New Civ IV Expansion Announced, Ninja Gaiden DS

A new expansion pack for Civilization IV has been announced, with an emphasis on the late-game portions of the title. CVG says that new civilizations, technologies, and leaders will be available; added functionality includes the ability to form corporations and spread them throughout the globe, new espionage elements, and the ability to start games further up the tech ladder. "Advanced Starts: A major fan request, this new feature will enable players to 'buy' components of a custom-tailored empire and begin play in the later part of the game, allowing them to experience many of the new features of the expansion pack in a shorter amount of time." Also newly announced: Ninja Gaiden:Dragon Sword for the DS, an overhead 3D action game wholly unlike the side-scrolling original titles. That article, at 1up, also points out that a demo for the PS3 Ninja Gaiden title will be available in April.

Comments

new AI priorities? excellent...

[CaptainNerdCave]

i do hope that this expansion adds a new early history development aspect with a leader or civilization that puts the alphabet ahead of some other techs. perhaps leaders that play go for bronze-working while building the oracle (to achieve free metal casting!). perhaps a roman leader that tries to conquer the world with the almost overpowered praetorians?

i'm excited to see this, especially since i'll be out of college and have much more time to devote to ruling the world...

This why SMAC was brilliant

[WrongMonkey]

In Civ 4, you can pick any leader and use basically the same cookie-cutter strategies. Not so on Alpha Centauri. The advantages/disadvantage of each faction lead to completely different approaches. It's almost scary how it forces to get inside the characters heads in order to win.