
The introductory sequence of Civilization has been remastered in Civilization IV and plays whenever you start loading a new map. The German version maintains the quote but attributes it to "a German dictator" rather than citing Hitler's name. "The great masses of the people… will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one." The discovery of Fascism is accompanied by a quote from Adolf Hitler:
Middleware: Gamebryo/Lightspeed/NetImmerseĬivilization IV appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Games with randomly generated environments. The game also offers some aesthetic improvements such as a detailed 3D map, environmental ambiance and animated units. 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. In addition, Sid Meier's Civilization IV 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. 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. Sid Meier's Civilization IV, 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.