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| From: 2K Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $22.00
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New (28) Used (7) from $16.00
Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 413
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: turn_based_strategy_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 35335
UPC: 710425353352
EAN: 0710425353352
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New! Factory Shrink Wrapped! Expedited Shipping Available!
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| Customer Reviews:
Great Mobile Version of Civ August 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've really been enjoying playing Civ Revolution on my DS. The best part is that it's Civ that I can play while on the train to work everyday. A turn-based game is great when you're standing on a train getting bumped by people getting on and off every couple minutes. I miss some of the great epic games from other Civ games, but playing for about 1 hour a day during my commute I finish a full game in a few days, which is nice. The pace of the game is really good.
It's definitely simplified gameplay and the graphics are mostly simple and utilitarian. The animated battles on the top screen are kinda cool.
So far I've played full games through the 4th of 5 difficultly levels, all of which were still pretty easy. In Civ 4, I don't usually play above Noble/King level. In CivRev, it wasn't any challenge until Emperor, and even then by the time I won my rivals weren't close to catching up. Trying Deity now.
The dynamics of all the different civilizations are very fun. They all play a little different as a result (for both yourself and your rivals). So, it's fun to play different Civs each game.
All in all, I'm very happy with this purchase. It's a fun game, not very expensive and best of all, mobile.
 Sid Meier- Civilization Revolution August 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My 11yr old son absolutely loves this game. It is a strategy based ds game.
I love this game!!! August 15, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
It was very hard for me to find this game in stores - sold out everywhere. Got lucky and happened to be in the store when someone returned a copy because he also has it for PSP.
I love this game. It's easy to learn and I can just sit in bed and play people off of my wireless network.
One downside - I've been up til 1 AM for the last few nights!!!
 Can a horseman really defeat a bomber plane? August 15, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Answer no. Or so you would think. However in Civilization Revolution it can for some unknown reason. I find this single aspect to be the most frustrating since it has zero basis in any form of common sense. I mean, come on? How propsterous is that no matter what the context? The game has simple graphics and simple gameplay and can entertain, but for any semi-serious gamer the game ends too early with a ridiculous time limit and the AI seems to cheat. But it travels well and can frustrate you on the go, but you'll keep coming back to it anyways. If you liked other civilization games you'll still like this one and I do enjoy it despite its flaws. Overall conclusion the pros outweigh the cons although not by much.
doesn't live up to the legacy August 12, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
(I'm most familiar with Civ1 and Civ2 for PC, and have not played much Civ3 or Civ4. I review from this perspective.)
Civilization Revolutions is designed to be a quick and light turn-based strategy game. It aims to be a stripped down version of the PC smash hit "Civilizations". It's an ambitious goal; how do you remove half a masterpiece, and will it be a great game (or at least a worthwhile game) if you do? As tricky as this goal is, it can be done. (See the board game Puerto Rico and it's stripped down version San Juan.) Unfortunately, Civilization Revolutions misses the mark and strips away most of the fun, too.
It's difficult to pin down why this game fails. Several of the simplifications seem like good ideas. For example, in the original PC game, you had to painstakingly build roads by hand on every square where you wanted a road. Now, you can simply buy a road between two cities in 1 turn and be done with it. The courthouse makes a lot more sense. It used to reduce corruption (at least in early Civ variants), but corruption has been eliminated and now a courthouse expands the usable territory for a given city. Instead of allocating individual citizens to specific territory to harvest, you set an overarching tilt (e.g. more production, more science, more food, more cash, or a balance). There's also an interesting element with "great people" who can join your civilization if you lure them with culture. Despite these and many smaller improvements, it's just not a very fun game.
I wanted to like this game, and have played 3 games through to completion, but will now be putting it down.
This game is both harmed by and harms the name Civilization. If it hadn't been linked to that excellent brand, and if it hadn't needed to be as close to Civilization as possible, it might have done better. It's not awful, and I might play it again if I run out of other worthwhile games (unlikely). Moreover, the designers are clearly "cashing in" or "selling out" on the Civilization brand by putting out a mediocre game with that name and charging a premium for it. I will be more wary of purchasing the next Civilization product. It might have felt like a better game at $20 rather than $30.
Bottom line: if you enjoy turn-based strategy, either of the 2 Advanced Wars titles for DS is a better choice.
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