Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword

Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is a strategy, turn-based strategy and 4x game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K.
Released on July 24th 2007 is available on Windows and MacOS in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 4,405 reviews of which 4,248 were positive and 157 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword into these genres:

Strategy Turn-Based Strategy 4X Turn-Based Historical Singleplayer Multiplayer Moddable Grand Strategy Classic Replay Value Education Management Simulation Local Multiplayer

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Minimum: Windows 2000 (plus Service Pack 1 or higher), Windows XP Home or Professional (plus Service Pack 1 or higher), or Windows Vista; 1.2GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor, 256 MB RAM, 64 MB video card with hardware T&L (GeForce 2, Radeon 7500 or better), DirectX 7 compatible sound card, 1.7 GB of free hard drive space, DirectX 9.0c (included)
Recommended: 1.8GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent (or better), 512 MB RAM, 128 MB video card with DirectX 8 support (pixel and vertex shaders), DirectX 7 compatible sound card, 1.7 GB of free hard drive space, DirectX 9.0c (included)

MacOS

Recommended:

OS: Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.6
Processor: PowerPC G5 or Intel
CPU Speed: 2.0 GHz
Memory: 1 GB
Hard Disk Space: 2.5 GB free disk space
Video Card: (ATI): Radeon 9600 Video Card (NVidia): GeForce FX 6600
Video Memory: (VRam): 128 MB or higher
Media Required: DVD-ROM Drive
Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard
Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600, 6800, 7300, 7600, 7800, 8600, 8800, 9400, 9600, GEFORCE GT 120, GEFORCE QUADRO FX 4500 ATI Radeon 9600, 9650, 9700, 9800, X600, X800, X1600, X1900, HD 2400, 2600, 3870
NOTICE: Intel integrated video chipsets are not supported.
NOTICE: Apple original CPU’s only, CPU upgrades not supported
NOTICE: This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive) REQUIRES THE FULL VERSION OF Civilization IV for Mac OS X TO PLAY

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

The ultimate expression of the original version of Civilization. Civilization 5 & 6 are very different games.

Oct. 2024

I've logged nearly 2000 hours into the Civ II thru VI series over the years. Civ IV Beyond the Sword is by far the best, despite the square spaces and dated graphics. The character animations are more lively, and some are even whimsical. I don't tire of the visitations like I do with V & VI. And the endgame in IV is still fun and exciting. Why? Because I never know when an AI leader will attack, and even bring their buddies to triple-team me simply for having the wrong religion or government, or not granting open borders. Kinda sounds like rl history imo. Sadly, beginning with V, the devs replaced warmongers with chummy AI characters who are content to amass weapons of war simply for building bonfires to roast marshmallows. How I wish that was true! But history and present day say otherwise. Civ IV captures the spontaneity and unpredictability of history, and makes it fun to rediscover and rewrite it over and over again.

Oct. 2024

An absolutely perfect game, old, but a classic. New games which are meant to be an upgrade don't quite capture its beauty and nostalgia. I have been playing since I was a child, and continue to do so into adulthood. It is the perfect game, a mix of diplomacy and friendship and bitter betrayal and war. Beyond the Sword is my favourite edition. Love this game and would highly recommend!

May 2024

I grew up playing this game with my dad. Absolutely love it, very addictive game play. I still play it with him a lot. The soundtrack is quite exquisite.

April 2024

probably the best civ game of them. getting old and maybe easier to play than the rest but still looks great and superbly enjoyable. if your starting on civ games this is the one to go for.

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