Build. Discover. Dominate & Inspire.
Images Courtesy of FIRAXIS Games / 2 K Studio’s
Lead your
civilization from the dawn of man to the space age and beyond, in an
all-new Civilization created exclusively for console. Go head to head
with history’s greatest leaders as you wage war, conduct diplomacy,
discover new technologies and build the most powerful empire the world
has ever known.
In this exclusive console game of the popular Civilizations brand brought to us by Sid Meier, you can choose from the most powerful, influential and revered leaders throughout human history as we know it. The civilizations to choose from are, Arabic, American, Aztec, China, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Mongols, Rome, Russia, Spain and Zulu, all of which have their individual bonuses and attributes.
There are three ways to win at this funky retro cartoon take on the popular franchise they are as follows; Domination - I think this is obvious, take
over the world by defeating the other civilizations of the world and
taking control of three other capitals.
Cultural victory - You can win this mode by amassing great people from different skill sets, some of these people include Aristotle, from the Arts/Thinkers panel. Then Leonardo da Vinci from the builders panel, Tippu Sultan from the Explorer/Industrialist panel, Florence Nightingale from the humanitarian panel and lastly Pythagoras from the great leaders panel. This is just to name one of many from each panel, they can either be put to work or rush to finish whatever project that particular city is working on. But be warned, this will kill the great person aiding you, and I would not recommend that course of action.
Economic victory – This is won by amassing a massive 20 thousand gold within your treasury and then you will have the option to build the world bank. But this option is not available to any civilization until it meets the requirement of 20 thousand gold in the empires coffers. This is a particularly hard feat to achieve whist waging a fierce and bloody war with the annoying neighbors, who wont keep down the noise at night.
Technology victory – My personal favorite,
and it’s the hardest to achieve without killing all of your great people
and getting a leg up with wonders of the world. It is achieved by
learning all the necessary tech to launch space craft into orbit, where
you can add parts as you try to send humanity to our nearest star Alpha
Centauri. To increase the likelihood of reaching Alpha Centauri before
your enemies do, I personally recommend you have a back up of everything
for your space craft, and its worth spending a little more time in
turns to make the craft faster, so you will be assured victory once you
launch. Having said that, you will not achieve victory until your space
craft arrives at the Alpha Centauri system.
There are at random artifacts placed
throughout the world, and not all in one world at a time. They’ll give
you anything from temples to be constructed in all the cities you
control, lost knowledge, this will instantly teach you a few items on
the tech tree for example, ceremonial burial, mathematics or even
writing. These are a extremely powerful advantage, and should be a top
priority to search and recover these lost treasures.
This game is a turn based strategy and it
play as one would not expect, the re-playability is massive and it’s
really fun, no matter your level of skill. This game is ideal for party
playing or even when you just want to kick back and play a relaxing game
after work. The graphics are a little cartoonish, but it actually suits
the layout of the game.
Controls for a game of the genre on consoles
have typically been terrible. However, Civilizations Revolution has
broken that stigma. With easy controls, anyone of any skill level can
pick up the gameplay very quickly and even though it was released in
June 2008, I find it to be one of my all time re-playable games.
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