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Civilization Revolution

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    8.3 8.3 from 55 reviewers
  • Gameplay (19)
    7.6 7.6 from 19 reviewers
  • Graphics (22)
    6.6 6.6 from 22 reviewers
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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…

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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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Pros & Cons

  • quick rounds, balanced combat, huge depth of play, whimsical character animation, compulsive gaming
  • occasional graphical bugs, no world map, balanced combat, slightly disappointing graphics, some visual glitching
  1. Civilization Revolution

    Reviewer: CVG
    29 April 2009

    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

  2. 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

  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. Civilization: Revolution

    Reviewer: Acegamez
    13 July 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
    Gameplay 8
    8.0
    Graphics 8
    8.0
    Sound 8
    8.0
    Storyline 8
    8.0
     

    Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution may not be world beating but in the land of the consoles it's certainly a march in the right direction. It presents a solid, fairly streamlined experience that's accessible to console players while still providing an engaging layer of depth. Playing with friends, as with most games, seems to be its lasting legs, as the standard single player affair is a fairly limited experience. No unique content is provided in the sit-alone sessions... Read more

  5. 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

  1. Sid Meiers Civilization Revolution

    07 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

  2. Civilization: Revolution (PS3): Good until disaster strikes.

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    11 February 2008
    Overall 6
    6.0
     

    I brought this game after loving the PC games and after finding nothing like them on the Playstation 3. The game is very fun and is a scaled down and easier version of the PC games. However, it limits your turns before the game runs out. This ruins it and spoils the fun. The graphics are very good and amongst the best I have seen on the Playstation 3. The soundtrack is very good but the framerate is bad and the game crashes at certain points. The gameplay is really fun... Read more

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