Sid Meiers Civilization IV Beyond the Sword | 
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Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 148
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: Strategy Games
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.4
MPN: 710425311734
UPC: 710425311734
EAN: 0710425311734
ASIN: B000PCLBE2
Release Date: July 23, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days
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| Features:
| • | 10 new civilizations | | • | 12 new scenarios | | • | 78 new units and 64 new buildings | | • | 16 new leaders | | • | 5 new technologies |
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Product Description
Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword will deliver new themes never seen in Civilization, many recommended by the fans. The expansion will focus on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder and will deliver 12 challenging and decidedly different scenarios, ten new civilizations, 16 new leaders, five new wonders, and a variety of new units. Five new wonders - The Statue of Zeus, Cristo Redentor, Shwedagon Paya, the Mausoleum of Maussollos, and the Moai Statues Earn a diplomatic victory and unlock the United Nations - then create new resolutions to expand your diplomatic options Advanced Starts let players buy an empire's components&begin play in a later part of the game -- experience new features of the expansion in a shorter time Enhanced AI is tougher to beat on the higher levels, and expanded its strategies for achieving victory
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| Customer Reviews: Read 56 more reviews...
 Great expansion pack, which I'd got it in the complete edition July 1, 2008
Simon A. Carroll
I got to this game a few years after it came out, but I am not at all dissapointed in the content. The only thing I wish is that I'd have bought the complete edition (which I didn't know existed), instead of buying the gold edition and this expansion pack separately.
 If you have a Dell, beware of this expansion pack July 1, 2008
Zippy (New York, NY)
I was a Civ IV fan through Warlords, but when I tried installing "Beyond the Sword" on my Dell Inspiron it wrecked the whole game. When I inserted the second installation disk, the computer locked up instead of finishing the installation. When I rebooted, I discovered that I couldn't remove the incomplete "Sword" expansion -- it didn't show up in the programs to uninstall -- and I couldn't reinstall it either (whenever I put the disk in it, it tries to start playing the game and then crashes). And now I can't play the earlier Civ games either because it just crashes. Since I've lost the original Civ IV installation disk, this means that I've spent $20 for the privilege of wrecking a game on my computer. If I could give it a minus star, I would.
Excellent Expansion to Civ IV June 27, 2008
Joseph C. Helton
If you have Civ IV, you simply must get this massive expansion pack! For experienced Civvers this game adds a great deal of new content, in the form of mods and levels, quite a few and very ingenious. The game concepts have slightly changed as well, moving from a militaristic focus to focusing on more peaceful mods of victory, such as diplomacy and culture. One complaint that I do have is that it is now much harder to achieve a spaceship victory, as the requisite technologies are buried even further in the tech tree than before.
As an experienced Civver (played since Civ 3), I can definitely recommend this game, altho it is for the more serious strategy gamer. It's a game loaded with details and very complex, so don't expect to master this game quickly. That said, Sid Meier has put out another worthy entry in the Civ franchise, well worth your time, and your money.
This Expansion sets the Bar Higher for every Expansion that comes after it. June 17, 2008
Creation27 (San Jose, CA)
Beyond the Sword is to Expansions like Warcraft I is to Warcraft II.
The ONLY reason this isn't a full blown game is that some of the Mods are a 'little' glitchy, like the screen sometimes gets frozen in a strange position and it's annoying. lol
The Mods on this 'expansion' are INCREDABLE though! They bring so much more playability to the game.
This expansion sets the Bar Higher for every Expansion that comes after it.
It is HANDS DOWN worth it.
If you buy Civilization IV, you WANT Civilization IV Beyond the Sword, Trust me. New Units, New Scenarios, even a UNIVERSAL Scenario where SOLAR SYSTEMS are conquered one-by-one. AMAZING!!!
If you like the Futuristic Scenarios that Beyond the Sword has in it. Check out Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, it's an older game, but it has concepts in it that blow even Beyond the Sword away, like FULLY Customizable Units, training local flora and fauna to serve you, and it takes the Future Tech Tree to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
I'm actually kindof Suprised Sid hasn't remade it yet...I hope he does.
Umpteenth generation of a game June 7, 2008
Victor P. Obninsky (Sonoma, California USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am not good with the computer world, but I have played "Civilization" since it first appeared. Each version is an improvement, but this is the best. I enjoy the new civilizations, e.g., Holy Romsn Empire, Holland, but I really like the new gossipy reports about what is going on with both my enemies and myself. It is lots of fun, even for a non-geek such as myself. I suspect computer literati would really find it difficult to leave the game and speend hours in the world they were creating.
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