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| From: 2K Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 44
Platform: Playstation 3
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: Video Game
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Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 37240
UPC: 710425372407
EAN: 0710425372407
ASIN: B000WMEEBC
Release Date: July 8, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Features:
| • | Choose from 16 Civilizations throughout history (from Africa to Germany to America to China) to lead to victory | | • | Triple your strength by combining up to three units into one powerful army and destroy your enemies | | • | Up to four players can battle as teams, head to head, or have a complete free-for-all online | | • | Guided tutorials teach players the necessary tools that will put them on the fast track to global dominance | | • | Custom made for the console |
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Product Description
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution will be the first offering in the legendary Civilization series to appear on next generation consoles and handheld systems. In development by legendary designer Sid Meier and Firaxis Games, this game will deliver Civilization's renowned epic single-player campaigns featuring vast re-playability and unmatched addictive gameplay. In addition, with revolutionary features like real-time interaction with leaders and advisors, extensive multiplayer capabilities and integrated video and voice chat, Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution will completely transport the Civilization series to a level of gameplay that fans have never seen before.
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Experience the Epic World of Civilization Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution? is the latest offering in the legendary award winning Sid Meier's Civilization series of strategy games, featuring the famous "just one more turn" addictive gameplay that has made this one of the greatest game series of all time. Civilization Revolution gives you the opportunity to experience the epic world-building of Civilization in a brand-new way. Designed from the ground up by the legendary Sid Meier and his team at Firaxis, you'll enjoy new graphics, gameplay and control that take full advantage of today's leading gaming platforms. | Key Features
- CHOOSE YOUR CIV - Choose from 16 Civilizations throughout history (from Africa to Germany to America to China) to lead to victory. Each time you defeat a rival civilization you'll add an exhibit to your Hall of Achievements paying homage to your great accomplishments. With so many Civs and Leaders to play, you'll have a new and exciting experience with every game.
- LEAD YOUR CIV - When you choose a Civ play as one of the world's most famous historical leaders (like Abe Lincoln, Otto von Bismarck, and Mao Tse Dong) and compete against the other leaders as you strive to create your own history in this epic game. Each leader will have 4 special abilities giving their Civ unique advantages throughout the ages.
- REAL-TIME INTERACTION - Leaders and advisors will actively communicate with you - even turning and pointing to things in the world as they speak - making the interactions more realistic and engaging than ever before.
- EXPLORE THE WORLD - Your quest to explore and discover will have you traversing the globe in search of long lost relics, rival civs, technologies, barbarians and much more.
- FAST-PACED ACTION - Accessible maps and streamlined time scale will deliver quicker games and constant action.
- INTENSE COMBAT - Triple your strength by combining up to three units into one powerful army and destroy your enemies. When your units win tough battles, they will become veterans and then elites. You can then choose from a list of powerful upgrades that will give elite units even more strength to dominate in war. Your Army will wear a distinct uniform representing your Civilization, so you will easily see them on the screen as you lead them into battle.
The Legacy Hall of Fame Game designer, Sid Meier, has been called "The Father of Computer Gaming" with such early hits as F-15 Stealth Fighter, Railroad Tycoon, and Pirates. He put computer gaming on the map however, in 1991, when he delivered Sid Meier's Civilization to the gaming world launching the "God Game" genre and creating one of the most award winning and addicting games on the planet. Civilization remains one of the world's top selling PC game series with over 8 million units sold and is recognized by the press as one of the greatest game franchises ever created.
In Civilization, players strive to become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age waging war, conducting diplomacy, discovering technologies, going head-to-head with some of history's greatest leaders, and building the most powerful empire the world has ever known.
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution? is the latest offering in the legendary award winning Sid Meier's Civilization series of strategy games, featuring the famous "just one more turn" addictive gameplay that has made this one of the greatest game series of all time. Civilization Revolution has been designed and built (by the legendary Sid Meier and his team at Firaxis) from the ground up for console and handheld systems delivering graphics, gameplay and controls that take full advantage of the hugely popular gaming platforms. Civilization Revolution is a watershed game offering players a chance to experience the epic empire building world of Civilization in a whole new way - in an accessible, visually immersive, fast paced, action-packed world that gamers crave. | 
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 Fun, but not as deep as other Civ games July 23, 2008
I think of this game as "Civ Light". It lacks much of the depth of other Civ games, and seems designed to be easier and faster to play. Some examples: the map is very small, and you have no control over the map size or type. You no longer build roads square by square, but instead create them instantly (for large amounts of money) and only between cities. There are no railroads (roads now act much like railroads).
In terms of gameplay, because the map is so small, it tends to feel very crowded -- you'll run into multiple civilizations early on, not too far from where your own settlers begin. Often the whole map will have only one major continent. As a result, it's pretty much a scramble to grab as much of this meager territory as you can early in the game. Then, once you develop a single tank army (by building and combining three tanks), you can pretty much take any city with it, and just walk around the map mopping up. So there is definitely a difficult mid-game phase where you risk losing cities to attacks or culture, but after that there's a pretty long clean-up phase where your win is inevitable.
It's still fun, but as a more shallow game, the fun is likely to wear off a lot sooner than it would with the older, deeper versions of Civ. Still, even a shallow Civ is better than no Civ, so I'm happy to see that it's come to new game systems.
Flawed but still engrossing July 22, 2008
There is no getting away from the fact this version of Civilization is dumbed down compared with the great games from its heritage. It also has plenty of flaws including its control system, overall depth and graphical performance (jerkiness and slow scrolling speeds). Having said that, I'm totally hooked. Strategy games are my favorite genre and in the absence of any decent strategy games so far for the PS3, this is a breath of fresh air from all the racing games and first-person shooters that otherwise dominate on the platform. For anyone looking for something different on the PS3 and can accept the games minor annoyances, take a look. If you are a die-hard civilization fan then you might find this a little difficult to swallow - maybe stick to the PC versions.
 Very sad... July 22, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I so wanted to like this game, been a Civ fan for years. I've been trying to like it for two weeks now, but it is horrible. Poor game play, insipid and annoying. Not really Civ at all... it's more like a description of Civ given by Ritalin deprived forth grader as a book report, except a forth grader would imagine better game play. Also, $60 for this... really?! A very sad turn for Civ.
Hours of Fun for my Family! July 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We started playing Civ on the Playstation 1 version and never got into playing on the computer. With that as a reference, we love the new Civ. Some of the stream lined items are great... Roads are quick and easy, ships come with crew which can explore, bonuses are awesome. These items take some of the redundancy away. The city graphics are nice as well as the terrain. Ease of movement, and easy access to city screens and diplomacy are also very appreciated. And we get to play on our High Def TV while in the comfort of our living room.
I have read a lot about length of play. My husband has put 6 hours into his Chieftain (easiest level) game and I have already played for an hour. Perhaps we are more thorough than some, but this is not a two hour game for us. Could we have finished faster, sure, but that just takes the fun out. It is also addicting, times just flies by during play. We could easily sit all night and play. The randomness of the game is great for replaying. No two games are the same.
The game is not perfect (what game is?). Some cons we have found are: The map could be bigger, or a choice given on size. Some of the wonders are scaled back a bit too much. There is a glitch in the civopedia with graphics overlapping text, very minor issue. The people speaking gibberish is a bit silly. An option to turn off advisors would be nice, we scaled the their volume down. There is no feature to see the full map.
Overall, I would recommend this game to new players of civ and occasional players like us. As some have said, this may not be a great game for hard core computer players. Keep an open mind with the game and you will have a good time!
 A quick, stripped down version thats is a whole lotta fun! July 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have played this twice already and man alive do i love it! The only complaint I have is that the game ends (approx) 2100 AD...not enough time for Alpha Centuri.
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