Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords

Firaxis Games · Jul 24, 2006

Everyone10+

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An all-new expansion pack, Warlords pays homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, delivering six new scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their new powerful "warlord" unit. The expansion pack is loaded with new civilizations, new leaders and more units, resources and wonders that can be used in both single and multiplayer games.

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Critic 8.0 (6 critics) · Gamer 8.5

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Game Zone
jkdmedia · Aug 10, 2006
8.5
The new scenarios and civilizations really do add a great deal to the existing game, and, while many people haven’t had time to get tired of the original yet (it hasn’t been a year since the original game’s release), other, more die-hard gamers who’ve exhausted the original will find this expansion really does breathe new life into the old. So, yes, I do think that this expansion is worth the expenditure.
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Games Radar+
Brett Todd · Aug 01, 2006
8.0
Yet even when things get repetitive, there's something undeniably awesome about waging war on a grand scale. Warlords may not be the most multifaceted expansion pack ever made, but it is an exceedingly addictive one that adds new content and a new style of play to Civ IV. Both wimps and warriors will love this one.
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IGN
Steve Butts · Jul 31, 2006
8.4
If like me, you're a hardcore Civ fan who cherishes every single speck of Civ-related content, then Warlords is something you bought on day one and you're only reading this review because you're taking a break between turns. Still, we're a little disappointed that there's not more going on in the modern era. Triremes, Great Walls, and Numidian Horsemen are all well and good, but once the game hits the Renaissance, you've pretty much run out of cool new toys. We certainly hope the next expansion offers more across all eras of the game.
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GameSpot
Jason Ocampo · Jul 25, 2006
8.6
There's a lot of really cool content to go through in Warlords, and you can easily find yourself lost in any one of the scenarios. They'll most likely appeal to Civ veterans looking for a new challenge or a new gameplay experience, though. Even at their easier difficulty levels, the scenarios might be a bit too much for newcomers, who should stick to the regular campaign game for now. We did notice a few bugs, such as great-wonder movies that didn't play, but overall, this expansion is a lot more polished than Civilization IV was at its launch.
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Euro Gamer
Kieron Gillen · Aug 08, 2006
6.0
Except - much like Civilization 4: Warlords - sometimes, it's just worth doing something perhaps slightly ill-advised because it's so good. It's not the best expansion pack in the world, but for a game which already offered as much as the initial game did, it's worth considering just to encourage a developer who did include so much in its original release
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jeuxvideo.com
Superpanda · Jul 24, 2006
8.5
Les développeurs n'ont pas fait deux fois la même erreur et nous livrent avec Warlords, une extension sans reproche du côté de la stabilité. Aucun retour Windows ni bugs ne sont à signaler, ce qui était loin d'être le cas à la sortie de Civilization 4. En outre, cet add-on enrichi de façon conséquente le contenu du titre d'origine et s'impose donc comme étant un achat indispensable pour les nombreux fans du titre de Firaxis.
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