I spend most of my time as a Communist...

I found that the citizens always revolt when I go Democracy, so I usually go no further than Republic. I find that my civs stay wealthier and advance faster under Republics than any other government. Of course, I usually try to avoid wars (I always build the Great Wall wonder so other civs stop demanding tribute) which makes Republic a great fit because it is hard to declare war. When I get that nukin' feeling, though. I usally revert back to Monarchy.

It seems like the last one on each list is the best in Civ4. They revolt regardless now when you change, but it only lasts for a turn (at least so far).

That was the way it was in Civ3 if you were a religious society. I always play (ed?) as Japan.

Samurai kick butt. I wonder if they still hold what seems like an unfair advantage in Civ4, too.

I remember having my democracies go back into anarchy after six straight turns of civil unrest in all the Civ versions I have played. The more freedom you give, the more the citizens whine That's why I usually stop at Republic.