Civilization IV Screenshots, Details

by Maarten Goldstein, Sep 09, 2005 8:37am PDT

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2K Games sends along five new Civilization IV screenshots, as well as this document explaining the game's new civics system. As was announced earlier in the week, Civilization IV ships in October.

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Villagers demand Alpha Centauri 2.

Or Alpha Centauri on the DS.

Either one.

Sep 09, 2005 11:48am PDT

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Villagers demand Alpha Centauri 2. Or Alpha Centauri on the DS. Either one. : Arcanum
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- If they released Apha Centauri on the DS I would never again be able to get a job =( [or would that be a ... : mikage
- Yes. I join the chorus of villagers. Alpha Centauri 2 - Now. : Clone42

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is it just me or do the little totem/flag things look like a direct rip from Warcraft 3 rally/way points?

Sep 09, 2005 4:37pm PDT

is it just me or do the little totem/flag things look like a direct rip from Warcraft 3 rally/way points? : m4yhem

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Graphic style looks like a straight rip of R:TW's campaign map mode, only with worse textures and coloring.

Sep 09, 2005 1:54pm PDT

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Graphic style looks like a straight rip of R:TW's campaign map mode, only with worse textures and colorin... : hadokennn
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- GOTTA HAVE MY GRAFIX! : Carfaz11

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OK, something I keep hearing off and on.

When Civ 2 came out, a big deal was made about the fact that Sid Meier was heavily involved with it.

When Civ 3 came out, a big deal was made about the fact that Sid Meier was heavily involved with it, stating he wasn't really involved in Civ 2 much.

With Civ 4 coming out, a big deal has been made about the fact that Sid Meier is heavily involved with it, stating he wasn't really involved in Civ 3 much.

So, what's the truth? Does anyone know?

Sep 09, 2005 1:21pm PDT

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OK, something I keep hearing off and on. When Civ 2 came out, a big deal was made about the fact that ... : Schnapple
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- We have never made a big deal about Sid being heavily involved with Civ IV. He's not the lead designer on... : jason bergman

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http://www.gamespot.com/ngage/strategy/civilization/screenindex.html

Sep 09, 2005 1:57pm PDT

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http://www.gamespot.com/ngage/strategy/civilization/screenindex.html : Judecca
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- omg, will my 6800 handle it :( : deviantpaul

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just... one... more... turn

Sep 09, 2005 8:39am PDT

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just... one... more... turn : cdbeckman
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can you zoom out any more than it appears in those screen shots?

Sep 09, 2005 9:55am PDT

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can you zoom out any more than it appears in those screen shots? : tomatoactivator
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  Of course. You start zooming out, then go through a cloud layer, and eventually see a spinning globe. Tha... : jason bergman
  - whew... cause all of those screenshots are WAY too zoomed in for the majority of any ruling. : tomatoactivator

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Fire your artists please.

God, it looks worse than Civ3. Arguably, it looks worse than test of time ffs.

Sep 09, 2005 9:40am PDT

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Fire your artists please. God, it looks worse than Civ3. Arguably, it looks worse than test of time ff... : Gauss
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  0_o What do you define it as looking bad? The terrain, cities, features all mesh together well and loo... : geedeck
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    It's rubbed me the wrong way since day one. I don't know what it is, but when I saw the very first shots : Gauss
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      I'd have to agree. I think it's the 'huge units' that really bug me. I like the rounded and topoligic... : hawke
      
      yeah, that's another thing - having these giant tanks and soldiers that fight it out while dwarfing the n... : Gauss
      
      ugh... since when have units ever been realisticly sized? they were huge in civ, civ2, civ3, ac, coloniza... : tomatoactivator
- I think it looks nice when zoomed a bit back, like in this shot: http://www.shacknews.com/images/image-o... : Lagiv

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I love the Civ games, and I'm usually not a graphics whore, but these screenshots look just plain bad :(

Highly detailed 2D would be much preffered over whatever they've done here.

Sep 09, 2005 8:41am PDT

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graphics remind me of the top down view of Rome: Total War.

Sep 09, 2005 11:59am PDT

graphics remind me of the top down view of Rome: Total War. : bosst0ne

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so where can we preorder the tits-edition Civ4 again?

Sep 09, 2005 9:25am PDT

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so where can we preorder the tits-edition Civ4 again? : buzzbat
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- I don't think anyone knows yet. : Horn
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  EB, GameStop, Best Buy (probably), Amazon (probably). But they haven't started their programs yet, since ... : jason bergman
  - An update for you: if you've already pre-ordered the game, you *will* get the pre-order version, no need ... : jason bergman

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Still gonna get it and play the hell out of it, I'm sure modders will fix up the graphics, they look fine, not great but not that horrible

Sep 09, 2005 11:42am PDT

Still gonna get it and play the hell out of it, I'm sure modders will fix up the graphics, they look fine... : Mondo

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Eh, after seeing this in action the graphics thing becomes less of an issue really quick but seriously whoever decided to zoom way the hell in to take screenshots of the buildings needs to be slapped (bad kittie, bad!). It makes the game look way worse then it is during normal play. =(

Sep 09, 2005 11:19am PDT

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Eh, after seeing this in action the graphics thing becomes less of an issue really quick but seriously wh : mikage
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- these screenshots don't look bad really, but for an example of what I was talking about... http://www.sha... : mikage

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heres

I like the graphics.

]heresy

Sep 09, 2005 8:55am PDT

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heres I like the graphics. ]heresy : tacocat
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what exactly do you guys find ugly in these pics? I think they look great.

Sep 09, 2005 10:04am PDT

what exactly do you guys find ugly in these pics? I think they look great. : Rapsey

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Thank you for the fast answer, as usual :) The E3 presentation hyped me a lot :) Hope I can get this plasma TV someday...

Sep 09, 2005 10:01am PDT

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Thank you for the fast answer, as usual :) The E3 presentation hyped me a lot :) Hope I can get this plas... : Mercador
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- argh fix that thingy :P : Mercador

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After seeing yesterday screen shots from AoE3 ... this one seem to be very, very poor.

Sep 09, 2005 8:46am PDT

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After seeing yesterday screen shots from AoE3 ... this one seem to be very, very poor. : larcho
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- AOE and Civ are totally different games, you can't compare them. Civ 3 is meant to be strategy, so its gr... : wasylm

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TURN THE GRID ON

Sep 09, 2005 9:34am PDT

TURN THE GRID ON : kevp

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Between WoW, Civ 4 and all the new Xbox 360 games, I honestly don't know where I'm going to find the time to do anything else. Stupid video games. Stop being so fun!

Sep 09, 2005 9:32am PDT

Between WoW, Civ 4 and all the new Xbox 360 games, I honestly don't know where I'm going to find the time... : stump

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If you look at those shots the game is zoomed right in, those soldiers will occupy the equvilant of one hex, I mean just look at how big those trees are and imagine what Civ3 looks liek when you zoom in that close.

I think this will look quite cool when zoomed all the way out, just like RomeTotal war does.

Sep 09, 2005 9:13am PDT

If you look at those shots the game is zoomed right in, those soldiers will occupy the equvilant of one h... : spdon

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All I care about in a Civ game is being able to clearly see the world, it's one of the few games you can play solely for strategy. As long as it's crisp, I like the bare look.

Sep 09, 2005 9:05am PDT

All I care about in a Civ game is being able to clearly see the world, it's one of the few games you can ... : Audhuml4

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October... 1st, rite? :P

Sep 09, 2005 8:44am PDT

October... 1st, rite? :P : deviantpaul

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Hmm it's really not that easy on the eye, I prefer the look of Civ III. Hopefully if the gameplay is good enough the looks won't matter. But it's a bit disapointing when you see great graphics in other strategy titles

Sep 09, 2005 8:40am PDT

Hmm it's really not that easy on the eye, I prefer the look of Civ III. Hopefully if the gameplay is good... : yourname00

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