Civ4 Complete Edition Coming Next Tuesday

[Tarkhan]

Steam won't release the complete edition as 'complete edition' but what firaxis will likely do, is offer a bundle of Civ4, Warlords, BTS, and Colonization for the same price.

 

[Balderstrom]

Nice to see an official no-cd/dvd release, without having to rely on alternate sources.

 

[Duuk]

As someone that has bought BtS, Warlords, and Vanilla twice each (my wife plays), I'll probably buy this edition JUST for the chance that we lose a disk and I can re-install and play with only 1 dvd.

This is full of win.

 

[Balderstrom]

Well doesn't help me much, ma lady has a Mac!

 

[Amao]

Anybody has got the new release yet? If it's really cd/dvd check free or at least easily made into a image file so that I can use DaemonTools to get it work, I'll get it. Otherwise, I'll stick to what I have.

 

[Thunderfall]

2K Elizabeth already said there is no CD/DVD check. I think we can take that as fact.

 

[Soda7777777]

gahh!!!!!, Now fair, I bought all the other expansion packs an the main game separately.

 

[kazapp]

Okay, so consider me officially confused!

Questions:
1) Has the system requirements been upped for any of these "all-encompassing" editions? For example; the original game runs fine on Windows 2000; do any of these three editions require Windows XP (overall or in part)?

2) Are all these three editions DRM-free or only this latest "Complete Edition"? (If so, does this mean customers outside North America have no DRM-free solution except to buy at US Amazon?)

Thanks for any help...
Zapp

(PS. I can buy either locally or online, so I'm asking about all these three editions: "Complete", "Complete Edition" and "Ultimate" and yes, I realize the first of these doesn't include Colonization)

 

[ori]

the system requirements are the same as for each of the requirements (i.e. it should run on 2000)
only the US Civilization 4 Complete is DRM free - the other compilations are not - I have no idea whether the Civ4 Ultimate edition that includes the same contents for Europe that the US Complete edition does is DRM free or not.

 

[2K Elizabeth]

Okay, so consider me officially confused!

Questions:
1) Has the system requirements been upped for any of these "all-encompassing" editions? For example; the original game runs fine on Windows 2000; do any of these three editions require Windows XP (overall or in part)?

2) Are all these three editions DRM-free or only this latest "Complete Edition"? (If so, does this mean customers outside North America have no DRM-free solution except to buy at US Amazon?)

Thanks for any help...
Zapp

(PS. I can buy either locally or online, so I'm asking about all these three editions: "Complete", "Complete Edition" and "Ultimate" and yes, I realize the first of these doesn't include Colonization)

System requirements are:
OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Processor: 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
Memory: 512 MB RAM, 3.8 GB free hard drive space Video Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible 64 MB video card with Shader 1.1 Support or better

The game does work on 2000.

And yes, only the North American "The Complete Edition" is DRM Free.

 

[kazapp]

System requirements are:
OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Processor: 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
Memory: 512 MB RAM, 3.8 GB free hard drive space Video Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible 64 MB video card with Shader 1.1 Support or better

The game does work on 2000.

And yes, only the North American "The Complete Edition" is DRM Free.

Thank you!

So, for the record, the entire "complete" edition works on 2000? That is, all parts; including Colonization?

Best Regards,

 

[doctorfrog]

I saw Civ 4 Complete on the rack next to Galactic Civilizations, which I was going to buy originally. Having everything Civ in one inexpensive package was sorely tempting, but GalCiv2 is also 'complete' with all three games in one. GalCiv's powerful, but non-peeking, non-cheating AI is the highlight here, whereas Civ's pedigree is long-lived and the gameplay has been honed for more than a decade.

In the end, the 1-2 combo of Colonization and !NO DRM! put Civ 4 over the top. No searching for cracks, no DVD-ROM virtualization, no online activation, just hassle-free installation and play.* I just love it when a publisher 'gets it,' and has confidence in their customers' honesty, and just lets me play the game I paid for. Thank you for showing me respect.

One way or another, I was going to walk out of the store with an empire builder in a shopping bag. Between two very strong, very respectable names, Civ 4's lack of DRM or online activation gave it the edge. I just wanted to say it loud, because this really does make a difference to your customers.

*Though GalCiv will install from disc with no DRM, Stardock requires registration, activation, and a client program in order to update the game. No modern game is ever 'complete' out of the box, and thus forcing customers to activate or register for updates, or access to the 'full game' is a form of compulsory DRM. Not even the most benign, reasonable DRM is preferable to none at all.

 

[CharmCityCrab]

[Removed by the poster]

 

[ori]

I have the game, in part because she, claiming to be a Take-Two representive, said there would be no CD check. She lied. This will be the last Take Two/Firaxis program I will ever buy, even though I've been loyally buying all the Civ titles for almost two decades now.

More about my experience: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=8551156

The above is not true for the US version of Complete - the one this announcement was made for. So no Take2 did not lie.

 

[CharmCityCrab]

The above is not true for the US version of Complete - the one this announcement was made for. So no Take2 did not lie.

Sorry, my fault. The documentation on the auto-run DVD ("readme" and the licensing agreement I had to clip accept to) claimed the DVD needed to be in the drive even after it was installed and the Vista shortcuts weren't automatically created, with the program files themselves being hard to find, so I jumped to conclusions. However, with the help of some others on the other thread, I found out where they were located and that the .exe files on the hard drive worked without the DVD, so I withdraw my complaint and apologize for the misunderstanding.