SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition turns you into a citizen, a criminal, an architect, a mayor, even a god — bringing you deeper into SimLife than ever! As you create railways, ferries, plan out streets, you also get to use that transportation in a series of great new driving missions

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5 Stars Greatest Game Ever
This has to be the greatest game I’ve ever played. I’ve had it for almost five years, and I still play it. Unlike most games, it doesn’t get boring after you’ve played it a lot. I love it, and I’d definitely recommend it.

Also, ignore negative comments about lack of autosave and crashing. If your computer is up-to-date and powerful enough, you will have no problem. If not, turn down the graphics settings and just save a lot. I used this game on an incredibly terrible computer for years without ever hating it.

4 Stars Great Game, but somewhat limited…
I ordered this game over a year ago and was really looking forward to it. I really don’t play games like this that often, but thought this one looked interesting. There was one problem right off the bat… the game didn’t have the registration number. I tried calling EA to get one and I never got past their crazy automated phone service. I honestly don’t think it’s possible to talk to a person there. I had to mail EA the back of my booklet and it took them almost 2 months to get me a new registration number. When I finally got it and installed it on my computer I was really happy. I enjoyed playing it and had to start watching myself, because I would zone out and end up playing for hours on end… essentially forgetting about other things. I did start to notice that, while highly entertaining, the game is very limited in some ways. Building styles for example are pretty repetitive and there you don’t have much control over them. Also, there are few ways to control what type of industry gets set up in your city. For example, limiting heavy industry zones to purely green technologies. These are just a couple of the limitations. I do enjoy the game still, but I would like to see some more control over the building styles and zoning details.

5 Stars Lousy Amazon Service!
i have always loved this game thats why i ordered it on Amazon. First they sent me the software with no registration number, i complained and i received excellent service from the CS representative and said he would send me another one in 2days. the replacement came in and guess what, it was the same freakin thing! still no registration number! i returned it and got my money back sans shipping and delivery..

5 Stars simcity 4 deluxe edition
i like playing simcity 4 deluxe edition.i play this game alot on my pc.the any down fall to this game is that you can not save any thing on it.

2 Stars A bit Disappointing
This new version is obviously breathtaking graphics wise, but disapointing when I wanted to run Famous cities like London.

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SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition turns you into a citizen, a criminal, an architect, a mayor, even a god — bringing you deeper into SimLife than ever! As you create railways, ferries, plan out streets, you also get to use that transportation in a series of great new driving missions

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars A bit Disappointing
This new version is obviously breathtaking graphics wise, but disapointing when I wanted to run Famous cities like London.

4 Stars Great Game, but somewhat limited…
I ordered this game over a year ago and was really looking forward to it. I really don’t play games like this that often, but thought this one looked interesting. There was one problem right off the bat… the game didn’t have the registration number. I tried calling EA to get one and I never got past their crazy automated phone service. I honestly don’t think it’s possible to talk to a person there. I had to mail EA the back of my booklet and it took them almost 2 months to get me a new registration number. When I finally got it and installed it on my computer I was really happy. I enjoyed playing it and had to start watching myself, because I would zone out and end up playing for hours on end… essentially forgetting about other things. I did start to notice that, while highly entertaining, the game is very limited in some ways. Building styles for example are pretty repetitive and there you don’t have much control over them. Also, there are few ways to control what type of industry gets set up in your city. For example, limiting heavy industry zones to purely green technologies. These are just a couple of the limitations. I do enjoy the game still, but I would like to see some more control over the building styles and zoning details.

5 Stars Greatest Game Ever
This has to be the greatest game I’ve ever played. I’ve had it for almost five years, and I still play it. Unlike most games, it doesn’t get boring after you’ve played it a lot. I love it, and I’d definitely recommend it.

Also, ignore negative comments about lack of autosave and crashing. If your computer is up-to-date and powerful enough, you will have no problem. If not, turn down the graphics settings and just save a lot. I used this game on an incredibly terrible computer for years without ever hating it.

5 Stars Lousy Amazon Service!
i have always loved this game thats why i ordered it on Amazon. First they sent me the software with no registration number, i complained and i received excellent service from the CS representative and said he would send me another one in 2days. the replacement came in and guess what, it was the same freakin thing! still no registration number! i returned it and got my money back sans shipping and delivery..

5 Stars simcity 4 deluxe edition
i like playing simcity 4 deluxe edition.i play this game alot on my pc.the any down fall to this game is that you can not save any thing on it.

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Civilization IV

Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest game franchises of all-time. Now the fun and incredibly addictive strategy game reaches new heights in Civilization IV. It has new ways to play and win, along with new tools to manage and expand your civilization. Civilization comes to life like never before in a beautifully detailed, living 3D world — with all-new easy to use mod capabilities and intense multiplayer modes and options. It’s a must-have for gamers around the world! Rule throughout time and create your own legacy as you guide your civilization from the dawn of man through the space age and beyond. Implement new technologies, conduct diplomacy or wage war to grow your society and become the most powerful leader the world has ever known. Flexible Tech Tree allows players more strategic choices for developing their civilizations Team play offers a new way of setting locked alliances that result in shared wonder effects, visibility, unit trading and shared territory Over 70 in-game movies and animated sequences advance the story

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great game for the strategists of the world
My title says it all, basically. This is not the type of game for those who just want to quickly build up an army and crush the opposition. This game requires a good amount of patience, but for anyone who likes to relive history, and build your own custom empire, or just to play a game that plays somewhat like chess, but also like a war game, this is for you. A very fun game for those who appreciate strategy.

1 Star Would be good if it didn’t crash
Even with the latest patch from Aspyr this game was unplayable for me. It crashed (requiring a reboot) every 10 minutes.

During those 10 minutes the game seemed like it would be fun, but it was simply too frustrating to try to play through the crashes.

5 Stars First CiV game and love it.
I bought this game over steam and have spent countless hours playing it as well as the mods it shipped with (not sure if that is offered with amazon). If you like turn-based RTS games this game is for you. If you enjoy enjoy games like starcraft, empire earth, and age of empires but prefer building rather than warfare then this game is even more for you!

Games are often very long, and it has a pretty steep learning curve. I for one have to play on an easier difficulty to have fun and still am not very skilled. But i love the game. It is a very details and in depth-game. I have bought it twice, once over direct2drive and then again over steam because i was not happy with my D2D purchase. Will probably end up buying this game a third time so i no longer have to run boot camp to run it. If you like the things i mentioned about this game I sincerely suggest you either buy it or play a demo; you will love this game.

4 Stars Same Old Civilization.
Civ4 is pretty much the same thing as Civ3. Nothing but hype. Buy Civ3 and save money. The game is very addictive so be careful, you still have to go to work and school, the kids still have to be fed. Once you drop a Nuclear bomb the tiny map in the corner goes haywire, that sucks. As the game progresses it slows down. Oh and Aspyr does a bad job converting the game for Macintosh computers. A lot of the hints that pop up are obviously meant for Windows computers. I am no computer wiz, but installing it was a hassle, only because i didn’t know that i had to copy the game files from the CD to my HD. The installation instructions said nothing about doing that.

1 Star couldn’t load it on a maacbook 2006 laptop
It might be ok for windows but it didn’t load on my macbook without significant problems.

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