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  • Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of theic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European nation on their quest to colonize and thrive in the New World. Play

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  • Item Weight: 2.4 ounces
  • Media: CD-ROM
  • Release Date: December 25, 2009
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994 Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European nation on their quest to colonize and thrive in the New World. Players will be challenged to guide their people from the oppressive motherland discover a New World negotiate trade and fight as they acquire great power and battle for their freedom and independence.Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization does not require the original Civilization IV game to play.Features Classic Game Design Rebuilt for the Modern Era: Usher forth a new generation of Sid Meier s Colonization with gameplay built on the award winning Civilization IV engine providing the beautiful visuals famously addictive gameplay and endless fun that are synonymous with Sid Meier strategy games. Fight the Homeland and Establish a New Nation: Play as the English Spanish French or the Dutch and journey to a brave new world in search of freedom from your oppressive homeland. Improved Diplomacy: Sustain peace and support your followers as you engage in advanced negotiations with natives other colonists and the hostile homeland -- Trade resources gold and land as you build the foundation for a self sufficient and powerful colony. Historical Figures Provide Adaptive Gameplay: Acquire founding fathers such as John Smith Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams who will help guide your nation to freedom based on your gameplay style. Brand New Interface: Both Civilization IV fans and players new to the series will feel right at home with an interface that Firaxis has built to

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1.0 out of 5 stars original was much better, January 22, 2011
= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 
This review is from: Civilization 4: Colonization (CD-ROM)
I have been a huge, huge fan of Sid Meier's Civilization ever since the beginning. The original Colonization stills holds some good memories for me and this version just falls short because of the endplay.

Here are the good things about the game: Graphics look great (the engine and 3D graphics make the game much easier to enjoy compared to the original). It is still great to be producing specialized products (cigars, cloth, guns, tools) by using your specialists in the cities. Figuring out trade routes between your cities to keep raw materials flowing to your factories and then off to your port to be shipped to Europe is still as intriguing as before.

But here are the 2 downfalls of the game (one small and one huge). Unlike the other Civ games, you are almost always in your city screen. You spend almost no time outside moving units or improving tiles. One little pet peeve is that the music (which is great) does not play in the city screens. So sitting in the city screens was dull for me. I was finding myself with nothing to do for turns at a time while I was waiting for my ships to come back from Europe or waiting for something to be built/person to be trained.

All that said, I would give this expansion 4 or 5 stars if they hadn't totally messed up the play after your Revolution. One interesting thing added was writing your Constitution. You are allowed to select different improvements which allow you to for example continue selling goods in Europe or all slaves becoming freemen. But after that, the Revolution is totally impossible. The really hue gripe I have is: your King's forces are made to be impossible to defeat. And the second is that you are fighting him totally on your own (which of course with the American Revolution is totally inaccurate). In the first Colonization, you were fighting an overwhelming force, ambushing the King's men whenever you, and producing liberty bells to convince one of the other European powers to provide help. Well that doesn't happen anymore because all that historic tie in has been removed. Like Civ 4, all units have upgrades based on experience. Every single solider sent to invade will have a minimum of 3 upgrades. They also have a higher base attack than any person you can buy, produce or train (I believe the soldiers are 4 attack and the best you can get is a veteran soldier at 3). So suffice it to say, you be sending your soldiers to die time after time after time against 1 soldier. During my second try at my Revolution, I had 15(!!) consecutive attacks on the same solider. I attacked with cannons, dragoons, veteran soldiers one after the other. Every single one died and I didn't take that one solider down 1 hit point. I turned whole cities into nothing but soldiers and upgraded my defenses to fortresses (which are worthless because the King's 15 cannons he has sitting on one tile will destroy it in 2 turns) and MIGHT win 1 fight out of 10. And don't even bother to try to attack the King's navy. The Men O War are much stronger than anything you can build or buy so it's just a waste of resources to watch them get sunk one after another.

Save your money and skip this expansion. I am currently playing the Warlords expansion which gets rids of the bugs from Civ 4 Gold and give it 5 stars. I will also be trying out the Beyond the Sword expansion.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Update on the Original, January 3, 2012
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This review is from: Civilization 4: Colonization (CD-ROM)
I must have whittled away days playing the '94 version in college...the original was very addictive and fun.

The new one built on the Civ IV engine is good as well. They have made a few improvements to the basic game...added a few new units, colony improvements and things like the ability to have the colony generate military, exploration, and political points to help you get more founding fathers. Otherwise, it is basically the same as the 1994 version. And still just as addictive...

I don't seem to remember the "Turns Left to Declare Independence" countdown in the other one. It is a feature I wish they had left out.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Tough Game to Get Down, June 1, 2011
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This review is from: Civilization 4: Colonization (CD-ROM)
I wish there was a tutorial on how to set up automatic trading between settlements. The game gets tedious. I have only been able to finish one game to completion. I could spend the time to learn ... The game just doesn't pull me in.
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