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Settlers IV, The pc Game Reviews
Settlers IV, The
Critic Score
Metascore: 74 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.0 out of 10
based on 5 reviews
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The latest in the God Sim series from Blue Byte is a mixture of real-time strategy and management sim, meaning you have to remember to feed your kingdom before moving on and kicking your enemies' butts.

PUBLISHER: Blue Byte
DEVELOPER: Blue Byte
GENRE(S): Real-Time Strategy
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE: July 1, 2001

What The Critics Said

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88
Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
It can easily become a minor obsession - the kind of game that you can constantly dip back into to have a quick fiddle before you leave it for a while.
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80
Spank!
It's the best in the series and possibly one of the best real time strategy games around. However if you own "Settlers III" then this is more like an upgrade than a whole new game.
79
ActionTrip
Certainly the best representative of its series and genre. Its charm will surely attract even the players, which are not too keen on strategies.
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70
IGN
Even with the improved graphics and the addition of some new units and the Dark Tribe, the game just boils down into a repetitive jumble of micro-management that didn't have any really interesting catches or scenarios to keep me hooked.
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67
GameSpy
Like getting the ant farm as a gift four birthdays in a row, the introduction of a "new" Settlers game is becoming a trite, if comfortable, old joke.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Nick M. gave it a 9:
You should get better unique units.

AB B. gave it a 4:
Always the enemies are faster than you and have more resource than you.

Tim T. gave it a 10:
Much better than three, better graphics and new civilizations. A must have for settler 3 people.

Geert-Jan V. gave it a 9:
Beautiful graphics, the zoom function is cool, and the AI is smart. It will respond rather good to your reactions or, toddling around will take initiative. Makes you want to win in all sorts of ways in the same scenarios.

Marco L. gave it a 9:
Nice.. Just plain very nice game.

Bas gave it a 9:
Cool game!

Mario S. gave it a 7:
Nice graphics, sounds, more buildings, but there's not enough action for me.

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