Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Comments by Alec Meer
Reinventing the wheel.
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the_dudefather
11/06/08 @ 08:07
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when is the DS version out?
edit: what he said
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Nice Score.
After playing the pc versions for many years now, the demo was a breath of fresh air for me. I just dont have the time for a "full" game of civ anymore so this fits my lifestyle perfectly. I think a trip to Tesco at lunch time is needed to pick this up :) (or i would if it was out yet lol)
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CannonAnBall
11/06/08 @ 08:33
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Played the demo like the others and loved it. It's pre-ordered and will be a pleasant distraction from the other games in my collection.
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@Xerx3s - of course it will be disappointing if you treat it like proper Civ - it's designed to be all done and dusted in 3 hour games. You simply can't do that with Civ. So for this version there is no AI diplomacy, a tiny tech tree and everyone attacks the highest scoring player. At least now we have the option and they may consider something more advanced for future years, plus the inevitable expansion packs.
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Seems to be about the going score across most reviews and, based on the demo, right on the money. A nice little community is forming in the forums with a lot of us pre-ordering and planning some multiplayer action. One can't help wondering if this is a toe in the water, with possibly the added depth this reviewer was after coming via DLC and/or an expansion pack/sequel.
I hope it does well - much as I love Civilization on the PC I just don't have that kinda time any more, so I'm very much looking forward to this. |
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Kingofnothin
11/06/08 @ 08:57
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Played the Demo and pre-ordered the next day. Great fun and I can't wait to wage war over XBL!
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Kingofnothin
11/06/08 @ 08:57
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Played the Demo and pre-ordered the next day. Great fun and I can't wait to wage war over XBL!
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"i think it's struck the right balance between ease of use, speed of game and complexity, and lounging on my couch playing it on xbox is much more comfy than being hunched over the pc :) "
Agree completely. Strategy games may be best suited for PCs due to mouse/keyboard controls, but I simply don't like sitting in front of my PC to play games and prefer consoles. Glad there's finally a solid strategy game made for consoles and not just a PC game ported over with half-bad controls :) |
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My playtime is sporadic, Xerx3s. What use is a save function if my play sessions are days or weeks apart? :)
I like to be able to sit down and complete something in a few hours nowadays. I do miss the time when I'd be glued to Total War games, or Rise of Nations, or Civ back in the day... but that's just not how I can game any more. It's a shame, but it's my reality and I suspect I'm far from alone in this. |
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"I don't get the "Don't have time for civ" stuff. I play about 2 hours a week. There is a save function you know. :/"
True, but, at least in my case, it's hard to put a good game of Civ out of your head. And my experience is that if I do succeed in doing so, it often means I don't return to the save game at all... ;) I have the same problem with Rome: TW as well. |
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He didnt mean the console save game........
I know what everyone means about having less time, but I still feel like its a bit too dumbed down for me. I am determined to find the time for a proper crack at civ4 - its just been sitting there for months now. And Rise of Nations - hah, I bought that thinking as its real-time I would spend less time playing it than civ - wrong! What a time-sink that thing was! Bloody loved it though ;) |
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"But that makes it so brilliant. You can spend all day thinking out the best strategy."
Totally agree (must be a first! ;) ). But it's a shame if you can't try out your well thought-out strategy at night, or even the next couple of nights. It's not a criticism of the game series, which I think is brilliant (though I typically am one game behind in the series (now still playing III) because since II it happened that I had only played a couple of games on the current version before the next version was released). |
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asphaltcowboy
11/06/08 @ 09:32
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so its basically a civ IV dumbed down for the console 'tards?
So someone absoutely didn't read the review then? Idiot. Anyway, enough pandering to the trolls - looks nice, will play the demo! |
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@Xerx3s
Sure, but there's a lot of state you have to keep in your mind when playing a game like this so if you stop and start you can end up feeling lost. Also, I have a lot of other games to play, using up all my precious gaming time playing 1 campaign of CivIV would be kind of boring: with a 1-3 hour game you have a beginning, middle and end and I can go back to GTAIV or whatever. From the sound of it, the scale of this is just right. I always played militaristic anyway. |
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Played the demo and loved it. I was worried that it would be too cut down and simple, but thats definatly not the case. I enjoy the full games, but its nice to be able to enjoy a more stream lined version without all the hassle. Secretly knew I'd like this with how much I enjoyed the PSone version of Civ II :-)
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HardTimesUK
11/06/08 @ 09:41
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I enjoyed the demo a lot, think I'll pick this up from play or shopto, only around 27 quid! :)
Bargain! |
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Alec,
Your review doesn't seem to mention an intriguing option I noticed on the single player menu of the demo: "Game of the week". If Firaxis can throw interesting scenarios for players the world over to try and excel at, it could keep things fresh for longer. Do you know any more about that option? Wendelius |
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asphaltcowboy
11/06/08 @ 09:54
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@Beano: Where did I say the game was good/rubbish/dumbed-down? I didn't. I said, based on the review, that it looks nice. Gene was clearly trolling as the review explicitly says, and I quote, "This isn't 'dumbed-down'". So next time, please read what I actually wrote and don't be a silly-billy.
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@asphaltcowboy : I'm not getting into the good-or-bad-game debate (I like the demo though) but you called someone else an idiot for having another opinion while in the same post, admitting not having tried the game yourself and basing your opinion on the review which I find very ironic.
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