
Multiple instances of the same civ, were they to appear, get distinct names. China / South China and Hindi / Dravidian civs react to each other’s presence/absence. The changes are purely aesthetic and can be turned off by two separate custom game options (one for names, one for flags).
Civilizations now change their name and flag according to civics, era and certain other factors (particular leaders, being vassals etc). Islam no longer condemned to never be taken up. Gives later religions more breathing space to spread when founded in a region where every city already has at least one religion. New system where founding a religion causes the cities around the new Holy City to lose their current religions (except for existing Holy Cities). Successful land combat spreads winner's culture to the plot additionally, foreign culture decreases over time much slower than before, and can never go away completely (though can fall to almost zero) cities with high culture may generate additional defenders when left defenseless Various ways of dealing with separatism, and aspects of the system change as the ages progress. Cities now track separatism values and, if high enough, can rebel, proclaiming independence. Barbarian cities can settle into new civs. There is no "DLC" in the Civ5 sense - during the Civ4 era, the game got expansions but no standalone DLC. I didn't like Beyond the Sword that much though, (I think it was the tweaks to the tech tree, or maybe Espionage?) so I tend to prefer playing Warlords.Ĭolonization is a totally separate game, so it has very little to do with Civ4 and its expansions. If you want the "full" Civ4 experience, you might as well play that one. Unless you hate the things Warlords and Beyond the Sword add, there's really no reason to play the "base game" Civ4.īeyond the Sword incorporates almost everything in Warlords, minus a few scenarios. Civilization 4: Colonization, which is a remake of the original Colonization for the Civ4 engine. Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword, which is the second expansion. Civilization 4: Warlords, which is the first expansion. Whichever ones won't install are the ones that won't run on your system.
As Jason mentions, four of the entries can be safely ignored, depending on your OS.