Civilization Revolution (Xbox 360)

Well what a good idea this is. I've long enjoyed the Civ series, but you do have to put aside a day or so to really enjoy it. So now we've got a new version for consoles, and it's taken into account the likes of me who don't have several days to spare. Civ, is a turn-based strategy game. So in one turn you'll move all your men, build a town, set your towns to build new buildings and even declare war. Then it's one of the other countries turns and so on. Games have been sped up for us console types with games running to about 3 hours. There are a number of different scenarios that speed things up even further, I finished one war based game in about an ...  Read the complete review

Undeniably the most popular turn-based strategy - if not strategy full stop- game series on the PC, Civilization is an absolute behemoth in the gaming world. Civilization is the game of everything, that can be played in every way, from warmongering, to trading, to peaceful co-existing... you get the idea. Traditionally the Civ series has been complex. I mean, it's part of the appeal, with lots and lots of options and sub-menus that give you as much control as possible over your cities, armies and people. Civilization Revolution on the Xbox 360 makes a slight departure from this complexity. Don't get me wrong, this is still a turn based strategy ...  Read the complete review

The civilization series goes back to its roots with this title. For anyone who has played most of the different incarnations of this series, you will be used to new layers of detail and evolution being added each time. However, in this edition a lot of the detail has been taken down and the gameplay stripped down to a fairly basic level. The weird thing is that this actually works really well. The game has the usual aims - you take control of a civilization, try to build up, build new cities, make alliances with other civilizations, go to war and basically try and take over the world, either by force, science, culture, etc. For a strategy game of ...  Read the complete review