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Prior to the 1.52 patch, the unit's damage was calculated using its current strength (which also acts as life/hit points and changes accordingly). The unit's strength also affects how much damage it can do. Instead, they have a base strength that is increased or decreased depending on the situation. Units no longer have separate attack and defense values. Unlike real-world resolutions, Civilization IV's resolutions are binding, except that in Beyond the Sword you have the option of defying resolutions. The United Nations wonder allows passing global resolutions (e.g., the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) in addition to granting access to diplomatic victory. When a leader is friendly or gracious towards one's civilization, they are more likely to accept deals without unfair bargaining.Īnother new feature is the new abilities of the United Nations. The reasoning behind diplomacy is more transparent when compared to Civ3: the Diplomacy window now not only displays the other leaders' attitudes (gracious, friendly, pleased, cautious, annoyed, furious), but why they feel that way (e.g., "-2: You refused to stop trading with our worst enemies!"). Players may trade technologies, resources (including luxuries such as wine), maps (to reveal information about the rest of the world) and gold.Īdvanced diplomacy options include the creation of trade embargoes, the promising of military aid, and the adoption of particular civics and/or a religion. Gameplay Diplomacy ĭiplomacy in Civilization IV generally involves the trading of goods and forming strong alliances.ĭifferent trade options require different advancements to unlock, and some things may only be traded for certain other things (e.g., per turns deals must be compensated by another per turn deal). Fans have also made Russian and Finnish translations. Finally, if the game's clock runs out (by default in the year 2050 AD), the nation with the highest composite score is declared the winner.Ĭivilization IV was released in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. The game can be won through conquest (conquering all other civilizations), domination (controlling a percentage of the world's land and population), the space race (being the first to construct a spaceship capable of colonizing Alpha Centauri), culture (increasing the cultural ratings of three different cities to "legendary" levels) and diplomacy (through votes in the United Nations). Culture is increased through the creation of World Wonders (which may have bonus effects), constructing certain buildings in cities, and the spreading of a number of religions ( see below). The concept of technological growth is based on a technology tree.Īnother important concept in the game, not present in the earliest games in the series, is the growth of culture, which expands one's cultural borders and can also cause one's culture to infiltrate into another civilization's, sometimes causing a city to rebel against its current owner. All technologies reveal new possibilities for a civilization and enable the chance to trade with other civilizations for military aid, gold, resources or other technologies.

Technologies range from writing and pottery through paper and gunpowder to genetic engineering and nuclear fusion.

Civilizations gradually advance in technology based on their own production of "research" and sometimes the work of Great People. The scope of the game ranges from around 4000 BC to 2050 AD. A player has the choice of playing the part of one of a number of historical figures such as Elizabeth I ( England) to Mao Zedong ( China). Other important tasks include the planning of where to build new cities and progress in science which reveals access to new technologies.

Apart from this they also have to handle their diplomatic relations with rivals and their continuing quest for exploration and new resources. The player has several obstacles to face, modeled on political or economic problems faced by real-world nations. From there, the player expands the empire while contending with rivals, utilizing the terrain, and developing technology. All standard full-length games begin in the Ancient Era ( 4000 BC) with a single Settler to build one's first city and a Scout or a Warrior, depending on a civ's starting technologies. 16.2 Publisher-recommended third-party sitesĬivilization IV is a turn-based game in which the player builds an empire from scratch.