Sid Meier's Civilization IV for
Mac - by Aspyr Media
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Mountain TimeWhen its
all said and done, Sid Meier's Civilization IV will probably
be one of the Top 10 Games of All time.
Sid Meier’s Civilization IV comes-to-life like
never before in a beautifully detailed, living 3D world that
expands the gameplay experience. This latest installment takes
the franchise to new heights with the addition of new ways to
play and win, new tools to manage and expand your civilization,
all-new easy to use mod capabilities and various multiplayer
modes and options.
Features:
Faster-Paced Fun
– Gameplay has been streamlined for a tighter, faster, and
more compelling experience.
Greater
Accessibility and Ease of Play – An easy-to-use interface
will be immediately familiar to RTS and action game players, and
newcomers to the series will be able to jump in and
play.
Tech Tree –
Flexible Tech tree allows players more strategic choices for
developing their civilizations along unique paths.
Grow Bigger
Empires – More Civilizations, Units, and Improvements to
enhance and grow your empire.
Multiplayer
– LAN, Internet, and Play-By-Email offer players all-new
strategies and ways to play when competing or cooperating with
live opponents.
Team Play –
Whether playing multiplayer or single player, team play offers a
new way of setting locked alliances that result in shared wonder
effects, visibility, unit trading, and shared territory that
delivers a plethora of new strategic and tactical
options.
Beautiful 3D
World – Sid Meier’s Civilization IV comes to life
with a beautiful 3D world, dozens of fully animated units
(including culturally unique units), and totally customizable
armies. Cities and wonders will appear on the map. Wonder movies
are back!
Mods and
Community Tools – Designed from the ground up for
modability, the game contains a powerful map editor with XML and
Python support.
Choose Your
Leader – Most Civilizations now have two leaders from which
to choose, with each Leader having traits that provide various
bonuses to the player.
Civics –
With the discovery of new techs, civic options can become
available. Freedom of speech or slavery? Hereditary rule or open
elections? This creates endless government choices and
possibilities!
Religion –
Now there are seven religions in the game that are unlocked
through researching. When unlocked, the religion spreads through
a player’s empire allowing them to use the religion to help
manage happiness, gain gold and create Great
Prophets.
Great People
– As the player uses specialists they gain Great People
points in the city that is utilizing the specialists. Great
People include the Artist, Tycoon, Prophet, Engineer, &
Scientist. They can be used to get free techs, start Golden Ages,
or join a city to increase its output.
Promotions
– Each unit has a promotion path that emphasizes specific
unit traits. Promotions include bonuses to Attack/Defend on
specific terrains/features, movement bonuses, sight/visibility
bonuses, and increased withdrawal chances.
In-Game
Cinematics – Sid Meier’s Civilization IV has over 40
in-game cinematics.
System
Requirements
Minimum System Requirements:
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3.9 | Processor:
PowerPC G5 or Intel | CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz | Memory:
512 MB Hard Disk Space: 3.5 GB free disk space | Video
Card (ATI): Radeon 9600 | Video Card (NVidia): GeForce
FX 5200 | Video Memory (VRam): 64 MB | Peripherals:
Macintosh mouse and keyboard. | Multiplayer Requirements:
Internet (TCP/IP) or LAN (TCP/IP) play supported Internet plays
requires broadband connection.
Supported Video cards: NVIDIA GeForce 5200, 6600, 6800,
7300, 7800, ATI Radeon 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X600, X800, X1600,
X1900.
Recommended System Requirements:
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4.6 | CPU Speed:
2.0 GHz | Memory: 1 GB | Video RAM: 128 MB
NOTICE: This game contains technology intended to
prevent copying that may conflict with some disk and virtual disk
drives. NOTICE: Intel integrated video chipsets are not
supported.
