I’ve finally gotten a chance to play some Civ Revolution and I’m not sure what I think of it.<\/p>\n
First, it’s clearly a Civ game. All the stuff you would expect is there – settlers, production, research, etc.<\/p>\n
Second, there is a lot of stuff from Civ IV that makes an appearance – great people, unique units, and the like.<\/p>\n
Third, this is a sequel to the first Civ game, the last in the series that Sid Meier had primary design control over, just as he has had with Civ Rev. And it’s not just that settlers cost population points. Diplomacy is reduced to near irrelevance, technology comes quickly, and unit and building types are few in number.<\/p>\n
Most noticeably, however, this is a very streamlined game. Maps are relatively small, terrain and resources are almost an afterthought, roads make your units move at ridiculous speeds to your vulnerable borders…for a turn-based strategy game, it has a crazy amount of haste.<\/p>\n
I’m not sure how I feel about armies. The game idea is that you throw together three similar units and create a super unit. Armies are necessary to win the game since they are a huge force multiplier, especially when you toss in the promotions like healing or city attack. But because they are so necessary, there isn’t a lot of decision making involved in whether or not turn three soldiers into an army. Once you can, you do.<\/p>\n
There is, I suppose, a little bit of strategy in using armies for defense. An army counts as one unit, so if it loses a battle then that’s it. Three separate archers or riflemen will require three attacks. But considering how much more powerful an army is in general, I doubt that the two or three turn tradeoff really matters. Besides, no one attacks with only two units once the early game is done.<\/p>\n
More impressions as I play more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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