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"文明帝國 IV" -- Traditional Chinese spelling

"文明IV" -- Simplified Chinese spelling

"Wenming IV" -- Simplified Chinese title

"시드 마이어의 문명 IV" -- Korean spelling

"Civ 4" -- Informal name

"シヴィライゼーション４" -- Japanese spelling

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, the fourth installment of the series, starts the player, like in the previous games, with a single village in the Stone Age and has them advance from there by exploring, founding cities, researching, exploiting natural resources and eventually trading or making war with neighbouring civilizations. While Sid Meier's Civilization III put cultural influence in the forefront, this time it is religion that is put forward as a new factor underlying many aspects of the game.In addition,attempts to streamline gameplay by removing some features (corruption, pollution) which slowed down the late stages of the game and making significant changes to the combat system so that tactical thinking plays a more important role. Units now have a single combat value instead of defense and attack values, have a special ability and can be further enhanced with experience in a player-defined way.The game also offers some aesthetic improvements such as a detailed 3D map, environmental ambiance and animated units.

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1001 Video Games

German version

"The great masses of the people… will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one."

Intro

Music

Just as Sid Meier's Pirates! reused some voice and music samples from Civilization III, one particular piece of instrumental music has been recycled in Civ IV . It can be heard when a Great Artist is used to create a Great Work in a city.

. It can be heard when a Great Artist is used to create a Great Work in a city. The main theme for Civilization IV is in fact a choral version of the Lord's Prayer in Swahili.

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In a parody of Nimroy providing voice talent, some leaders will respond to a proclamation of peace with, "May we all live long and prosper."

At the end of the game, players are rated based on their performance by a comparison to one of 10 world leaders. The lowest rating compares the player to former US Vice-President Dan Quayle, who is legendary for mistaken expressions such as "If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure", "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is" and "Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here."

When the Rock and Roll Wonder is attained, a clip of cult rock band Velvet Underground's 1970 track Rock & Roll is played. The song's lyric "then one fine morning she puts on a New York station.... You know, her life was saved by rock & roll" is also used in the game when Radio is researched.

Spanish version

Awards

4Players 2005 – Best PC Game of the Year 2005 – Best Strategy Game of the Year

Computer Games Magazine March 2006 - #1 Game of the Year 2005

GameSpy 2005 – Game of the Year 2005 – PC Game of the Year 2005 – PC Turn-Based Strategy Game of the Year 2005 – PC Strategy Game of the Year (Readers' Vote) 2005 – #5 Online Multiplayer Game of the Year 2011 – #5 Top PC Game of the 2000s

PC Powerplay (Germany) Issue 02/2006 - #1 Strategy Game in 2005 Issue 04/2006 - #2 Strategy Game in 2005 (Readers' Vote) Issue 02/2006 - #5 Best Game in 2005



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appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.The discovery of Fascism is accompanied by a quote from Adolf Hitler:The German version maintains the quote but attributes it to "a German dictator" rather than citing Hitler's name.The introductory sequence of Civilization has been remastered inand plays whenever you start loading a new map. Live orchestra samples have been used to bring the original theme to life and Leonard Nimoy (famous for his role as Mr. Spock in " Star Trek ") narrates this sequence (along with other segments of the game).Due to a assembly error, French tech tree posters have snuck into some of the North American Civilization IV boxes. Owners of a flawed version can fill in a form online to get an English version sent by mail. 2K Games has also made available a downloadable PDF version on its website.The Spanish release has a translation error, the Religion Civic "Organized Religion" says "Can build missionaries without monastery" and it's translated as "No se pueden contruir misioneros sin un monasterio", which is exactly the opposite.