Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Beyond the Sword Computer Game

Pros: Improved AI, more scenarios, new civilizations, and more options

Cons: Not a stand-alone sequel, tougher to beat

The Bottom Line: If you like Sid Meier's Civilization IV, you're going to love this second expansion by Take Two/Firaxis.

Review: With the success of 2005's Sid Meier's Civilization IV, and with the usual need for a game publisher to both fix glitches and tweak its products to improve game play and make the original game a bit more challenging, it's not surprising that...

Pros: espionage, corporations, more leaders, units, and buildings, still balanced

Cons: leader trait reshuffling; for those who already bought warlords

The Bottom Line: This is a true expansion.

Review: When an expansion pack is released for a game, the connotation is usually negative. These days, sequels are often referred to as expansion packs while the actual expansions are viewed as not worth the extra money. In some senses Beyond the Sword...

Pros: New Technologies

Cons: Demanding of low-end Computers

The Bottom Line: If your a Civilization fan, I recommend you pick it up, being it's half a year old and only 30 bucks, pretty cheap for a game as excellent as this.

Review: Civilization IV scored Game of the Year in 2005, now Sid Meier has done it again, beating the high standards set up by Civilization IV, Civilization IV Beyond the Sword is one of the best Civilization Games out there, and myself as a longtime...