Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Comments by Alec Meer

"I feel so sorry for the PC losers like Gene, Bonker, etc....their beige box is going out of fashion and loosing money, and with this and Endwar, they can't even hold on to RTS as the last bastion that they had. "

Er, didn't read my post very well did you?

I'm bemoaning the fact that the 360 catalogue is totally chavved up, i.e. one braindead & competitive game after another such that I haven't booted my 360 up in months.

I was querying whether I should *start* playing PC games (I've never played a game on a PC) as a way of getting to some intelligent gaming ...

PC's are here to stay.. the future (eg 10-15 years) might see a total redesign, but people talking about the PC's death in the next 2-3 years dont know what they are talking about. Its been said many times before and proven wrong every time.

Anyway back to the game, just picked it up from Blockbuster for the PS3, cant wait to play it, need to do some work first though :)

EG's reviews neglects to mention how the endgame fares on the console. Are you micromanging everything as one does in the PC version? And is that fun? Yes we learn that things are speeded up but that's not enough info. Civ is always fun at the beginning when you have 3 cities and 6 troops, but what about later? I didnt think this was an insightful review and it seemed rushed, sorry EG.

See this board has died down now all the trolls thankfully appeared to have fkd off elsewhere but for those of you flicking through to get a flavour of what Civ Rev is like, well no complaints from me so far some 3 weeks after release!

If you are a hardened Civ players then yes the world may seem a little small, yes it’s quicker to complete a cycle than Civ 2, for example. Is it any less fun for that? Not for me!

Who wants hearty steak and chips every day when a lite-bite of pure deliciousness is available as an alternative?

Again hardened Civ players may be disappointed with its length but for a person with less and less time for gaming (thank you damn mortgage!) this fits the bill perfectly.

Anyone who doesn’t think the idea of Ghandi wielding a nuke is amusing can go play COD4 a little while longer. Those of us who appreciate intelligent gaming on a fkn console of all things (!!) must try this out.

The Snake

I don't know if it's been mentioned (or announced) but I'd really expect to see new leaders and (maybe) religion come in DLC packs or (we can hope) free patches. If there's no plans to bring new leaders, why would they have any included at all? Queen Elizabeth doesn't represent GB any more than Churchill would, so why give each civilization a face that really has no specific purpose? I'd like to see new leaders with character-specific bonuses in a DLC pack.