Civilization Revolution (DS version)
PostPosted:Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:52 am
It actually manages to deliver the perfect civilization experience to a handheld system. The game sort of feels more like Civilization Methadone than the hard stuff, but it is still quite a robust title. I have heard reviewers calling this one overly difficult on the upper levels, but I played King Difficulty and haven't had much difficulty, I am actually going to play Deity on my next play through.
The major differences with the game is that things are made to play more quickly. No workers/settlers doing irrigation/roads, you go to the city menu and purchase roads from city to city. The game is less exploitable than previous civ incarnations (no chopping to speed start your civ in the bronze age).
My game went as follows, I picked Romans and was up against Germany, France, Americans, and Egyptians. The first thing I did was go hard military, explored and blocked off all the choke points giving myself A LOT of growing space. I then went about 3 military to every 1 settler and managed to amass a huge army with lots of cities, but I was behind in tech. Luckily I had destroyed many barbarian villages and was rich, so I just bought all the tech I could. At this point in time I have conquered the Egyptians and Americans and am pushing forward against the French and Germans. My offensive military is probably 2-3 times stronger than the French and Germans total military combined. My one gripe so far is that civilizations don't seem to be intelligent and I was declared on even though I obviously had a superior position... This sort of thing doesn't happen in Civ 4 unless you edit the settings to aggressive AI.
The game plays similarly to Civ 2, but with many of the advantages of Civ 4, overall, it is a very solid gameplay experience; and quite addictive.
UPDATE:
Finished playing King, and chose Mongols to start my Deity game. Mongols have the ability to convert every Barbarian city they capture to their own civilization. So at this point in time I am WAY more powerful than anyone, and currently I am scrambling to get my military up.
The major differences with the game is that things are made to play more quickly. No workers/settlers doing irrigation/roads, you go to the city menu and purchase roads from city to city. The game is less exploitable than previous civ incarnations (no chopping to speed start your civ in the bronze age).
My game went as follows, I picked Romans and was up against Germany, France, Americans, and Egyptians. The first thing I did was go hard military, explored and blocked off all the choke points giving myself A LOT of growing space. I then went about 3 military to every 1 settler and managed to amass a huge army with lots of cities, but I was behind in tech. Luckily I had destroyed many barbarian villages and was rich, so I just bought all the tech I could. At this point in time I have conquered the Egyptians and Americans and am pushing forward against the French and Germans. My offensive military is probably 2-3 times stronger than the French and Germans total military combined. My one gripe so far is that civilizations don't seem to be intelligent and I was declared on even though I obviously had a superior position... This sort of thing doesn't happen in Civ 4 unless you edit the settings to aggressive AI.
The game plays similarly to Civ 2, but with many of the advantages of Civ 4, overall, it is a very solid gameplay experience; and quite addictive.
UPDATE:
Finished playing King, and chose Mongols to start my Deity game. Mongols have the ability to convert every Barbarian city they capture to their own civilization. So at this point in time I am WAY more powerful than anyone, and currently I am scrambling to get my military up.