Civilization IV was released in the year of 2005 and even though it is a really old game there are still people playing it and find this game as one of the best ever made. I am one of those people. There is still a community behind this game that is trying to make this game even more awesome than it already is.
Of course, there is a new civilization game almost every year, like CIV V and CIV VI, but they can't really compare to the sophistication of CIV 4 with all the expansions added.
What is Realism Invictus?
Realism Invictus is a civilization IV mod that completely revamp the game. It's been with us for more than 12 years and there are still people working on new updates and versions. It is a free mod and you only need original CIV IV game and expansion Beyond The Sword.
I will pin point some of the big chances and upgrades to the game.
There are more than 130 new techs with own voice acting. Every technology can give you a new buildings, units and more. Choose which way you will research, but don't forget that for a good military you need a good infrastructure.
New civics, unit promotions, traits and leaders. Choose of many different leaders with their personalities that give you advantages and disadvantages in the game. Ghandi has traits like philosophical, humanist and idealistic. Completely different from Churchill, who is protective, imperialistic and temperamental.
Over 200 new units and over 100 more buildings that you can build.
And also more world wonders, new resources that you can harvest, unique great people with real name and photos, deadly epidemics, unique artstyle and music assigned to each civilization and much, much more!
It just makes the game more realistic and more balanced. And as each civilization is different and every leader is different it also means every game you play will be a little bit different.
Do you want to know more?
There is still an active community on these two forums.
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/realism-invictus.411799/
http://www.realism-invictus.com/forum/
There you can also download the mod. Even though the last version you can donwload is 3.3 from the year 2015, don't worry, it is really still being updated, but it is all in the SVN repository now (http://www.realism-invictus.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=825).
The problem with the SVN is that if there is some fatal bug it can destroy your game and you will not be able to load the game anymore. So I think playing version 3.3 is probably better.
I have played this mod a lot and I have never completed the whole game. I am always trying to start in the ancient era and go through all the eras to the future and then win in the space war. However even AI is more Intelligent in this mod and even playing on the warlord difficulty is getting hard for me after hundreds and hundreds turns. Looks like I will have to try again.
Bless you for all the entertainment team of Realism Invictus, you guys rock!
Thank you for reading!
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