Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
A complete reimagining of Sid Meier's 1994 classic, Colonization is a total conversion of Civilization IV that combines Civilization's addictive gameplay with all-new graphics and features that add more depth…
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is an adventure developed by Firaxis Games, released 22 September 2008 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is an adventure game developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2008. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a remake of the 1994 turn-based strategy game Sid Meier's Colonization. Players control settlers from one of four European nations – Spain, England, France, and the Netherlands – that are trying to conquer/colonize the New World in the period 1492–1792. The victorious player is the first to build up his colonies and army, declare independence from the mother country, and defeat the military force that the king inevitably sends to crush the rebellion.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), educational, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent, 512 MB RAM and DirectX 9.0c-compatible 64 MB video card with Shader 1.1 Support or better. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization launched on 22 September 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, World of Goo and Rock Band 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, World of Goo, Rock Band 2.
Cheats and codes
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