Att banka på grannarna med svärd är inte speciellt civiliserat och ett av målen med expansionen #Beyond the Sword till #Civilization IV är därför att kunna lösa konflikter utan blodsspillan. Både GameSpot och IGN återger sina intryck på nyheterna i varsinn förhandstitt.

The title of Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword has a couple of meanings. The most obvious is that the second expansion for GameSpot's 2005 PC Game of the Year will feature more modern scenarios, whereas the first expansion centered on ancient ones. However, Beyond the Sword will also put more focus on diplomacy and less on warfare. This expansion looks to bring a lot of fundamental changes and enhancements to the core game of Civ IV. So while the goal will be, once again, to guide your civilization through history, you'll have a bunch of new tools with which to do so.