Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution 2 announced!
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hoplitejoe
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Odd they didn't mention this at E3, I guess they wanted to keep the focus on BE.
Silv Something
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It was nice having a civ strategy game for smartphone back when Civ Rev first came out. Hopefully this one will be more in-depth.
s8g
Chieftain
Mobile only... 
Although I'm not a mobile user, I'm going to bet they will focus on "many cool ways I can win the game" rather than a typical civ game which is "how do I optimize my economy and warfare to win".
Here's hoping they keep the "first to discover a tech" bonus, and remove the expensive technology skipping you could do in the previous game.
Here's hoping they keep the "first to discover a tech" bonus, and remove the expensive technology skipping you could do in the previous game.
KMRblue1027
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No PS Vita 
baughbberick
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Blah, what I heard was "Hey, we spent all our time making a game for overpriced Apple products because it's easier to just port it feature by feature to Android so never fear, you'll never have the same up to date version as them"
I hope I'm wrong though, looking to get a Shield in the future anyway.
I hope I'm wrong though, looking to get a Shield in the future anyway.
TheRealMaestro
Chieftain
Unfortunately, Civ Rev was designed only for consoles and mobile phones,
not for the PC. However, in many of the game dynamics, Civ Rev is similar
to the original two incarnations of Sid Meier's Civilisation. They are
still sold by Firaxis in their Civilisation Chronicles and occasionally
turn up on eBay. The Reddit Civilisation forum also has links to obtain them,
and there also exists "Freeciv", an open-source version of the early Civ
games that supports both Civ I and II rules. You may enjoy them if you
like Civ Rev.
chrissifniotis
GoogleCiv 2.0.0 coming...
I'm actually a little surprised. This must have been built along side Beyond Earth, or even earlier.
A few things to infer here; I'm only guessing the console games didn't sell as well as expected last time, hence the exclusivity to iPwns. I'd like to know the new things going into this offering, seems like multiple leaders return. Apart from that there's nothing else really to detect conceptually.
A few things to infer here; I'm only guessing the console games didn't sell as well as expected last time, hence the exclusivity to iPwns. I'd like to know the new things going into this offering, seems like multiple leaders return. Apart from that there's nothing else really to detect conceptually.
stealth_nsk
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As far as I know, XCOM was sold quite good on consoles (if only it had good support) and if CivRev is built using some cross-platform engine (i.e. Unity) porting would be quite cheap.
I believe the main issues here is controls. Touch controls allow nearly the same quality of UX as mouse, especially for turn-based games, while consoles have significant restrictions.
Android is significantly more difficult to develop and test due to variety of screen resolutions, hardware setups and so on. So even if these versions are developed in parallel, Android comes later. Consider XCOM which was built using cross-platform Unreal Engine and still Android was released later.
Thanks for the recommendations, they're great! I know 'cause I actually already have (and still play, under VMware) CivNet and Civ II. Thing is, I can crank out a complete session of CivRev in about an hour. This allows me to get the satisfaction of a complete game on weekdays, while my Civ 1/2/3/4/5 sessions tend to get relegated to weekends since I don't like carrying single games over multiple days (I don't play Epic games, sorry!).
So for me, CivRev really does have it's place. It scratches the itch, so to speak.
Regarding FreeCiv, as a long time Linux user I am aware of the project and play it from time to time. It's a really admirable effort, but I must admit I keep coming back to Civ II in my VMware. The advisors? The wonder movies? Less convoluted interface? I don't know but that's where I always end up
Lord Tirian
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Apparently, Kotaku has some screenshots. And while it's not for me, I do like that it exists - mobile/tablet gaming has too many stupid games at the moment, seeing "proper games" like CivRev or XCOM existing is a good thing.
I am surprised, though, that they basically went for the Civ4 aesthetic again. While I understand that mobile devices can't handle the graphics of something like Civ5, the art direction could be more like Civ5 (favouring more ornate art deco UI elements, preferring paintings over 3D models, lighter colour palette, bright fog of war).
And, well, hexes. Considering how so many games followed Civ5's lead (Pandora, Warlock, GalCiv3 to just name a few) with hex terrain, it's surprising to see square tiles again.
I am surprised, though, that they basically went for the Civ4 aesthetic again. While I understand that mobile devices can't handle the graphics of something like Civ5, the art direction could be more like Civ5 (favouring more ornate art deco UI elements, preferring paintings over 3D models, lighter colour palette, bright fog of war).
And, well, hexes. Considering how so many games followed Civ5's lead (Pandora, Warlock, GalCiv3 to just name a few) with hex terrain, it's surprising to see square tiles again.
stealth_nsk
Deity
Looks like air units don't have bases and just "hover" between turns.
Lachlan
Great Builder of Civs !
I will buy it, Civ 2 was great and Civ Rev also...
Civ 4 too complicated and Civ 5 too laggy on last turns...
Game center for Civ Rev 2 ?
Civ 4 too complicated and Civ 5 too laggy on last turns...
Game center for Civ Rev 2 ?
shadowplay
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The biggest improvement they need to make over the first one is with regards to replayability. That game lacked the addictive qualities of a true Civ game, IMO.
J-man
Deity
Frankly I like civ 4 a lot better than civ 5, so I'm pretty ok with a grid.
I got Xcom on my Ipad and I love it, let's see how good this civ version is.
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