7/31/2008 9:22:12 AM
Technology
Tony
I started playing the new Civilization Revolution and I have to say it's terribly addictive. I dropped it in the x-box at 9:00 last night and didn't put down the controller until I won a "Cultural Victory" at 1:00 AM. The last time I played a new game that long was Mortal Kombat II for super nintendo.
For fans of the Civilization series this version is a little dumbed down - which is great in my opinion. I stopped being interested in Civ back at Civ 3 which was so caught up in establishing trade routes and other minutia that the game just wasn't fun. They've gotten back to basics while introducing a lot of new features which are fun, instead of tedious.
Being a nerd, i focused my civilization on technology which proved to be a good strategy. One cannon army can march through a country still using bows.
Oh, and I can't stress the importance of roads between your cities. Build your first few cities far apart from each other and then build roads between them. Each road segment counts as one move which can be a huge distance. This lets you get your military units where they need to be quickly.
If I had to ask for one feature, it would be a "end turn" option even if you haven't moved all of your pieces. Quite often I found myself telling 5 armies to "wait for one turn" just so I could get the end turn option to show up.
8.5 / 10 - Great overall, a few annoyances
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