Game introduction
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year and major commercial success. The expansion will focus on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder and will deliver 11 challenging and decidedly different scenarios created by the development team at Firaxis Games, as well as some esteemed members of the Civilization Fan Community. Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword will also include 10 new civilizations, 16 new leaders, 5 new wonders, and a variety of new units that will offer even more fun and exciting ways for players to expand their civilization’s power as they strive for world domination.
*Requires Sid Meier’s Civilization IV to play
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Review
Most gamers can easily name a milestone title or two, but not so for expansion pack - this is because they rarely add anything more than extra levels, enemies, weapons and so on. However, Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword is more than a mere linear extension of the great turn-based strategy classic. Firaxis have fixed, updated, added and tweaked so many aspects of the game that only our in-depth review can explain them all!
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