Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, IPad)

[ZombieHorde]

I play the PS3 version.

Civ = The Sid Meier's Civilization franchise
CivRev = Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

Brief overview for those who have never plaid any Civ game.

The Civ games involve turn based nation building, and possible war mongering.

You pick a civilization; e.g., Zulu, Greece, America, Mongolia, Japan, Aztec, etc. Each civilization has five special abilities. CivRev has 16 civilizations to choose from.

Then you begin with a city or a settler, depending on difficulty. Settlers begin new cities. Then you control how your city develops, and handles natural resources. As your city grows, you can make new cities, or take other civilization's cities through military might or cultural influence.

There are four ways to win. Taking over all of the other civilization's capitals through military might. Develop a certain amount of culture and build the United Nations. Accumulate a certain amount of money and build the World Bank. Build a space station and travel to Alpha Centauri.

Differences between the normal Civ games and CivRev.

CivRev is a gutted version of regular Civ. For example:
~You no longer make workers, you simply get one per population.
~Special resources only add a bonus to one of the five "stats;" money, science, food, culture, and production.
~Less things to develop and build.
~Less options when negotiating with other civilizations.

In exchange for less options and control, the game's length is dramatically cut short. CivRev can be beaten in about four hours, as opposed to multiple days. This may be bad for many Civ fans, but this is great for those who are busy. You can put your kids to bed, and play a full game of Civilization before you go to bed.

Disclaimer: I have not played the latest Civ game or two, so the following additions may be in all current civ games.
~You can combine three like units (warriors, battleships, archers, etc.) into an army. Armies have triple attack and defense, and dramatically speed up game play.
~There are spy units. Spies can sneak into cities and either steal money, kidnap a great person, destroy a random building, reset production on current project, or decrease defenses by 50% for one turn. Using spies on your allies does not anger them.

I love CivRev because I don't have a lot of video game time, but Civ fans who have a lot of time will probably prefer the regular versions.

Other Features

~Online multiplayer
~A bunch of "scenarios." Scenarios have special rules, beginnings, or weird maps. You can download new scenarios from psn.
~"Game of the Week" Each week, a new, single player map is prepared for everyone to accesses online. You choose your civilization and the difficulty. Game of the Week games have leader boards. I have not done this yet.

CivRev is definitely one of my favorite PS3 games. Check it out if you long for Civ, but are short on time. But if you have lots of time and love long Civ games, then stay away far away from CivRev.

[Ohio Joe]

1. It does indeed lack the depth of PC Civ games

But it is still an addictive and fun game and they have supported it with lots of free maps.

[bluedigger]

2. Good report.

I haven't tried CivRev. Now I know what it's about.


I got lots of time.:rofl:

[JonLP24]

3. I only played CivRev

I read that because it is on a console, that there are things you can't do on that, but can do on a PC. On the flip side, there are things you can do on CivRev, that you can't do on a PC.

I only played CivRev so I'm not sure what they are referring to exactly but you're right you can go through it pretty quickly. It is longer when you set the difficulty up.