I guess it makes sense to port a relatively simple TBS like Civilization Revolution to the iPhone. If you want the full skinny, Chris Remo has a conversation with the game’s producer, Jason Bergman, over at Gamasutra.
This is such an insane project because we’re putting out so much gameplay to a platform where we’re being constantly told, “You don’t need this much gameplay.” It’s really exciting, and it’s really weird. We’ll just have to see how it goes. It’s a really dynamic platform, and you can just make changes.
Maybe Julian Murdoch is right – I need to get an iPod touch.
Thanks for the heads up, downloading now :) Its on sale the first 48 hours too
While I’m a total Civ noobie, I’m thoroughly enjoying Civ Rev on my Touch. I would recommend it to any fan of strategy or the Civ games. It mimics a the full version of Civ in the best way possible on this small medium.
And yet, they decided to tell over half the market to go screw itself, and made the game US only.
Pity.
I’ve managed to purchase the game through the UK iTunes service, so I don’t think its US only.
I haven’t delved into a full game yet, just took a swift look at the interface and it seems to do the trick, I’ll give it a good blast this week sometime on a daily commute and see if you can drag manage your troops on a moving vehicle.
It is good to see more established strategy games turn up on the iPhone/iPod, the platform is becoming very attractive for these sort of games. For me, you can keep your action games, where twitch responses are necessary, when I’m on a commute I want slow paced, saveable, thoughtful bite sized strategy.