Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
If i had to choose my best game of all time it would be a most difficult decision. I would say i can’t answer that. There is not just one. But if i was say tortured to give an answer then it would be Civilization back in 1991, the turn based strategy game on the PC. My first big love. It set the benchmark for every gaming experience i had since then.
Unfortunately, as i cut my self loose from the PC, i slowly started to neglect my few PC games. I played CIV IV for about a month, loved every minute but then went back to the living room and my consoles. The PC is just not doing it for me and Civilization paid the price.
That is why when Firaxis announced they would be bringing the series to the next gen consoles i was ecstatic. Now the reunion is set for 2008.
I have two main concerns. The first one is controls. Strategy games and especially the ones with the depth and options of Civ need a mouse a keyboard. Hopefully they will manage to implement a not so cumbersome system on the joypad so that there is no major barrier to the game’s accessibility. The second is that they will dumb it down in order to reach more console gamers who are not so into strategy games. The thing is, what i loved about the series was it vast array of options. You could practically do anything you wanted. I hope they do not compromise on that.
On the bright side however, multiplayer may be more accessible especially on Live compared to the PC.
There is a demo coming out this year while the game is being released in 2008. I have faith that it will be as sweet as i remember it to be.