Civilization IV Official Strategy Guide

By Jesse Fletcher

Book Overview

BradyGames' Civilization IV Official Strategy Guide includes: Features a complete listing of City Improvements, Military Units and Wonders of the World. Comprehensive coverage of the Research Tree,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0744005809
• ISBN13: 9780744005806
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: BradyGames
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.4" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Great strategy guide - we need one for our own civilization!

to sum up other reviews.... * Full of strategic hints that I've found very helpful to game play. It's well written, and has information that I believe should have been included in the game manual. * Lists units, cultures, improvements, etc. * covers basic strategies * reproduces tech tree and unit descriptions * gives strategy and tactical advice for each unit and resource * includes tips from the game testers * doesn't assume reader is familiar with previous games in the series * is good for people who don't want to read the Civilopedia online any more than they have to

The Second Part of quality strategy comeback.

The first part being Age of Empires III in my opinion which has done for the real-time-strategy (RTS) what Civilization 4 has now done to turn-based-strategy (TBS). What the developers have done is the most sensible thing - they were not afraid to innovate and they were not afraid to throw out the stuff that was rubbish. Essentially this is not a direct but a innovative advance of the series. I feel sorry for those people who think that the newer games in a series should keep the sacred ideas and just keep making them bigger and bigger, because that way the game does not improve, it merely grows (and you get Civ3). Instead good ideas are put in and bad ones taken out and the game works and is a joy to play. At the end of the day the game AS IT IS, should be good, whether it panders to imaginations of die-hards of what it should be like... well that's them not the developers. Basically, if you like anything vaguely related to strategy Civilization will fail to disappoint. Enjoy.

Basic

If you have ever played a civ game before, this guide is basic. It does lay out the tech's though and puts you on the fast track. It is a real quick read, with half of the book dedicated to the civilopedia.

Useful strategy guide

Provides a handy reference that is useful as a supplement to the game's instruction manual.

I disagree

I disagree with the earlier reviews. I read them before purchasing, but for some reason decided to buy the book anyway. Much to my surprise, it was full of strategic hints that I've found very helpful to game play. It's well written, and has information that I believe should have been included in the game manual. In any case, I'm very pleased with it, and recommend it to other players.