Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution - Xbox 360 (Greatest Hits)

I just started getting into the Civ series about 7 months ago. Loved Civ 4 but hated Civ 5 since the long delays for turns made me stop playing halfway through the first and only game I played on it. It's a perfect transition to Console. I just have a couple of minor complains and they are that i wished all units from Civ 4 would be here. Units like Maceman and Crossbowman were sad to see they weren't included. No biggie it's not a big factor as the game is still awesome. I wished there more leaders. I also wished diplomacy was a little better. Can't stand the AI quickly wanting peace after you take cities or their captials from them but will demand stuff when they feel you are weak. Or they sometimes refuse to talk after war has been declared by either side yet other times you can quickly make peace. I also wished their was more techs since some have been missing from Civ 4.My only other complaint is not being able to choose map or the game speed of the game. I also have mixed feelings about the resource system. While i do like the ability to have the resource available to you as long as it's in your cites radius i also wished that it was like Civ 4 where the Civ that has horses nearby would make horses while the other civs were still stuck making archers and maceman. All in all it's a fun game that just has minor things that are mainly preference since casual players will enjoy the easier mechanics while the hardcore civ fans will have liked the more complex system at or near the Civ 4 system.Update 7/4/11:The great thing about the console port is that you do not have to worry about having to meet system requirements, upgrading video card, lag and/or turn delays. Civ 4/5 would have you waiting about 1-2 mins for each turn to finish due to lag and AI turn delays. On Multiplayer most games have a 60 second timer (game option can have no turn timer or 30-90 seconds per turn) for all players. So you can take the entire 60 seconds or take 20 seconds and just have to wait no more than 40 more seconds before the next turn starts which is awesome. Most turns are complete by all 4 players within the first 30 seconds so you don't have to wait long for the next turn.I forgot to mention the freeze of doom in Multiplayer in my previous review. About 75%-90% of Multiplayer Games freeze or are frozen by cheaters who will freeze you on purpose so that they get the easy win when they are losing. It is not uncommon for a player to have a dominating tech lead only to be frozen by a sore loser. Then the game becomes a waiting game to see who can leave the 360 on all night before the other(s) leave, because they can't stand staying in a frozen game just to get 1 win 12 hrs later in the waiting game. Meanwhile the cheater who caused the freeze can't tolerate ruining his undefeated streak of 200-0 so he will leave the 360 on until he gets the win even if it takes 24 hrs of waiting for that one win, which is very sad and lame.Multiplayer games usually end early due to rage quits, or freezes. Typical games last no more than 0 AD (first 40 turns) or about 30 mins. The few games that do last a long time and may go into the 1900s-2000s, have already been decided during the 1500s-1700s most of the time (due to a dominating tech lead). So players tend to wait until the 1900s-2000s to start wars with each other (to prevent the other players from winning) since the player(s) will have the final end game units and the techs they need to do whatever victory condition they are going for.

I'm a Civ fanatic. Been playing the game ever since Civ 2 and I just LOVE this game. I can't even estimate the number of hours I've spent playing this game.There's no point, IMHO, comparing each feature between the PC game and the console version. There are MUCH more features, subtleties and overall complexity in the PC game so it isn't even a fair comparison. The console game is a very simplified version and the question should be if it's still as fun. I say: it is!Bottom line, this is a fun game that keeps the Civ spirit of the game and is not less additictive than the PC game. It looks good and the controls are very intuitive.Some features I would love if they added/changed are:* there is limited 'zoom out' and no way i've seen to view the entire map* I felt need for a city 'comparison screen' that will list all my cities and how they are doing in terms of populations, food, production, science etc.* religion and government should have better visibility and control* war is not like Civ 5 i.e. you need to stack many units. I kind of liked what they did in Civ 5 where you can no longer stack units in a single square.* diplomacy is not clear. In one game, I was at war but the other side kept offering me all kinds of deals. I guess it's not black and white and I just need to get used to itbut having said all that, the game is still a VERY good game and like the PC CIV version, it can get very addictive.

The game is a blast and was well put together. However, if you ever played it on the PC there is no comparison as far as challenge.Typically, a game on normal mode on the Xbox 360 version will last about 3 hours, but on the PC it would last around 12 hours. Also, there are not nearly as many different types of units and buildings as before. Nor are the options like treaties and trading nearly as diverse.What I've always had a problem with Civilzation is that there really is no actual single player campaign. It's more of you rather play against someone online or a bunch of computers. Therefore, Civilization loses its edge after a short time.On a positive note, the gameplay is smooth, the graphics are standard, and the strategy side is still very much there. There are five modes of difficulty and you can also download maps that change the game to give you a lot of money, have the barbarians be a lot more hostile, have the building be a lot faster paced, things of that nature. A pet peeve for me is that the achievemants were pretty easy to obtain and although AP don't mean anything in reality, I take pride in having 17000+ points. So I didn't mind earning about 700 AP in a week or two of purchase without trying.So get this game over other strategy games like Halo Wars (eye rolls) but don't expect to be playing this game for more than a month or two. It unfortunately gets dull and repetitive after a while.