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Ships Ahoy - Civilization IV [October 25, 2005, 09:33 am ET] - Viewing Comments

This Take 2 Games Press Release announces that Civilization IV is shipping to stores today, as promised:

New York, NY - October 25, 2005 - 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), and FIRAXIS Games, the world renowned video game developer, today announced that Sid Meier's Civilization IV for the PC has shipped to retail stores in North America. Sid Meier's Civilization IV will be in retail stores in Europe on November 4.

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.

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29. Re: Requirements... Oct 26, 11:25 DanL

 

 Why PBEM when now you can play simutaneous turns? I always shudder at the idea of playing over email. I mean how long will a single game on a small map last? Maybe its just me never giving it a try, but I don't think I can just take one turn, send the email and wait an hour for someone else to make a move. I'll go crazy. Anyway, does anyone have the game yet? Bring on the user mini reviews.
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28. Re: Requirements... Oct 26, 09:32 Prez

 

 Just...one...more...turn...arrrrghhh!
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27. Re: Requirements... Oct 25, 17:28 G-Man

 

 PBEM out of the box?!?! SWEET!

Thanks for the update man.
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26. Re: Requirements... Oct 25, 16:47 PiTiFUL

 

 Sweet, been looking forward to this one for a long time. Expand, fortify, conquer its time to CIV.

EDIT nobody here has it guess I goto wait a few days before conquering the world.





This message was edited at Oct 25, 20:24.
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25. Re: Requirements... Oct 25, 15:59 theBorgie

 
    Too bad it isnīt shipping today.
    Itīs been confirmed that it will be delayed by at least one day.


My EBgames.com order shipped today, already have the tracking number.
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24. ... Oct 25, 15:16 theyarecomingforyou

 
    And why oh why are the europeans the only smart ones to release most of their games on DVD now? I'm getting sick of installing 5 CD's for every game... and I'm not a keener enough to pre-order and get the DVD version.
That baffles me as well. I can't believe that the US computer market is so different from Europe. In the UK CD games have been rejected and I only ever see stores stocking DVD versions (not even online stores stock CD versions). Can't you get one of your Christian fundamentalist groups to complain to the Senate about it or get Jack Thompson on the case? They usually get a lot of press.

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23. Re: Requirements... Oct 25, 14:55 Devster

 
    Or some way of playing via e-mail? (make a turn, save game, e-mail save game link to friend...)
I asked the same question a few weeks back, got the reply that PBEM is reportedly supported out of the box. yay!

Use your head, don't lose it - Don't feed the trolls!
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22. Re: Awesome Oct 25, 14:49 Halsy

 

 I'll probably give 'er a whirl. I really didn't care much for Civ III, but Civ II is the only game that never leaves my PC, and I still love it after all these years.


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21. Re: Requirements... Oct 25, 14:38 Scorpion

 

 Too bad it isnīt shipping today.
Itīs been confirmed that it will be delayed by at least one day.
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20. Re: Requirements... Oct 25, 14:24 G-Man

 

 Does anyone know if this game has a hot seat mode? Or some way of playing via e-mail? (make a turn, save game, e-mail save game link to friend...)

And why oh why are the europeans the only smart ones to release most of their games on DVD now? I'm getting sick of installing 5 CD's for every game... and I'm not a keener enough to pre-order and get the DVD version.
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19. Civ4 Oct 25, 14:23 Tumbler

 

 Awesome. Very excited to play this new version. Love civ, Love multiplayer, BRING IT!!!

Loved Ladder matches with Civ 3.

Where is my Xbox 360!?!
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18. Re: Requirements... Oct 25, 14:08 Beamer

 

 64MB for Civ? Holy crap.

I never found 2 worth upgrading to, and never even touched 3. I've had the original on every PC I've owned since 1992, though. The 3.5 diskettes are long since corrupted, so it ended up on a zip disk, then a CD. I love that game so much.

I got my best friend into it, too. We used to go over each other's houses and start a civ, alternating who got each settler and then each running the cities we founded. We'd then save on a disk when we left and continue it on our own, haha. I don't know how we managed to cooperate that well...

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17. Requirements... Oct 25, 14:00 ChaosLord

 

 You don't need a card with pixel/vertex shading for Civ4 unless you turn on extra crap. The official minimum and recommended requirements for Civ4 are as follows.

MIMIMUM
# Windows 2000/XP with SP1 or higher
# Intel Pentium 4- or AMD Athlon CPU with at least 1,2 GHz
# 256 MB RAM
# 64 MB graphics card with Hardware T&L (GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better)
# DirectX 7 compatible soundcard
# DVD-ROM drive
# 1,7 GB free hard disk space

RECOMMENDED
# Windows XP with SP1 or higher
# Intel Pentium 4- or AMD Athlon CPU with at least 1,8 GHz
# 512 MB RAM
# 128-MB graphics card with DirectX 8 support (pixel- and vertex shaders)
# DirectX 7 compatible soundcard
# DVD-ROM drive
# 1,7 GB free hard disk space

The dvd-rom drive requirement is for the European version, US version is going to be released as 2 regular cds.
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16. Re: No subject Oct 25, 13:59 Alamar

 

 I'd have to go with the original Civ, because I hated it so much... But at least it'd force me up off my ass to do some exercise on the beach : )

-Alamar
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15. Re: No subject Oct 25, 13:48 Pvthudson01

 

 ohhh

I forgot about Diablo II.....damn thats a tough one
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14. Re: No subject Oct 25, 13:30 nin

 
    Anyone else have a PC game they'd rather be stuck with on an island
Baldur's Gate 2...

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13. Re: No subject Oct 25, 13:03 Zathrus

 
    Anyone else have a PC game they'd rather be stuck with on an island
Possibly Nethack.
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12. Re: No subject Oct 25, 13:01 Pvthudson01

 

 "Anyone else have a PC game they'd rather be stuck with on an island "

As a true Grognard nerd, possibly The Operational Art of War wargame.

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11. Re: No subject Oct 25, 12:37 RacingSloth

 

 Anyone else have a PC game they'd rather be stuck with on an island

I think I'd prefer Civ, but Oblivion seems to be huge enough to suck a lot of time, and Simcity has a lot of replay value as well.
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10. Re: No subject Oct 25, 12:12 Pr()ZaC

 

 Zathrus, no. The GF2 and GF4MX are DX7 compatible and DO NOT have any kind of shader pipeline.
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