Civilization IV

After playing Rome: Total War and Age of Empires III, I took a break before starting another historical strategy game. After I finished Stubbs the Zombie, however, I was ready for Civilization IV. I enjoyed Civilization III and heard even better things about Civilization IV. After playing the tutorial, I started my first real game. I chose to play a standard sized continents map with pretty default settings. I let the computer assign me a random civilization, which was the English. On my continent were the Arabs, Greeks, and Spanish. Later, I discovered a second continent populated by the Indians, Incas, and Aztecs.

For most of the game, I remained on cordial terms with almost every other nation. The one notable exception was the Aztecs, led by Montezuma. Although our nation was at peace, the Greeks constantly warred with the Spanish. Both sides tried to drag me into the conflict but I refused. When the Aztecs sent troops to our continent to attack the Spanish, we decided to act. I declared war on the Aztecs and England drove them back to their own shores. We were at war from 1953 to 1978. Finally, Montezuma asked for peace and we accepted. Unfortunately for the Spanish, the Greeks continued their aggression against them. By 2009, the Spanish civilization had been completely eliminated.

I was in no hurry to achieve victory because I was having so much fun with the game. Our civilization was the greatest in the world in terms of population, culture and military might. As the world approached the 21st century, several nations began a race into space. The Indians were well ahead of every other nation. We were in real jeopardy of losing the game to them. We put the full resources of England behind the production of a space ship. In 2024, we completed our space ship slightly ahead of the Indians. England achieved a Space Race victory!