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Civilization Revolution

First seen: 15 february 2008

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Best Price: 27.99 USD

  • User Score (22)
    8.0 8.0 from 22 reviewers
  • Expert Score (47)
    8.2 8.2 from 47 reviewers
  • Gameplay (15)
    8.7 8.7 from 15 reviewers
  • Graphics (18)
    7.5 7.5 from 18 reviewers
  • Sound (16)
    7.4 7.4 from 16 reviewers
  • Storyline (2)
    9.0 9.0 from 2 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (4)
    8.2 8.2 from 4 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • more tactical sessions, quick games or longer, profound gameplay, quirky graphic style, the promise of dlc
  • initial befuddlement, need for pizzazz, losing whole afternoons playing, no build queue, slightly disappointing graphics

Civilization Revolution

Civilization Revolution is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Firaxis and published by 2K Games. It was released for PlayStation 3 on June 13, 2008 in PAL region; and July 8, 2008 in North America. It enables single-player and multiplayer modes. It was rated as PG by BBFC, E10+ by ESRB and PG by OFLC.

Features

The revolution enables players to name geographical feature such as a mountain range, plains, or rivers by random. In order to achieve victory, players…

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Civilization Revolution

Civilization Revolution is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Firaxis and published by 2K Games. It was released for PlayStation 3 on June 13, 2008 in PAL region; and July 8, 2008 in North America. It enables single-player and multiplayer modes. It was rated as PG by BBFC, E10+ by ESRB and PG by OFLC.

Features

The revolution enables players to name geographical feature such as a mountain range, plains, or rivers by random. In order to achieve victory, players has to achieve one of the elements which are cities domination, which players capture all the civilizations’ capital cities but do not need to destroy of capture every city; culture, which can be gained from obtaining a total of 20 great persons, wonders, and/or converted cities in any combination, and build the United Nations wonder; economic, which can be achieved by acquiring 20,000 gold and build the World Bank wonder; and technological as players be the first to reach Alpha Centauri. As the player’s civilization is nearing one of the victory conditions, all other civilizations will declare war on them in an attempt to delay or stop them from winning. The game starts with one player enables to control one of 16 different civilizations, each with a different leader. Each civilization starts the game with a different special bonus that can be a technology, a Great Person, or a special ability. As the game advanced, the civilizations also obtain new abilities when they reach a specific number of technologies. In a given game each civilization can have up to four bonuses that vary from civilization to civilization. In multiplayer mode, it features match making and ranked games for up to four players (in free-for-all, one-on-one, and two-on-two team battle modes).

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  • Reviews of Civilization Revolution

  1. Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution - PS3

    Reviewer: Pocket Lint
    25 June 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Whether or not you find the streamlined idea of Civilization Revolution intriguing, fans of console-based strategy titles deserve to give this one a go. It has enough to keep you hooked, but not too much that you ever feel overwhelmed, or need to spend a week simply learning the game’s mechanics. Toss in a fantastic online multiplayer option, and Revolution immediately becomes the best console-based strategy title on the market. Long time fans might baulk at the idea... Read more

  2. Reviewer: PLAY
    25 June 2008
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    Firaxis must be commended for what could’ve been a very clunky or patronising console port. Instead, the series’ depth and spirit has been encapsulated in an addictive and appropriate PS3 package. Read more

  3. Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

    Reviewer: Gamecell
    16 August 2008
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    I must admit that despite playing a lot in the past, recently RTS just haven’t ‘done it for me’, PC RTS come with huge manuals or PDFs and the menus are often incomprehensibly overcomplicated requiring you to learn and identify 50 different icons before you can so much as move a soldier or build a city. Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution has no such pitfalls, it plays a fine game, a fun game, and may well convert RTS-curious to the genre. For console gamers... Read more

  4. Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

    Reviewer: Gamesmonster
    24 February 2009

    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 from the ground up for console and handheld systems delivering graphics gameplay and controls that take full advantage of the hugely popular gaming platforms.... Read more

  5. Civilization Revolution

    Reviewer: CVG
    11 August 2008

    If you go online with your PlayStation 3, you have a wealth of options available to you. Well, a few. Okay, so you usually have just the one option and that's running around a small arena ramming the business end of your shotgun down your enemy's throats while crying about lag and half-thinking of jumping to the Quit Match option as you'll know you'll never steal the lead that pwnedurmom69 has built up. Okay, okay, so the likes of MotorStorm, Skate et al have been... Read more

  1. Civilization Revolution

    Reviewer: blu3man, MyPS3
    26 July 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    As a child in high school, I have memories of playing civilization after school. Saved on floppy disk and carried over weeks of conflicts into our cyber world of domination. These days, we have advanced miniature mainframe consoles in our lounge room most likely capable of calculating doomsday. That being said, an emulation of it is just as extremely cool. The idea of conquering the world from my TV, advancing my civilization into the modern age and sending tanks at a... Read more

  2. Sid Meiers Civilization Revolution

    Reviewer: Boomerang Video Game Rental Online
    7 August 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    The game looks beautiful, with characters well rendered and animated. However, the game tends to hang when loading these characters, and the mumbling speech get irritating very quickly. In terms of game play, people who have not played Civ before or find the PC version too complex will enjoy this throroughly, however, fans of the original series will be frustrated by the missing elements (control over city resoure use, making demands of other civilisations, building... Read more

  3. Civilization Revolution

    Reviewer: Oliver W., Metacritic
    19 August 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    At its core, civ rev is a fun game, yet its lack a depth ultimately holds it back from its true potential. Fans of strategy games will enjoy this iterration of Sid Meier, yet its clear its target audience is the casual crowd. Read more

  4. Endless Replay Value, First Must Have for PS3!

    Reviewer: PriceGrabber
    11 August 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    After countless hours playing and months for reflection, for me, this game stands on par with Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and GTA: Vice City as the top PS games of all time. Castlevania as the audiovisual pinnacle of the side-scroller. Vice City for perfecting the sandbox and demonstrating how a top-notch soundtrack can take a game to another level. Finally Civ: Rev for bringing a whole new genre, turn-based strategy to consoles. Sid Meier's team has stripped... Read more

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