Civilization 4 vs 5 Summer Sale Recommendation

Cheaper? Then just go for civ3.

And I'm not sure if Civ4 better, but Civ5 still has expansions and such added to it.

mods? well civ5 has steam workshop support.

contra 4: giant stack of doom.

Yep, I bought 5 a while ago for that reason alone.

Well, that's just like your opinion man. How about telling us why you think Civ4 is better than 5? I just bought Civ5 Gold anyways. No matter which way you slice it, a Civ game will always be a great game, and a bane to your sleep and coffee stash.

For me, it seemed like Civ 5 kind of glossed over a lot of the interesting features that I enjoyed in 4 in favour of being more streamlined! Although that isn't necessarily a bad thing for everyone, and to be fair I enjoyed Civ 5 a lot anyway... :P

Oh this argument has been going on since Civ5 was released. Everyone knows Civ 4 is better..... :D

I've been playing only Civ V, bought all the expansions . Look I don't want to argue, but people say that with the new expansion known as "Brave New World" it even tops Civ IV.

If you ask me, than it's simply one of the Greatest Games In Human History.

I vote for Civ 2. I own retail version and it is awesome.

It's obvious that Civ4 is better but Civ5 Gods&Kings with slightly different mechanics is surely worth checking out.

I like both. They are completely different games to be honest. I prefer 5, but 4 is still a great game

I bought Civ V and Civ III (I played it before and I like having games also on Steam; it's pretty awesome though, graphics are awesomely old)

Imma let you finish but Civ V has cards, which makes it better than Civ IV by default.

civ 5 is easier and prettier on the newcomer, so it can sell better and appeal more people than 4
other than that, i agree with much of what you said, i mean, if i were to choose one game to go on a deserted island, it would be civ 4. Tough MAFs get annoying sometimes.

With the both expansions, CiV5 is far better than CiV4 in my opinion. Even though only Gods & Kings is needed, I think.

Well, I prefer Civ5 with DLCs because it finally gave my pacifist side something to do at around 400 turn :) .

And it works more smooth thanks to no AI building 100th unit per city to defend it...

But yeah, unless you can get it from Russia I'd say get Civ4 first and wait until Winter Sale for price drop on BNW/Civilization 5 Platinium Edition.

I still prefer V over IV. But that doesn't make it sensible to pay full price for V. And IV is still a fantastic game.