Vassal status renders some benefits to the master country (territory access, happiness.) but can also allow earlier ending of hostilities and setting up buffer states between you and longer-term enemies.Īll in all, there's not a whole lot you couldn't live without if you stayed with the original and passed on the upgrade. You can negotiate peaceful vassal status or force it on an enemy civ via Capitulation during cease fire negotiations. And, last but not least, the warlord feature includes the possibility of attaching to naval units, so even though it's called a Great General it can be made into a seagoing warlord, to correct that glaring lack of admirals in the base game.Ī Vassal relationship has been added to the diplomacy. A Great General can also be spent to erect a military academy or become a super specialist that gives all units created in a city an experience bonus. The attached unit also gets free upgrades for the rest of the game, a nice benefit. The stack in that square then immediately gets 20 experience points to spread promotions around. A Great General unit then can be moved around and converted into a warlord (thus the game's subtitle) by attaching it to a military unit. There are new units, including the trebuchet and the trireme, and new world wonders, including the Temple of Artemis, and the return of the Great Wall.Ī new type of Great Person has been added, the Great General, who can appear after winning a battle. Each have their own new leaders, and there are new leaders for some of the original civs, such as Churchill and Stalin. There are six new civilizations to lead (new to this fourth edition, that is): the Carthaginians and the Celts, the Koreans and the Zulu, the Vikings and the Ottomans. Building the Stonehenge wonder now gives a free monument in each of your cities. It's replaced in the all-civ construction lists by the monument. The obelisk becomes the Egyptian unique building. Large unit stacks then are much easier to controlĮach civ now has a unique city improvement building. For instance, now you can see thumbnails of all your units in a selected stack at the bottom of the main screen, instead of having to scroll left/right through just a few. The update has small but welcome improvements to the interface.
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