CIVILIZATION REVOLUTION PC FREE SERIES

CIVILIZATION REVOLUTION PC FREE SERIES

This is a great game for those who already love the Civilization series on the computer, or for those that have never been exposed to the series, but enjoy a good strategy game nonetheless.

It's somewhat realistic to the era, but annoying to gameplay. The Fog of War reconceals explored areas you leave behind, so it is very easy to lose track of where you are compared to everything else until better mapping technology is available to your civilization, later. Finally, the map can be a little awkward to get around, especially when you are first starting to explore it. Coastlines are jagged, rather than smooth. Terrain is still very clearly blocky, though beautifully detailed - land that only fills one tile will be shaped like that squarish tile, rather than taking a more natural curve. Troops actively run after their foes rather than just standing there and swinging their weapons, or whatnot, but sometimes they do not get movement animations, simply sliding around the tile to get where they want to go. The battles between units are still a little sloppy, though improved from the last version. Games can often take a long time to complete, if peace takes root. Players who are expecting or looking for a fast-paced strategy game where the only point is to destroy your enemies will probably be disappointed, since the game IS turn-based, very complex, and gives three different ways to win by peaceful methods. Just make sure not to do it during multiplayer mode! It will be easy to spend hours just browsing through the Civilopedia, if not to learn the game then to learn interesting facts about various aspects of it. The Iron Working technology, for instance, had a clip of Japanese swordsmiths hammering hot iron. The Civilopedia (the in-game encyclopedia of game information) looks to be even more in-depth than Civ4's (the demo I played had a very limited version of it), as entries appear to not only have explanatory text, but photos and videos of relevant historical info. Different countries/leaders evolve with a unique personality over time, rather than being simple 2-dimensional choices determined by a few generic bonuses. Regardless, the game is not a carbon copy of Civ4, as it possesses many new features, such as the ability to consult your advisors on issues, and the 'tech tree' (path of civilization technology) is a little different.

The graphics are generally drastically improved, though perhaps not as improved as they could be - I could swear the monitor resolution was at some variation of 720i/p, rather than 1080i/p.

For the most part, essential game functions are intuitively mapped to appropriate buttons, providing for the pickiest players who are used to examining everything with the PC mouse in older games. To note, I played this game through the XBox Live downloadable demo of it.ДўK Games did a great job of making Civ:Rev easy to use with a game controller. Overall, it is still a very fun game to play, even though it is a turn-based strategy game. My standards were pretty high for this game, supposedly specifically designed from the ground up for consoles (XB 360 and PS3). I was attracted to the Civilization series by its last major release, Civilization IV, for the PC.

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