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Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Ehhh..it's ok.

Written by JH from Hilliard

Mar 19, 2009

O.K. I bought this game, always having thought it was the exact same as age of empires, just a different version. This one I didn't care for so much as I didn't realize it was turn based before I bought it. I didn't do enough research. If you're not familiar with turn based, it's nothing like Age of Empires. Your units can only move a few tiles at a time, and then you have to end your turn and let the other civilization make a move. Luckily the Apple store is allowing me to do an exchange, which I will be exchanging for Age of Empires III. The apple store has great customer service.

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Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Civilization IV does not work on MacBook Air

Written by WW from New York

Mar 8, 2009

Aspyr's copy protection/DRM requires you to insert the DVD before you can run the game. Unfortunately, a MacBook Air doesn't have one. Using the Remote Disk feature of the Air does not satisfy Civilization IV and so this game is useless.

Aspyr--you have lost yet another customer. I want to buy your game, but now I am angry and annoyed. Not a good way to build a business.

70 of 110 people found this useful

Sid Meier's Civilization IV

I want my money back

Written by RA from San Diego

Feb 9, 2009

I've been playing the Civilization series since the first back on a dos box. I love this game, and hence shelled out $80 for the game ($50) and the expansion ($30) and feel like i've been taken advantage of. I have a brand new MacBook Pro Dual Core 4gb ram. The game will run fine in the early years, but begins to crash every 10min or less in the later years around 1800. awesome. Hey Sid - Thanks for selling me 1/2 a game. After the flop that I think Civilization Revolutions was, i'll seriously stop and think twice about spending my money on a Sid Meyer game again. So sad...

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Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Does not work on macpro, resource hog on MBP

Written by MG from Portland

Jan 26, 2009

This game cannot run on a year old mac pro - it always crashes, perhaps because it does not recognize the ATI video card. It runs on a similar vintage MBP laptop, but consumes enormous resources, making the laptop almost too hot to hold, and taking longer and longer to calculate moves and draw the world. The technical difficulties are so severe that they make the game unpleasant even if it does run.

17 of 32 people found this useful

Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Civilization IV

Written by TM from Monte Rio

Jan 18, 2009

This one of the best games that the Mac has to offer. It is a must have.

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Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Great game, but not perfect.

Written by RZ from San Jose

Jan 7, 2009

I really love Civ games. I played Civ III a lot, and I love that game so much. But Civ IV made me so disappointed because it didn't improve a lot, Just a little bit graphic improvement and this game takes less time now. I want more units combinations and more strategies. And that will be much better if they make the relationship between countries more complex. This is a good game to play, and I will both III and IV.

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Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Great

Written by TG

Dec 28, 2008

Same great game, but some technical difficulties in the movement from PC to Mac.

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Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Very good but with some definite problems

Written by TL

Oct 20, 2008

I have been a Civ fan from the beginning. This version is great when it works. The biggest problem started when I uploaded the patch. It is possible a security update from Apple caused this to take place too. The game crashes about every 10 turns you take. I read of another problem with black patches later on in the game. This is true. I found by just simply zooming out and then zooming in, it will permanently solve this little problem. The crashing is just unbearable though. I am calling the company today. I have to say, that even though the game crashes, I still play it. I just swear a lot when it happens!

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