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3 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 A nice update for Civ fans, 2007-08-09
For those folks looking to update your Civ playing time - this new update really hits the mark. With new wonders, technologies, features and world leaders - they have given folks enough new content to freshen up the series. Some of the new features, such as the espionage and corporation elements, sort of seem more trouble than its worth, but for some of the more detailed-oriented players, they will enjoy factoring in those new game elements. Even the most casual player, however, will like some of the new wonders and units. For me, the gameplay seems to be big step up from the original Civ IV game - and that makes it a bit more enjoyable than before.
4 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
Civ4 is my favorite game ever-and now its even better!, 2007-08-02
Warning: installing this game can be a nightmare! Make sure your current Civ4 install is up-to-date and fully patched-I had problems on Vista and my friend on XP.
This expansion rocks! It adds to the gameplay-new civ's, techs, and game play ideas.
Totally worth it-I'm addicted again.
8 of 10 customers found the following review helpful:
Alot of stuff, 2007-07-30
What a supberb expansion pack! So much content it will take a while to check it all out. They did excellent with all their additions to the game on this expansion. Highlights of the expansion include: 10 new civs, 16 new leaders, 11 senarios, new additions to the space race, new events system, additions of corporations, natural disasters, quests, more modern era additions to weapons and military, and Even advance starts! They really packed this expansion full. Lots of content for those that felt jipped off the last expansion. This is one excellent expansion for civ IV lovers!
39 of 46 customers found the following review helpful:
Problems solved., 2007-07-29
As I understood it, the "Beyond the Sword" in the title referred to making the game more interesting in the period after most of the world's territory has already been staked out and all religions founded; previously there was little to do in the late-game apart from declaring war out of meandering ambition and/or boredom (which may yet have been some pretty spectacular social commentary though it didn't make the game any more fun to play). This expansion pack adds espionage, missing from Civ 4 until now, although as I understand it a popular feature in previous installments. I've so far heard mixed feedback as to how much weight it actually carries - and will admit that I didn't bother really trying it until my second or third game of Beyond the Sword - but I can confirm that it most certainly gives you something to do.
Beyond that, the game runs a bit better than it did previously, and the addition of neat little cause-effect events (i.e. "A dispute has arisen over a marriage between your citizen and a neighboring civilization's; offer money to boost foreign relations or decline and receive a boost in your cultural output") add a lot more than you'd think.
Meanwhile - as is always the case with expansions like this, there's hardly any way to react to any of the new tangible content (the requisite Civs, leaders, mods, etc.) other than to be glad of the fact that it's there, though that's no reason for complaint. Beyond the Sword makes Civilization IV a better game.
8 of 10 customers found the following review helpful:
So much Fun!, 2007-07-27
I have been playing the Civilization games forever it seems. I started out with Civ II and havn't stoped since. This expansion blew me out of the water. It is so much fun and the new stuff like corperations and spies make the game even better. The only thing I am disappointed with is that there is no throne room or palace screen, and I miss the advisors from Civ II.
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