i bought civ revolution on the app store last night and played it for about 6 hours, I was in love and wanted to play more. what civ game would you recommened? I played Civ5, and I didn't enjoy it as much, I am torn between Civ4 and Civ Rev for Xbox, what do you recommend?
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Civ4:BTS is my fav of the series.
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CivRev is very, very different from any civ game out there, just getting that out.
If you were to buy a Civ game, I would reccomend getting Civ4 with the Beyond the Sword Expansion (see if you can get Warlords cheap, but it isn't critical). Some people will say Civ3 is better, but in my opinion Civ4 fixes most of the annoyances found in Civ3 and gives you a much better final platform for mods.
(Plus Civ4 has better modifications for it and if you have a basic knowledge of scripting you can make some pretty complex modifications.)
If you were to buy a Civ game, I would reccomend getting Civ4 with the Beyond the Sword Expansion (see if you can get Warlords cheap, but it isn't critical). Some people will say Civ3 is better, but in my opinion Civ4 fixes most of the annoyances found in Civ3 and gives you a much better final platform for mods.
(Plus Civ4 has better modifications for it and if you have a basic knowledge of scripting you can make some pretty complex modifications.)
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If you like Civ revolutions, stick with it.
A bit unpolished though. I never thought spying and corporations were well implemented. And I've always hated the genericness of religions. It's political correctness gone maaad.
A bit unpolished though. I never thought spying and corporations were well implemented. And I've always hated the genericness of religions. It's political correctness gone maaad.
I don't know. I think it worked really well, although perhaps removing their influence in diplomacy would have been better - in general, if a human wouldn't do it, an AI shouldn't either. That said, BTS is a truly fantastic game.
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What specifically do you like about Revolution?
All the Civ games are different, so it depends on what you like and are looking for.
Civ4 does have a lot of great free mods too.
druidravi
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Wait on civ 5 for a year atleast . Some more patches , dlcs and expansions could bring civ5 on par with civ4:bts . Till then I concur with the others , BTS is better.
CELTICEMPIRE
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Don't forget about Civ 3, it is a good game for people new to civ.
PeteAtoms
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You may get CivIV and find it involves a TON of micromanaging compared to CivRev (it has these units called 'workers' 
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I recommend getting CivRev. I really enjoy it as a lite strategy game. The multiplayer isn't really there however, so if multiplayer is important obviously get BtS.
)I recommend getting CivRev. I really enjoy it as a lite strategy game. The multiplayer isn't really there however, so if multiplayer is important obviously get BtS.
Floating Pants
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Civ5 may be more fit for you if you enjoyed CivRev. Personally, I enjoy Civ4: BTS the most, like many others here, but it's far more complex than CivRev. Civ5 has the engaging appeal and graphics, but it's gameplay is much less like the previous games of the series.
Generally Civ5 is more complex than CivRev, but still far more simplistic than Civ4 or Civ3.
Generally Civ5 is more complex than CivRev, but still far more simplistic than Civ4 or Civ3.
PeteAtoms
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I'd probably buy it.
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With all the expansions it's not so surprising really.
Huayna Capac357
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Civ Rev is okay because of its short games and stuff, but Civ IV BTS is much better for a true Civ experience. And there's also Civ 3 Conquests, which many people prefer still.
katipunero
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Civilization IV is widely regarded as the pinnacle of the series. And I'd have to agree. Try and play it and you'll see why.
i must warn you though that the game is highly addictive. make sure you clear your sked for the next 5 years.
i must warn you though that the game is highly addictive. make sure you clear your sked for the next 5 years.
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I'm going to go against the grain here and say that you should get Civ II. For one thing, it has the most well-designed combat system, so it's the least susceptible to "spearman defeats tank" syndrome. Secondly, it's not nearly as complex as later Civ games, which makes the learning curve quite a bit shallower; you don't have to worry about culture, religion, promotion trees, or the fifty different kinds of terrain improvements that you can build and which ones can be built where. Third, it goes for realism instead of being stupid and cartoony. Foreign leaders are portrayed with actual photographs, paintings, mosaics, etc., and your advisors are live flesh-and-blood humans brought to you through the magic of full-motion video. One of them is an Elvis impersonator, too. It also retains the idea that Wonders of the World should come in groups of seven (one of those "well, duh" things that the later games have a habit of forgetting). What's most important, though, is the SCENARIOS. Conflicts in Civilization and Fantastic Worlds have, bar none, the best scenarios of any Civ game, from the historical (the Crusades, feudal Japan, the Napoleonic era, etc.) to Atlantis to the colonization and terraforming of Mars to the one in which biker gangs, mutants, robots, and dinosaurs are fighting for control of Earth in the aftermath of global thermonuclear war. Creating your own scenarios is also about a bazillion times easier in Civ II than in the other entries, though you can't deviate from the game's core design quite so much.
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