I'm new to the site, and would just like to say I believe it's wonderful, well maintained, and obviously supported by a great dedicated avid community.
Now, with introductions out of the way, I'd like to offer my observations and two cents as it were on the PC vs. Console debate, especially as it focuses on CivRev.
I've been a gamer all of my life, beating the 8bit Zelda and Mario titles on the NES before I could read, in fact, learning how to read primarily just to be able to read game manuals cover-to-cover.
I got my first PC on my 11th birthday, and was blown away, hopelessly hooked as a PC gamer almost instantly. The titles were so much more innovative, exciting, vast, and varied on the computer than any console titles of the same era. My PC quickly became my gaming platform, I would play Civ, Alpha Centauri, and similar titles for hours on end, and that would remain that way for years, until, 5 or so years ago, Bioware released StarWars: k.o.t.o.r . My inner fanboy had to have it, but my PCs power couldnt quite cut it. Being 17ish at the time, with limited funds, I found it actually worked out to be cheaper to buy a preowned Xbox, and the console version, than purchase my hardware upgrades, and the PC version. "Why not?", I said, so I fired up the big black box to give console gaming a second look. Since then, exponentially so, consoles seem to be now the frontrunners pushing innovation and technology. Long (winded) story short, it's a very exciting time for gaming overall. I think that the dedicated and loyal Civ fans and community shouldnt be asking themselves, is this bad for Civilization, is this the death of Civilization on the PC, but instead, could Civilization Revolution be the killer-crossover, the game that can introduce the complexities and brilliance of the Civ series, to a market that otherwise may not have experienced it. It took a multiplatform RPG for me to reach across the aisle, and give consoles a second look, maybe CivRev will do the same to console-only players, and give them an insight into a truly remarkable franchise, and help stir excitement and innovation in the growing gaming community.
Thanks Guys,
can't wait to start laying down the Cultural-Smackdown
Now, with introductions out of the way, I'd like to offer my observations and two cents as it were on the PC vs. Console debate, especially as it focuses on CivRev.
I've been a gamer all of my life, beating the 8bit Zelda and Mario titles on the NES before I could read, in fact, learning how to read primarily just to be able to read game manuals cover-to-cover.
I got my first PC on my 11th birthday, and was blown away, hopelessly hooked as a PC gamer almost instantly. The titles were so much more innovative, exciting, vast, and varied on the computer than any console titles of the same era. My PC quickly became my gaming platform, I would play Civ, Alpha Centauri, and similar titles for hours on end, and that would remain that way for years, until, 5 or so years ago, Bioware released StarWars: k.o.t.o.r . My inner fanboy had to have it, but my PCs power couldnt quite cut it. Being 17ish at the time, with limited funds, I found it actually worked out to be cheaper to buy a preowned Xbox, and the console version, than purchase my hardware upgrades, and the PC version. "Why not?", I said, so I fired up the big black box to give console gaming a second look. Since then, exponentially so, consoles seem to be now the frontrunners pushing innovation and technology. Long (winded) story short, it's a very exciting time for gaming overall. I think that the dedicated and loyal Civ fans and community shouldnt be asking themselves, is this bad for Civilization, is this the death of Civilization on the PC, but instead, could Civilization Revolution be the killer-crossover, the game that can introduce the complexities and brilliance of the Civ series, to a market that otherwise may not have experienced it. It took a multiplatform RPG for me to reach across the aisle, and give consoles a second look, maybe CivRev will do the same to console-only players, and give them an insight into a truly remarkable franchise, and help stir excitement and innovation in the growing gaming community.
Thanks Guys,
can't wait to start laying down the Cultural-Smackdown