bapenguin
06-27-2005, 05:25 AM
Gamespy (http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/civilization-iv/628662p1.html) has a nice meaty preview up of Civilization IV. Reading this preview makes me want to crack out Civilization II again.Screenshots of the new game don't really do the title justice. The new graphical engine (built with GameBryo, the same engine used for the 2004 Pirates! remake) allows you to smoothly zoom in to see the lay of the land around an important battle, then zoom out to check out your empire as a whole. You can keep pulling out the camera from there, eyeing the whole world -- the map will round at the edges at that scale, looking as though the tilemap is actually wrapped around a globe that you can spin. The camera can even be rotated so you can get a better view around the mountains or just to admire the pyramids you've built.
Lookin good! The mod-ability of the game sounds great as well.
Lookin good! The mod-ability of the game sounds great as well.