Civilization Revolution (Various Consoles)

Hammer · 28th June 2007, 2:14pm

Sid Meier and 2K Games today announced a new Civilization spin-off for the the 'next gen' consoles.
Titled Civilization Revolution, it will be the first time that the Civilization series has graced consoles since Civ II was ported to the PlayStation back in 1996. The exact systems which the game will be released on are yet to be confirmed, but Sid Meier mentioned that it would be available for both handheld and full size systems.

The game will follow a similar pattern to it's PC-based predecessors, with the player guiding a race from the beginnings of civilization to man's first voyage to Alpha Centauri. There will be 16 playable races with a selection of real world historical leaders and online multiplayer modes. The timescale of the game has been smoothed out, to allow for a faster paced game with more action then it's PC based counterpart. From the artwork (below) it appears that unit design has a more exaggerated style then units in other recent Civ games, and new items called Relics have been added to the game.

Civilization Revolution is scheduled for a Spring 2008 release, while the second expansion pack for Civilization VI, Beyond the Sword, is due out next month.

Relic Concept Artwork

Unit Design Artwork

johnnie walker · 28th June 2007, 4:10pm

Looks pretty good. Im sure it will be on the ps3 given sid meier's comments not that long ago.

Im not convinced that civ controls work properly on a console, but time will tell.

Hammer · 29th June 2007, 7:50am

A trailer for your enjoyment: Link.

No gameplay unfortunately, but it seems to emphasis combat more then the trailers for Civ IV did. Also, at the end of it, the splash screen shows the PS3 and Xbox Live logos, so it could be that Wii won't be getting a slice of the Civ cake.

RandomFactor · 1st July 2007, 3:24am

oooooooooooooooh

Addy · 1st July 2007, 2:56pm

It's Civilisation. It's Sid Meier. I don't need to hear more than that to be interested.

Hammer · 9th June 2008, 3:37pm

Been trying the demo of this on Xbox 360.

It's a horrific dumbing down of the Civ Series. I could play it with my eyes closed.

Pretty disappointed.

Addy · 9th June 2008, 6:00pm

Gutted about that

I'm only getting this on DS, I'm deperately hoping it's any good!

Draven · 9th June 2008, 6:30pm

Meh I've just got a hold of Alien Crossfire, the expansion pack for Alpha Centauri so gonna reinstall that and play that.

Absolute classic of a game.

endless psych · 9th June 2008, 6:32pm

Do you reckon its been dumbed down because of control system issues or because generally games developers think console owners aren't as clever as flight sim playing PC hacks?

Addy · 9th June 2008, 6:33pm

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Originally Posted by Draven

Meh I've just got a hold of Alien Crossfire, the expansion pack for Alpha Centauri so gonna reinstall that and play that.

Absolute classic of a game.

That's been available as abandonware for years

Draven · 9th June 2008, 6:36pm

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Originally Posted by endless psych

Do you reckon its been dumbed down because of control system issues or because generally games developers think console owners aren't as clever as flight sim playing PC hacks?

The latter.

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Originally Posted by Addy

That's been available as abandonware for years

I do realise that, but I've never played it before with Alien Crossfire. Found my old Alpha Centari disk when moving flat and am determined to play it again.

Oh and I didn't exactly have to pay for Alien Crossfire... So it's all good!

btw Addy: Icarus > Helios > Daedalus. You know Icarus is just cool as fuck.

Hammer · 9th June 2008, 6:38pm

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Originally Posted by endless psych

Do you reckon its been dumbed down because of control system issues or because generally games developers think console owners aren't as clever as flight sim playing PC hacks?

Both.

The controls aren't intuitive, there are too many pop-ups, the entire UI design is much more cartoony then any of the main Civ series, and there are a lot of backwards steps from Civ IV.

Christ, there are a good few backwards steps from Civ II.

Addy · 9th June 2008, 6:39pm

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Originally Posted by Draven

The latter.

I do realise that, but I've never played it before with Alien Crossfire. Found my old Alpha Centari disk when moving flat and am determined to play it again.

Oh and I didn't exactly have to pay for Alien Crossfire... So it's all good!

btw Addy: Icarus > Helios > Daedalus. You know Icarus is just cool as fuck.

I've never denied that, but you see fuck all of Icarus other than a bit of crazed yipping. Shame that. *renewed hope that Deus Ex 3 will actually be any good*

Draven · 9th June 2008, 6:40pm

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Originally Posted by Hammer

Both.

The controls aren't intuitive, there are too many pop-ups, the entire UI design is much more cartoony then any of the main Civ series, and there are a lot of backwards steps from Civ IV.

Christ, there are a good few backwards steps from Civ II.

Mind following up one of the all-time greatest games, with a game designed to appeal to a wider mass market is never going to fly particularly. The developers will usually remove all the bits that made people love them so much in the first place to simplify it.

Look at Deus Ex's sequel Deus Ex: Invisible War. Sadly very nearly killed to franchise due to it being shit. Though a new Deus Ex 3 is in development, but by different developers so may or may not be good.

Addy · 9th June 2008, 6:42pm

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Originally Posted by Hammer

Both.

The controls aren't intuitive, there are too many pop-ups, the entire UI design is much more cartoony then any of the main Civ series, and there are a lot of backwards steps from Civ IV.

Christ, there are a good few backwards steps from Civ II.

I have my suspicions that the DS version will try to rival Advance Wars. Could work, but it's a high bar to go for to be sure