Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution on PS3

Something New?

Talsar from Vulcan [Highly rated reviewer] , 24/07/2008

Well if you are like me and have been craving Keyboard/Mouse support for console Strategy Games, Is Civilization Revolution the answer? Well yes and no! The game has had most of its guts removed (from Civilization four), which is not necessary a bad thing. However personally I found they have removed too much from the advancements they have made since Civilization two. Don't get me wrong I am aware why they have done so, it was to allow the game to work with the controller, as you can now group soldiers/warriors into armies (nice touch), but the whole diplomacy side seems to have its guts removed too, I never thought I would say this usually playing Civilization as a War Morgerer, but it is a shame. It is like - Lets make peace, the Civs go 'Yea!!! Have a little dance' all the time, no negotiation. There is also no leader traits from Civilization Four, for example if you were trying to make a treaty with Neapolitan you knew eventually he would attack you as that is what his character is like. Do I like the Game? Well I love all the last Civilization titles, so yes! But I do wish they would have retained more of the guts. It is commonly known that they removed the guts and made the game easy to finish in 3 to 6 hours, because it was built for 360 and Wii with no Hard Drive - so no saves, shame whem the PS3 has hard drive as standard!. They should have had two sections to the game one for epic battles (saves) and quick game (no saves) .... You won't have your Epic 60+ hour PC battles here..... Shame!. Giving it 5 stars as it is easy to control and still very very enjoyable title.

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Great, But not classic civ!

solviva from Bury [Highly rated reviewer] , 20/06/2008

As a fan of the original civilization games on the pc, I decided to see how its new console version fared. The graphics are bright and neat and the animations are good and The games retains all the core civilization features. However, the game has been scaled down for a quicker experience. The maximum players on one map is four. The reduced tech tree will take you an hour or two only to get through. and the cramped map makes diplomacy redundant in favour of war. That said If you wantg a quick fix of civ, rather than the depth of the pc, this is your game!

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Not Good enough

A customer from Oldham , 19/09/2008

While the graphics were nice and 'pretty', the gameplay leaves a lot to be desired. The last Civ game i played was Civ2 on the pc and it was by far a better version of the game and that was over 10 years ago. Were's the movie's cut scenes when you build a wonder? Were has the rest of the technology advances gone?

I noticed that this game was written in 1080p as well so i thought they could have done a lot better with it.

Not good enough!!

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addictive

A customer from Solihull , 27/10/2008

I agree with the other folks here. Although still highly addictive 'one more turn and I swear I'm going to bed' turn based strategy - which I love. They took a little too much out of it in order to dumb it down for console audience. However if you like Turn Based Strategy games like I do it would be a shame to miss on this one as it's still very good.

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Great, But not classic civ!

solviva from Bury [Highly rated reviewer] , 20/06/2008

As a fan of the original civilization games on the pc, I decided to see how its new console version fared. The graphics are bright and neat and the animations are good and The games retains all the core civilization features. However, the game has been scaled down for a quicker experience. The maximum players on one map is four. The reduced tech tree will take you an hour or two only to get through. and the cramped map makes diplomacy redundant in favour of war. That said If you wantg a quick fix of civ, rather than the depth of the pc, this is your game!

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A average game

A customer from London , 29/11/2008

This game is good at the beginning when you are declaring war and launching attacks on barbarians. As you progress you encounter impossible enemies who won't be defeated. Also the fiddly controls make it extremely difficult to navigate around the map. Also the fact that every five seconds a blabbering fool talking utter rubbish steps onto the screen.

An alright game.

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