civilization v for mac buyer’s guide

The Flagship Turn-Based Strategy Game Returns

The flagship of the Civilization series returns in an all-new Game of the Year Edition. Sid Meier's Civilization V: Game of the Year Edition is the fifth offering in the multi-award winning Civilization strategy game series featuring the famous "just one more turn" addictive gameplay that has made it one of the greatest game series of all time. Included is the newly updated base version of the game and over $40 in bonus and digital content including: Civilization Pack: Babylon, All 4 Cradle of Civilization Map Packs Double Civilization and Scenario Pack: Spain and Inca, Civilization and Scenario Pack: Polynesia, Civilization and Scenario Pack: Denmark - The Vikings, and the Explorers Map Pack!

Features:

• Civilization V Mac introduces hexagon tiles allowing for deeper strategy, more realistic gameplay and stunning organic landscapes for players to explore as they expand their empire.
• The brand new engine orchestrates a spectacular visual experience featuring fully animated leaders interacting with players from a screen-filling diplomatic scene and speaking in their native language for the first time.
• Successful diplomacy will depend on players carefully managing relationships with other leaders, trading items and land, plying them with gold, and deciding if they are friend or foe.
• Expanded visuals and immersive audio invite would-be kings to take up the reigns of power and forge a mighty empire. Civilization V Mac offers a limitless variety of vast, realistic and diverse landscapes for players.
• An intuitive interface eases both new players and Civ veterans into the game. Guided by a set of trusted advisors who will explain game functionality and provide counsel for significant decisions.
• Wars between empires feel massive as armies dominate the landscape, and combat is more exciting and intense than ever before.
• The addition of ranged bombardment allows players to fire weapons from behind the front lines, challenging players to develop clever new strategies to guarantee victory on the battlefield.
• Write your own epic story each time you play. Choose one of eighteen historical civilizations to lead from the stone-age to the space age on your quest to build the world's most powerful empire.

Just..one..more..turn!

Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings is the first expansion pack for Civilization V - the critically acclaimed 2011 Mac Game of the Year. This robust expansion covers the entire scope of time from founding your first Pantheon of the Gods and spreading religion across the world, to deploying your spies in enemy cities in order to steal information and technology. As you move through the ages, youll interact with new types of city-states, engage in new city-state quests and global competitions, and master exciting new systems for land and naval combat. Civilization V: Gods and Kings will also include nine new civilizations, nine new wonders, three original scenarios, and dozens of new units, buildings, and techs that will offer even more ways for players to expand their empire and dominate the world.

• Expanded Epic Game: The core game experience has been greatly expanded with the addition of 9 new civilizations, new technologies, 27 new units, 13 new buildings, and 9 new Wonders.
• Religion: A righteous people will seek out Faith to found a Pantheon of the Gods. As your Faith becomes stronger, you can cultivate Great Prophets who build on these simple beliefs to create a religion that you can customize and enhance as desired.
• Enhanced Diplomacy and Espionage: Establish embassies at foreign courts for closer ties (or clandestine operations).
• Naval Combat: Your navy is now split into two different ship types, melee and ranged. This means that no coastal city should be considered safe, and can now fall to a surprise naval attack.
• World Domination: The fight for world domination is now more dynamic than ever before. The Gods and Kings expansion features a reworked combat system and AI that puts more emphasis on a balanced army composition.

STEAM Client required for activation.

Requires the base game Sid Meier's Civilization V to activate.

NOTICE: DLC only compatible with the base game from Steam.

The Wonders of the Ancient World Scenario Pack adds three new wonders to Sid Meiers Civilization V: The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Statue of Zeus, and the Temple of Artemis. Each of these early wonders brings powerful benefits to the civilization which can construct them!

• The Wonders of the Ancient World Scenario is a race between civilizations at the dawn of time. Each Civilization is competing to be the greatest builder of Wonders of the Ancient World. Play as one of the five civilizations and leave an indelible mark on history, or fade away into the dust of the past!

STEAM Client required for activation.

Requires the base game Sid Meier's Civilization V to activate.

NOTICE: DLC only compatible with the base game from Steam.

• Supported OS: Mac OS X
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core) - 2.4ghz
• RAM: 2 GB
• Hard Disk: 8 GB
• Video Card: Radeon HD2600 or Geforce 8600
• Additional Requirements: Requires Sid Meier's Civilization V to be installed**

The Korea Civilization and Scenario Pack brings you both the Korea Civilization and the new Scenario: The Samurai Invasion of Korea, to further enhance your Civilization V experience. Rule the world as Sejong, King of the Choson Dynasty, with your invincible Turtle Ships and Hwacha artillery!

• The great warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi has unified Japan. To keep his Samurai busy, his eye now turns west to Korea. Will he be able to expand his empire? Or will Korea's Chinese allies arrive in time? Play as one of four Civilizations: Korea, China, Manchuria, or Japan.
• The fourth king of the Choson Dynasty of Korea, and considered by many to be the greatest king in Korean history. His reign was marked by his deep care for his peoples welfare and his encouragement of sciences and technology. He is credited with the creation of the Korean written language.

STEAM Client required for activation.

Requires the base game Sid Meier's Civilization V to activate.

NOTICE: DLC only compatible with the base game from Steam.

• Supported OS: Mac OS X
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core) - 2.4ghz
• RAM: 2 GB
• Hard Disk: 8 GB
• Video Card: Radeon HD2600 or Geforce 8600
• Additional Requirements: Requires Sid Meier's Civilization V to be installed**