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It's a human ant colony!

The Settlers 4: Gold Edition, a charming civilization-building strategy classic true to its roots and full of micro-managing goodness, is available on GOG.com for only $9.99.

Looking at an anthill one can't help to admire the excellent workflow managment the little insects so effortlessly achieve. Something that's entirely out of reach for any human corporation, community, nor army comes absolutely natural to them. Every ant seems to know its exact place in the big scheme and in any given moment it does exactly what it's supposed to be doing. Now imagine, that it's not an anthill you're looking at, but a human settlement, and it's not the insect hive mind in control but you. Kind of makes you drunk with power, right? Well snap out of it, cause the ominous Dark Tribe is coming to obliterate everything that's good in your realm and it's up to you to lead the Romans, Mayans, Vikings, and Trojans in the struggle against the invader.

The Settlers 4: Gold Edition is everything you would expect from a Settlers game and more! The brilliant mechanics of managing and expanding your settlements by the hands of little virtual villagers are still there, as enjoyable as ever. This time, however, the game comes with a number of useful tweaks such as a seamless zoom feature giving you better overview of your realm. This installment offers higher resolution support so that game can be more detailed than ever. The Gold Edition comes with two expansions: The Trojans and the Elixir of Power, adding another playable nation and its campaign, and a Mission CD with a great selection of scenarios and a random map generator. With this edition, there can be no end to your fun with your tiny obedient subjects.

If you like the Settlers series you simply can't miss this title. If you're not familiar with it, The Settlers 4: Gold Edition is a perfect entry point to the Settlers universe, available for only $9.99 on GOG.com.
Nice! :)
I've never played a Settlers game, but I may reconsider it after looking at some of the screens and the info on this. I'll most certainly do some research on it, because it looks pretty cool to me. :)
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Theta_Sigma: I've never played a Settlers game, but I may reconsider it after looking at some of the screens and the info on this. I'll most certainly do some research on it, because it looks pretty cool to me. :)
Agreed, I have heard great things and this looks like a rather good version of it.

Keep up with adding the old games, GOG!
Full list of Add-ons and Expansions of The Settlers IV:

Add-on: The Settlers IV Mission CD
Expansion: The Settlers IV: The Trojans and the Elixir of Power
Add-on: Die Siedler IV: Die Neue Welt (The Settlers IV: The New World - only German language)
Add-on: Die Siedler IV: Große Feldzüge (The Settlers IV: Community Pack - only German language)
Post edited July 18, 2013 by Tranquil.Suit
cool more settlers is always good.
I've never played anything past Settlers 2, are the newer games any good?

Edit: That video appears to be one of the LEAST informative videos I have ever witnessed...
Post edited July 18, 2013 by htown1980
Nice addition but what about the original 'The Settlers' that I used to play on my Amiga? (which was apparently called 'Serf City: Life is Feudal' in the states - weird!) It'd be nice to play that again...
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htown1980: I've never played anything past Settlers 2, are the newer games any good?
You could say that S4 is the last real Settlers game.
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Theta_Sigma: I've never played a Settlers game, but I may reconsider it after looking at some of the screens and the info on this. I'll most certainly do some research on it, because it looks pretty cool to me. :)
I really really like them. I currently own The Settlers: Heritage of Kings, The Settlers: Rise of an Empire and The Setttlers: Paths to a Kingdom and have gotten boatloads of hours of enjoyment out of them.

Plus, to say I paid $7 for a bootleg copy of Paths to a Kingdom, I'd say the GOG version of Settlers 4 is an excellent deal :) Wishlisted for now as my backlog is huge, but it will be a definite buy for me soon.
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Settlers II is still the best of all of them, never played the first one I think it's a DOS game.

Also, massive decline that GOG seems to have regressed to only releasing 2 games a week.
I should probably insta-buy this.

But does the multiplayer still work? Says single-player on the gamecard.
That release made me realize that I never played Settlers 4, somehow I missed this one back in the days.
Looks like better Settlers 3, how wrong I'm? :)
Post edited July 18, 2013 by Trid
Awesome. IIRC I enjoyed this one more than Settlers 3 (also I totally forgot that Settlers 3 has already been on GOG for a while >.<). Now if GOG could only release the original game. It's the one I want most. :P
Post edited July 18, 2013 by F4LL0UT
Wow, Settlers 4 had two expansions?

I guess I'll have to buy it ASAP.