A vast improvment over the first game worth buying if you have civ 4 on your shelf :)
User Rating: 8 | Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword PC
I will start off by saying this expansion adds more depth to the game and makes up for the mistakes that were made in the launch of Civ 4, since then they have added two expansions to the series and they both have there advantages the main thing about these expansions is they have decent Multiplay Hotseat option that you can tailor to your needs tho its does not have such an indepth ruler generation as Galactic Civ2 that i would like to see but its still good and a very enjoyable game that has alot of replay value especialy when you only have one Pc and want to multiplay with friends :) too many games go the internet or Lan base multiplay these days more focus should be on the old sytle Hotseat type games call me old fashioned but i think they give a better multiplay experience rather then having 5 computers in a small room trying to play the same game but enough bout the Hotseat mode i love so much.
As for game play a few tweaks in the tech structure have been made which give a few cool new things to build but generaly its the same as Civ 4 with a few new Leaders ,Units,Maps and buildings what you would expect from any add on you would buy. I give a rating of 8 for its sheer Replayability worth buying if you have Civ 4 and wasn't impressed, this add on with the warlords expansion really adds alot to a game that was such a dissapointment when first released.
