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| From: 2K Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  74 reviews
Sales Rank: 337
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
Model: 15782691
UPC: 710425372407
EAN: 0710425372407
ASIN: B000WMEEBC
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New factory sealed
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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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| Customer Reviews: Read 69 more reviews...
 Great for Kids January 5, 2009
W. Netzer
It provides an excellent way to introduce a 9-year-old to strategy games.
My 9-year-old son is now playing Civ on the PC!
 Hooked January 4, 2009
Eman (AZ)
I have no experience with computer strategy games but have realized how addictive this game can be. No other game had me playing for hours straight. This game lacks much in the way of HD visuals I enjoy w/ other PS3 games, primarily the limited and subpar cut scenes but surprisingly to me that was an afterthought. Not difficult on the default setting but I believe it will have repeat playability by increasing the difficulty level as well as using the different historical characters. Bonus wife approval due to lack of blood, gore, and general loudness.
FUN, ADDICTIVE GAME December 29, 2008
William E. Arledge III (Grove City, OH USA)
Civilization Revolution is a strategy game in which you take charge of a historical civilization and lead them from humble beginnings to world domination. Before the game begins, you must make an important choice: Which of the 16 civilizations will you command. Each has a starting bonus and four era bonuses that you'll gain as you progress through the ages, bonuses that will aid you in some way on your path to victory. There are four types of victory in Civilization Revolution: cultural, economic, technology, and domination. Trying each of the different civilizations is a lot of fun and makes every game very unique and challenging. The graphics are excellent and this game supports full 1080p for the best resolution. I could play this game for a week straight and not get tired of it because there every game is different and there are so many choices to make. If you like a game where you really have to think and make intelligent choices then look no further. This is by far one of the best Playstation 3 games that have been released so far. I have uploaded some additional screen shots of this game to give you a better idea what it is like.
Perhaps the best game I have ever owned December 21, 2008
Adam (Minneapolis, MN USA)
I purchased Civilization Revolution when I got my PS3 back in August this year. I had seen commercials for it on TV and read some fairly positive reviews online. While I had seen other people play the old Civ games on their computer in the 1990s, I myself was not familiar with it.
That being said, the purchase of this game comes with no regrets whatsoever. I am a big fan of the board games Risk and Empire Builder, as well as the computer game Sim City 3000, which have elements that Civilization Revolution seems to encompass. In short, you select a certain leader (each coming from a different country with specific benefits) and try to build a successful civilization, meaning that you either conquer the world, become an economic or cultural superpower, or build a space program to take you to Alpha Centarri. With each city you build in your civilization, you must implement certain beneficial buildings, such as libraries, markets, temples, courthouses, etc. (similar to Sim City). Additionally, you need to keep your military strong to avoid other civilizations from invading.
There is not much more than I can say about this game that you cannot find by watching clips on Youtube. However, what I can say is that this game has been very rewarding. Even 4 months after the purchase, I can still pull this game out of the box and play it with the same eagerness as day 1. The average game takes 2-4 hours, so it is not a huge time investment and rarely gets monotonous. I've heard that some fans of the earlier Civilization games found this title to be too simplistic, but I have no complaints. Overall, I would highly recommend it.
Speed Civ! December 19, 2008
S. Rybacki (Pennsylvania)
Well, let's see...I own Civilization III and IV plus all expansion packs for the PC and I own the Nintendo DS Version of CivRev. I guess that makes me qualified to render an opinion on the PS3 version of CivRev. First of all, understand that this version of Civilization was written from the ground up specifically for consoles and hand held gaming devices. So if you are buying this thinking it will be "just like Civilization IV for the PC, think again because it is clearly not meant to be.
Now that the disclaimer is laid, in order to judge this game you must do so on it's own merits and it has plenty of those. Even the 1-Up review failed to do that, openly comparing this version to the highly successful and addictive PC based version(s) of this series. Taken on it's own merits as a PS3 game it is a ton of fun and IMHO may serve to introduce console owners without prior knowledge of Civ to the series. The chances are pretty good that if they like this version, they will just love the PC version with its' much deeper involvement by the player.
This game is very intuitive to play, and it is easy to navigate the interface and get things done. The graphics are pretty good, if a bit cartoon-ish. My only complaint is the, uhm, voice acting if that's what you call it. Your advisers and the other AI leaders "speak" to you in unintelligible gibberish that gets annoying after a while to me. But there are options to drop the volume of that so this is not a deal breaker. Still, actual human voice overs would have been nice.
The gameplay is pretty darn good really other than that. You get to make classic Civ decisions, sometimes in a bit of a hurry because other Civs are banging away at your empire. The upside (or down side depending on your outlook) is that you can get a game in in an evening as opposed to days or weeks. This is a good thing because let's face it, sometimes the minutia of a "classic" Civilization game can get tedious if your honest about it. This version offers a down and dirty "speed Civ" type experience that is very enjoyable once you get used to how it works.
So for me, this game offers a great alternative to my highly revered Civilization IV series for the PC when I just want to have some quick Civ-like fun. I don't expect it to replace the PC version but, like my DS version, I expected it to fill a niche for me. This it does very well and now that the game has been reduced to $39.99 it is a good buy. I think it will be a no-brainer if/when they place it in the Greatest Hits category at $29.99 price point. The original release price of $59.99 was just too high in my opinion based on the lack of Trophy support and the likelihood that expansion packs will not be released for this version. But at this price point, even with those caveats I think this game is certainly worth having in your library.
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