A game that will bring entertainment (Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution (360))

Member Name: dndewar

Product:	Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution (360)
Date:	06/11/09 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fun, any age can play with enjoyment, cheap XBox 360 game, very easy to learn all controls

Disadvantages: Not like original PC games

The Civilization Game Series is all about taking you nations from tribes in the stoneage to being the overall leader of the world. Though, the Xbox 360 version of this game is not like all the previous PC versions. For one, you don't have resources to collect and trade with neighbouring nations. In this game you basically control lots of troups that are all over the game world and protect yourself against enemies. Building a big army is a very good stratergy and once you've got a big enough army you conquer opposing civilizations.
In order to win this game there are 4 possibilities.

1. Conquer every other civilization. You have to create a huge army and take control of all other civilizations.

2. Be the most technologically advanced. By being the first to build a space rocket and be in space.

3. Gain 50,000 culture points and win on being the most cultural nation.

4. Create the world bank wonder and accumulate 20,000 gold, so then, controling the whole of the worlds economy.

There are many different difficulty levels in the game so if you are finding it too easy you can always go and play on a harder level.

I'm now going to split the review into what I believe is improtant to have in a game and rate it /10 along with a comment.

Gameplay: 9/10
The game is very easy to learn and if you've never played an original Civilization game before then it has very useful instructions on how to play. It's very easy to get to grips with so you can get strait into the game. Difficulty levels work really well so if you want a challenge you really can have one by cranking up the difficulty a little bit.

Entertainment: 8/10
It is very fun to play and when you get started playing this game you don't really want to stop. It can get frustrating when the game isn't ending up your way but oveall it gives plenty of enjoyment.

Load times: 8/10
Faster than some other XBox 360 games to get onto the game and play. On average around 10 secs for a save to load.

Hard Drive space used up on saves: 9/10
The save file size says it is 2MB for each save which is fairly small in size and is smaller than some other saves on other games. I just believe that the save file could be a little smaller.

Play like Originals: 6/10
If you think this game is going to be like an XBox 360 version of the PC Civilization games then your wrong, it is very much different.

Multiplayer: 9/10
Like many games this does have multiplayer. Via XBox-Live it is 2-4 players which is the standard range. It also has system link.

Graphics: 7/10
They are much better than the PC versions. You are upclose to the map and battle scenes are much improved from PC. Though its not to the quality of some high-end graphical games.

Overall: 8/10
This game is one of the most fun games I have for the 360. It is suitable for all ages and is really esy to learn and play.

Summary: A very fun entertaining game which you'll play for hours