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Civilization Revolution offers players a chance to experience the epic empire-building world of Civilization in an all new accessible, visually immersive, and action-packed world specifically designed for the console and handheld gamer.
Delivering Civilization’s renowned epic single-playerCivilization Revolution offers players a chance to experience the epic empire-building world of Civilization in an all new accessible, visually immersive, and action-packed world specifically designed for the console and handheld gamer. Delivering Civilization’s renowned epic single-player campaigns featuring vast re-playability and unmatched addictive gameplay as well as revolutionary features like real-time interaction with leaders and advisors, extensive multiplayer capabilities and integrated video and voice chat, it transports the Civilization series to a level of gameplay that fans have never seen before. Some of the key features that resonate with fans of strategy games and the Civilization franchise include 16 civilizations to master and lead to victory, an array of famous historical leaders to play as or compete against, and accessible maps and streamlined time scale for quicker games, intense combat, and constant action. In online multiplayer mode, players compete for world conquest and glory among their peers as they battle in teams, head-to-head or epic free-for-all matches.
In addition, auto-matching, ranked games, leaderboards, achievements, downloadable extra content and integrated video and voice chat make the online play more versatile and fun than any previous version of Civilization and will allow players to see where they stand against the competition. Finally, the position of ruler of the world can be settled online. [2K Games]… Expand
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Subtle, hugely addictive and massively fun, this is a rare strategy title that manages to be as accessible as it is deep.
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This title’s greatest accomplishment is simply in delivering the full Civilization Revolution experience on Nintendo’s handheld.
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The premiere of Civilization on the NDS has been successful and lives up to my expectations. Even this small-scale version of Civilization Revolution pleases, although “Civilization lite” would have been a better title. Gamer who liked the PC-version, will miss the complexity and amount of features. Nevertheless, the concept of the game is able to ignite the spark.
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Civilization passed a “pocket examination”. Another platform conquered Civ is addictive as usual and brings to all players an extremely deep and variable strategic experience without any excuses. [Sept 2008]
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Nearly everything has been stripped right back to accommodate the faster gameplay. [Issue#26, p.68]
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Compelling and addictive.
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Civilization Revolution is great fun on the DS. It’s quite refreshing to see that the developers weren’t overly ambitious with trying to push the limited hardware too hard, and it’s even better to see it all come together so well.
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It’s not the flashy computer version we all know and love — but at the heart, it’s portable civ at it’s finest.
It’s It’s not the flashy computer version we all know and love — but at the heart, it’s portable civ at it’s finest. It’s quick, it’s addictive, and it’s great fun! Those of you who’ve never played the franchise — it’s Advance wars with city building/resource management. It’s a lot of substance and the wifi and multiplayer options are great. ENDLESS REPLAY.… Expand-
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Game is good, but graphics be ugly. i am love the civilization: revolution.
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Nice version of Civ for on the go.
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Man, finally! A strategy game where I don’t have to kill everything in order to win! THANK-YOU SID MEIER! Anyways, brilliant game, withMan, finally! A strategy game where I don’t have to kill everything in order to win! THANK-YOU SID MEIER! Anyways, brilliant game, with excellent AI, and great game modes as well. Not the best game I’ve ever played (that would be CTR) but certainly the one that I’ve been most addicted to.… Expand
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On the Nintendo DS, there are several turn-based strategy games, but few offer as much complexity and randomness as Civilization Revolution.
On the Nintendo DS, there are several turn-based strategy games, but few offer as much complexity and randomness as Civilization Revolution. In Civilization, you play as a nation and then must expand your territory and explore new lands. Along the way you make alliances and treaties with the other nations you encounter.
One fantastic reason why this game is so much fun is that each game is randomised so you never know which nations you’ll encounter. This keeps the excitement going as you have no idea what kinds of opponents you will face. The maps are also random, with some being a giant continent but other maps being several small islands.
While each nation starts out equal in terms of basic resources, different nations have access to different bonuses. For example, as the Romans you get half price roads and as the Zulu nation you get stronger warrior units at the start.
All of these bonuses are fairly small but there are other bonuses later on which change the game in more substantial ways.
There are also different choices of religion for the nation, for example with Democracy you cannot start a war but your nation gets a food and science bonus.
When you’ve uncovered all the map and you research more technology, the AI becomes more aggressive and will sometimes attempt to start wars with you. At this point in the game things get pretty complex and intense with cities getting captured left and right, as well as constant negotiations for peace or the AI demanding knowledge to call a cease fire. These constant talks are an annoyance and they cannot be turned off. It’s a shame such a great system has no way of stopping the AI from bombarding you with blackmail attempts.
Regardless, it’s an enjoyable game with tons of units, a lot of strategy and many different ways to win.… Expand
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This is an excellent Nintendo DS game.
It plays exactly how you would imagine a civilization game for the DS to play. The graphics are simple This is an excellent Nintendo DS game. It plays exactly how you would imagine a civilization game for the DS to play. The graphics are simple (as they should be) and the gameplay is simple as well.… Expand-
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Since I played this according to my 3dsxl over 120 hours, I guess it’s a good game. I made a little booklet for it, to denote my high scores.
Since I played this according to my 3dsxl over 120 hours, I guess it’s a good game. I made a little booklet for it, to denote my high scores. I won on the easiest diffi settings with every civ; but on King I only managed one or two races.
The problem is that it doesn’t retain high scores however, which is a very sore miss, hence the aforementioned need to write down your own highscores.
Each civ race/diff has 4 win conditions, but 3 come down to the same actually, when you are dominant you can create either a cult or mil or tech victory without any problem. I never had to race any other civ to alpha centauri, should be fun.A few minor gripes:
(-) you can’t play Earth. World is random every time. Even civ 1 had this option.
(-) you can’t select land size. Even civ 1 had this option.
(-) no hi scores. Even civ 1 had this option.
(-) There was a Game of the week, but Nintendo bastards closed it down; it was fun back then.
(-) on lower settings the best way to win is via tank armies, works every single time.
(-) you can’t queue build programs.
Still, this version is far superior to the unwieldy x360/ps3 crap versions, where you can’t see the tank from the forest.And if you find errors after 1900 like cannot attack, well you played a cracked version, this game has not been cracked, nor will it be, so get a legit copy.… Expand
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Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution DS Review
Civilization Revolution
By Steve Butts
Updated: May 12, 2012 1:48 pm
Posted: Aug 7, 2008 8:11 pm
Sid Meier’s Civilization is easily one of the biggest games on the PC.
We’re not just talking about sales numbers or impact or reputation here; the scope of the actual game itself is so much larger than you find in other PC strategy games. When Firaxis decided to pare things down to adapt the game to the console and handheld platforms, we were a bit worried that it would be like trying to condense The Brothers Karamazov down to a 90-minute TV movie. While the developers have had to make some tough choices about what to cut, they’ve done a remarkable job of retaining some of the complexity and character of Civilization while still fitting the game to the console hardware and audience.
If you’re not familiar with the game, Civilization is a turn-based strategy game where players lead an entire civilization from the Bronze Age to the Space Age. Before the game starts, you’ll pick which of the 16 civilizations you want to lead, and since each civ has its own unique bonuses, you can tailor the game to the way you want to play. After that, you’ll find yourself a single settler and a single warrior unit with no idea of what the rest of the world looks like.
You’ll need to settle your first city and explore the land around with an eye towards your future expansion. Unfortunately, there are a few other civilizations doing the same thing and you’ll eventually find yourself competing for space and resources.
How you handle it depends on the type of empire you’re running. If you’ve built a large production base, you can pump out military units to take away your enemies’ lands. If you’ve developed up a massive trading empire, you can buy off your enemies, or even recruit other civs to do your fighting for you. If you’ve focused on scientific research, you may be able to count on your superior technology to give you an edge over your rivals. You may even have put all your efforts into building one-of-a-kind wonders and recruiting great artists and thinkers in a bid for cultural supremacy. There’s a lot of flexibility in Civilization Revolution and you can explore a wide range of play styles as you reach for one of the game’s varied victory conditions.
Civilization Revolution differs from the PC versions of Civ in a number of ways. Most of the negative effects of expansion and the fine-tuning micromanagement have been eliminated so players can focus on the forward progress of their empire. The scale of the game has been compressed as well. The smallish maps in Civilization Revolution mean you’ll have early contact with your rivals even more competition for resources. This tends to make games run a little more quickly, and you can generally wrap up a game from start to finish in around three hours.
Based on the same game design as the other console versions, Civilization Revolution makes a relatively smooth transition to the DS. The game can conveniently be played using just six buttons and the D-pad but the limited number of inputs is balanced out by smart use of the stylus. It takes a bit of practice to get used to where all the commands are and how they work in practice, but after an hour or so, you should be running your empire without having to worry too much about the interface.
It’s harder to forgive the absence of an in-game Civilopedia. This reference, which is readily available in the PC and other console versions of the game, is sadly missing from much of the DS game so if you find yourself confronting a new unit or having to make a decision about a new building project, you won’t always have a clear idea of what the benefits and costs are. The one saving grace is that the game always makes your combat odds very apparent before you launch an attack. The game is also redeemed by the advisors who pop up from time to time to give you very specific (and helpful) advice on what you should be doing next.
The AI in Civilization Revolution certainly covers a wide range, from naive passivity to ruthless aggression. Newcomers will find the Chieftain level to be a nice way to ease into the game without too much pressure. Hardcore Civ fanatics will find that the higher difficulty levels are simply murderous. While it’s great to have that variety, Civilization Revolution unfortunately fails to provide any sort of middle ground between the two experiences.
Sure, there are multiple difficulty settings here, but the ones in the middle are either much too easy or much too difficult. A lot of the imbalance is due to the attitudes of your rivals rather than your tactics, and you’ll find that it’s not so much that your enemies are fighting smartly but that they’re all fighting you all the time. The AI is particularly quick to launch an all out attack against you if it even gets a whiff that you’re approaching a victory objective.
If you should grow bored of defeating (or being defeated by) the AI, the game offers tremendous wireless and Wi-Fi multiplayer support. Getting into and out of games and setting up options and lobbies is remarkably easy and since turns are taken simultaneously, there’s not usually a lot of down time during a match. If we were to find fault with the multiplayer, it would be that the game doesn’t reveal a civ’s bonuses during the initial selection screen and that you can’t change city orders while waiting for your opponents after you’ve finished your turn.
Given that the DS isn’t able to render the same graphics that we’re seeing on the 360, we’re impressed with what the game’s artists have done. It’s clear that the game isn’t even in the same league as many of the better-looking strategy games on the DS; its overall presentation reminds us of the original Civilization for the PC. Still, the map and the various gameplay elements though somewhat cramped are generally easy to read, so you’re not likely to get lost or confused while you’re playing. The combat animations are well done and add a sense of life to the game but even they fall a bit short of what we’ve seen in other recent strategy titles on the DS.
The sound in Civilization Revolution helps to redeem the overall presentation a bit. The overall music works well to support the mood of the game and the unit effects, though a bit thin, reinforce the action nicely. It’s true that the movement sounds like someone walking around on a bed of crackers but it’s still a nice bit of feedback.
The rival leaders really steal the show here with some truly hilarious, heavily accented Sim-like gibberish.
Civilization Revolution is one of the better strategy titles for the DS and
the only one that delivers the full empire-building experience that
made the series such a hit on the PC. Yes, a number of elements have
been streamlined and simplified, but that makes Civilization Revolution
a stronger game and a better fit for the handheld platform. It falls
somewhat short in a number of key aspects of its presentation,
particularly with regard to the cramped visuals and the occasional lack
of information, but that doesn’t stop it from being one of the more
enjoyable strategy titles we’ve played this year.
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