Should I give Civ IV a chance?

[Roots]

It might seem weird that I am posting this on the Civ V boards, but I downloaded the demo and didn't like it very much. It seems like it just consisted of waiting for your next buildings to build and moving your combat units around. The 1UPT wasn't nearly as awesome as I thought it would be, and is only a small improvement. There really wasn't much micromanagement or deepness that I expected from the legendary Civ series.

Ok, so I own a physical copy a Civ IV but I have hardly played it. I only know how the basic mechanics worth, but I'm wondering if it's worth getting to know the complicated details the game is so famous for. Should I give that a chance instead of Civ V? Also I heard that without the expansions it isn't very good. Is this true?

I will amp up the difficulty play a few more games in the CiV demo before I totally give up on it, though.

 

[ZimbuTheMonkey]

Why don't you just install it and play it?

It's not like "giving it a chance" requires any work or preparation.

 

[Roots]

Why don't you just install it and play it?

It's not like "giving it a chance" requires any work or preparation.

Well, Civ IV isn't exactly the type of game that you just "pick up and play" without much experience. I was just wondering if you vets would think I would find Civ IV interesting as I think CiV is a bit bare, and if it's worth learning all of the ropes.

 

[Lanstro]

Civ IV BTS is one of the best games I've ever played, and if you have the time to learn it, then I fully recommend you do so.

There is one 'but', however. I've played the Civ 5 demo and so far it also seems excellent. So if you didn't like Civ V, maybe the Civ series in general doesn't suit your tastes.

 

[digitalcraft]

If you find Civ V shallow, definitely give IV a try. Combat can be kind of boring, but learning to play on higher levels, reading up on strategies how certain leaders synergize with certain empire strategies, etc, is tons of fun.

 

[mrhell]

Civ 4 is awesome. Dive in head first. Don't look back.

 

[allbad]

Civ 4 is like Chess x 100... with cities.

 

[Selous]

i got my mate playing cIV now ... traditionly they are not his kind of game, and is trying it out to see if he can justify the $80 for ciV ... he loved rome total war so i think he will like the civ series ... but they are very time intencive if u want to be able to play well