Reviews: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

from: 2K Games






Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: 2K Games
EAN: 0710425314919
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone 10+
Format: CD-ROM
Label: 2K Games
Manufacturer: 2K Games
Model: 710425314919
MPN: 31491
Platform: Windows Vista, Windows XP
Publisher: 2K Games
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Studio: 2K Games

Features:

• Civilization IV not required for play
• Classic game design
• Detailed tutorial
• Improved diplomacy
• Historical figures provide for adaptive gameplay

Rating: - Bought as a gift
This was purchased as a gift. Please stop asking me to review this item. If it's anything like other Sid Meier's games, it's great.

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Rating: - Rehash of old Colonization
Played it for two hours and gave up. It's a future white elephant gift now. Except for the new graphics it is the same old Colonization I played back in 1990's. I do not enjoy the graphics with the mega-sized people scampering about the landscape - I prefer the older style tokens. (Which is also probably why I put related software Civ 3 & 4 on the shelf after a few go's and only play Civ 2)
Perhaps the young whipper-snappers out there will enjoy this game, since it will be NEW to them, but there isn't enough new stuff to bother with it.

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Rating: - DING-DONG
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT i DID SUCH A STUPID THING ---- i BOUGHT THIS GAME, WITHOUT LOOKING AND GOING OVER THE REVIEWS. iT WOULD HAVE SAVED ME A LOT OF GRIEF. LUCKLILY IT DIDN'T BREAK THE BANK.AS THEY TELL YOU,"ONCE YOU GET TO LOOK PAST THE COVER AND GET INTO THE MEAT OF IT ALL, YOU FIND OUT THAT THEY PAID BIG BUCKS FOR A COVER AND GAVE MINOR ATTENTION TO THE GAME. TO BAD THAT I COULDN'T GIVE IT A 1/4 OR LESS OF A STAR, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT DESREVES, AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED. YUCK !

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Rating: - Very very mixed opinion
I have yet to beat this game and I've gotta admit that I'm a geek when it comes to strategy games - think all CIV games (from I to IV), Masters of Orion I/II, Galactic Civ, Armada, Age of Mythology, Age of Empires, WarCraft, StarCraft, ROTK 1-IV, Star Con 1-2, etc.

I admit that I'm a big fan of the old Colonization game and am pretty disappointed by this remake. The old tricks don't quite work (no more become auto-specialists in a trade after working on it for 50+ years) and it's pretty impossible to beat (still haven't done it and am about to 'quit'). 'course, perhaps the only real way would be to hoard guns/horses in wagons and don't even get liberty bells until toward the end, right before revolution.

It was entertaining for some time so we'll see. As others have said, there are tons of balancing issues, which can be partially fixed via 3rd party patches (just google it). All in all, a 1st-class classic became a 2nd-rate game that may be improved upon in a version III but I'm not hopeful.

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Rating: - Disappointing
I have played almost all Sid Meier games and I love Civ II, Civ III, Alpha Centauri and the first Colonization game. But since Civ IV all Sid Meier games lost their magic and are really disappointing.

Colonization is to difficult like Civ IV and have a simplified game mechanic similar to the terrible Civilization Revolution for consoles.

Therefore, if you like games like this buy the original Colonization and have fun with it although the graphic is dated.

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