Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution | 
| From: 2K Games
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  50 reviews
Sales Rank: 514
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: turn_based_strategy_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 37240
UPC: 710425372407
EAN: 0710425372407
ASIN: B000WMEEBC
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Choose from 16 Civilizations throughout history (from Africa to Germany to America to China) to lead to victory | | • | Triple your strength by combining up to three units into one powerful army and destroy your enemies | | • | Up to four players can battle as teams, head to head, or have a complete free-for-all online | | • | Guided tutorials teach players the necessary tools that will put them on the fast track to global dominance | | • | Custom made for the console |
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Product Description
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution will be the first offering in the legendary Civilization series to appear on next generation consoles and handheld systems. In development by legendary designer Sid Meier and Firaxis Games, this game will deliver Civilization's renowned epic single-player campaigns featuring vast re-playability and unmatched addictive gameplay. In addition, with revolutionary features like real-time interaction with leaders and advisors, extensive multiplayer capabilities and integrated video and voice chat, Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution will completely transport the Civilization series to a level of gameplay that fans have never seen before.
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Experience the Epic World of Civilization 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 gives you the opportunity to experience the epic world-building of Civilization in a brand-new way. Designed from the ground up by the legendary Sid Meier and his team at Firaxis, you'll enjoy new graphics, gameplay and control that take full advantage of today's leading gaming platforms. | Key Features
- CHOOSE YOUR CIV - Choose from 16 Civilizations throughout history (from Africa to Germany to America to China) to lead to victory. Each time you defeat a rival civilization you'll add an exhibit to your Hall of Achievements paying homage to your great accomplishments. With so many Civs and Leaders to play, you'll have a new and exciting experience with every game.
- LEAD YOUR CIV - When you choose a Civ play as one of the world's most famous historical leaders (like Abe Lincoln, Otto von Bismarck, and Mao Tse Dong) and compete against the other leaders as you strive to create your own history in this epic game. Each leader will have 4 special abilities giving their Civ unique advantages throughout the ages.
- REAL-TIME INTERACTION - Leaders and advisors will actively communicate with you - even turning and pointing to things in the world as they speak - making the interactions more realistic and engaging than ever before.
- EXPLORE THE WORLD - Your quest to explore and discover will have you traversing the globe in search of long lost relics, rival civs, technologies, barbarians and much more.
- FAST-PACED ACTION - Accessible maps and streamlined time scale will deliver quicker games and constant action.
- INTENSE COMBAT - Triple your strength by combining up to three units into one powerful army and destroy your enemies. When your units win tough battles, they will become veterans and then elites. You can then choose from a list of powerful upgrades that will give elite units even more strength to dominate in war. Your Army will wear a distinct uniform representing your Civilization, so you will easily see them on the screen as you lead them into battle.
The Legacy Hall of Fame Game designer, Sid Meier, has been called "The Father of Computer Gaming" with such early hits as F-15 Stealth Fighter, Railroad Tycoon, and Pirates. He put computer gaming on the map however, in 1991, when he delivered Sid Meier's Civilization to the gaming world launching the "God Game" genre and creating one of the most award winning and addicting games on the planet. Civilization remains one of the world's top selling PC game series with over 8 million units sold and is recognized by the press as one of the greatest game franchises ever created.
In Civilization, players strive to become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age waging war, conducting diplomacy, discovering technologies, going head-to-head with some of history's greatest leaders, and building the most powerful empire the world has ever known.
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 (by the legendary Sid Meier and his team at Firaxis) from the ground up for console and handheld systems delivering graphics, gameplay and controls that take full advantage of the hugely popular gaming platforms. Civilization Revolution is a watershed game offering players a chance to experience the epic empire building world of Civilization in a whole new way - in an accessible, visually immersive, fast paced, action-packed world that gamers crave. | 
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 Very Fun & Streamlined... As They Intended July 10, 2008
SandmanVI (Glen Allen, VA United States)
43 out of 47 found this review helpful
Please take the 1-star review with a grain of salt.
Sure this isn't as complex as the standard PC-based games. However everyone who is even considering buying this game already knows that. Civ Rev is intended to be a scaled-back version of the PC games that gives console players the taste of strategy that is lacking from console games without burdening them with the massive time investment which those games require.
In Revolution you can gain a victory on the same day that you start playing if you play aggressively, and that's not really such a bad thing. Then turn around play as 1 of the many other great historic leaders. If you want a greater challenge, there are difficulty settings and the highest level is far from easy.
In short, the game is fun, looks good and has enough strategy to make it a thinking game without forcing you to clear your weekend plans entirely. Perhaps this was their way of dipping their toes in the console pool and if this game takes off there just may be more complex offerings in the future that are more in line with the PC versions. Until then, have fun and don't go to a Bruce Willis movie expecting it to be Citizen Cane, which is what the 1-star reviewer has essentially done.
 Fun game, PS3 version not well supported July 12, 2008
Eric Sieg (Salem, OR United States)
23 out of 29 found this review helpful
When I first heard about Civ for the console, I was a bit leery of the result. Console ports of strategy games are pretty much unheard of, and with good reason: it is not easy to do them well. Overall, they did a pretty good job with the game. It is MUCH simpler than civ4, but the ways they streamlined it make sense. Food is now used only to grow, so you don't have to worry about starvation. Workers are gone as well, and once you have the tech to gain an advantage from a certain resource, you gain the benefits immediately.
Another interesting change is military units. The benefits are much more noticeable (veteran if 50% now) and people tend to have less units total (combining them into armies). Overall, I think the game is well done and a good contribution to the Civ universe.
The reason I gave it 3 stars instead of 4 is that I STRONGLY recommend against getting the PS3 version if you have a choice. 2K shuffled off multiplayer responsibilities to Gamespy again which means bugs/problems are frequent. Dropped connections are frequent in multiplayer games. Also, Gamespy is apparently doing all the leaderboard stuff as well and so if you play a Game of the Week game (an interesting idea), it is very random as to whether your score will upload. It is very vexing to play a game from start to finish and then find out that your score did not upload.
Also of note with the PS3 version is that 2k games has announced they will not ever support trophies for Civilization Revolution. This is despite the fact that Sony announced trophies 18 months before they released and the toolkit a while before Civ Rev hit the shelves. Instead they will be doing only Downloadable Content additions which add simple things like wonders, and you have to pay for these updates. The achievement system for the 360 is extremely well designed, if you have a choice.. wait for that. Also, the install base is higher on the 360 so in 3-6 months it will be much easier to find a multiplayer game on the 360 than the ps3.
So in conclusion, this is a fun game. It has some issues. Some civs (hi Rome!) are way too strong given the new mechanics, but they should be ironed out eventually. What will not be ironed out is that the PS3 support is rather poor. I usually prefer ps3 games, but I would recommend this on the 360 or on the handheld (PSP?) before the PS3 given the lackluster support the PS3 version is receiving.
 Civilization LITE July 10, 2008
J. Palenske (Sherman Oaks, CA)
17 out of 34 found this review helpful
Hopefully someone out there will give a much better review than I am prepared to at the moment, but I did want to put this up as a warning to anyone considering purchasing this game who may be a fan of the Civilization franchise.
The new revisioned Revolution robs the game of so much of what I enjoy in each subsequent Civilization release, by scaling back on the leaders you, technologies, units, buildings, religions, civs, and many other features that you can choose. Less detail is put into building your culture, gold, and happiness as well. The new Revolution streamlines the game for a new audience that may not have enjoyed the detail that went into successfuly navigating through any of the trials and tribulations of the preceding Civilization games.
In articles and adds I had read before the game launched, much was made about the reboot, making use of the next generation gaming possibilities. It may have done so by opening itself up to better online play, but certainly not in the presentation. Sure maybe the graphics and sound are a slight step up from previous versions, but to say they are utilizing the possibilities of PS3 is absurd. The world leader animation looks sticky at times and their detail is nothing to rave about. The in game sound is crisp, but there is nothing exciting about hearing your advisors and other leaders mumble gibberish in fake exotic tongues.
Maybe the new style Firaxis is banking on will reach a new audience, but if they continue to go this direction with the franchise... they've lost me.
 Disappointed July 11, 2008
Civ Lifer (Chicago, IL)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
I've been playing civilization for as long as I can remember. This is my first console version. I'm pretty disappointed with it. The graphics are cool and such, but the games are so fast. There's no marathon settings where the years crawl by. Instead, at about a half hour in its already the middle ages. Additionally, there are few option to toggle on and off. The advisors interrupt incessantly, you don't control the workers, there are significantly fewer military unit options, and the maps are much smaller. For a game that is constantly putting out better versions and award winning expansions, I really expected alot more. For being the most expensive civilization game i've ever purchased, its definately the least impressive.
 Streamlined, fun version, not for supergeeks July 10, 2008
robin b
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
This game is not for super civ heads. Civ is extrodinarily complicated and takes months to learn and play well. The average console player simply doesn't have the attention span. This is a great way to play a quick, turn based mental exercise and a great change of pace from all the shooters. Ignore the civheads reviews, of course they are not going to like it.
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