IGN.com secured an interview with Barry Caudill, senior producer at Firaxis for Civilization IV and grilled him about the game.
The main new details to be revealed are:
- The game will be set in the same time frame as the previous installments (4000 BC to 2050 AD)
- Wonders you build will be visible on the map, 3D graphics and lots of animations will bring the maps to life
- The player should be able to get all the information he needs to play through tool-tips and pop-up help in the main map view.
- There will be 18 Civ's in this installment.
- Culture concept updated; increasing the culture will also make the citizens of the city happier, and you will no longer be guaranteed a minimum amount of culture when you plant a new city.
- New resources introduced including marble, the resource system has been expanded, and all resources (including food) will be tradable.
- There are no set governments now, players can choose different combinations of gov features to produce, for example, a Theocratic Police State
- New Religion system; being the first Civ to discover a technology attached to the founding of a religion will establish a holy city for the religion, whose influence can be spread withMissionary units.
- Introduction of different types of great leaders, like Great Prophets, Artists and Scientists.
- Introduction of more historical themes like slavery, emancipation, civil wars, epidemics and ideological conflicts
- Number of different units has been reduced; though there are some units that haven't been part of previous versions like Grenadiers and Horse Archers and War Elephants that are not specific to only one Civ.
- Terrorist tactics like poisoning a city's water supply have been eliminated.
- The new endgame scenario Alliance Victory allows you to share a win with a partner.
- New game speeds (quick, normal and epic).
- Game was designed to be multiplayer from the ground up.
- "Civilization 4 will be the most moddable version of Civilization ever."
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Gamespot Civilization IV E3 2005 Pre-show Report
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