The Discussion Thread: The Greatest Games Event 2017 - FINISH YOUR LISTS

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#18 Civilization Revolution

 

Why did it make the list?
Civilization is one of the most amazing series of games in all of gaming, and this is by far my favorite Civilization game.  See, once you start any Civilization game, you just get sucked into playing from the very first turn, and then it is very hard to stop.  Every Civilization game is designed to be amazingly awesome.  However the Civ games on the PC have one significant flaw to me: they take a very long time to finish.

Enter Civilization Revolution, the game that you can beat in a couple of hours.  It has most of the stuff that you want in a Civ game, but it is streamlined to perfection.  If you have never played a Civilization game before, then this would be the one to play.  It is the easiest way to try out one of the greatest series in gaming.  Civilization is hugely fun on a turn by turn basis, and it is hilarious to research things like tanks and planes and still fight archers from other Civilizations (or sometimes it is vice versa, lol).  Now, I am someone who loves strategy games, but Civ Revolution is very fun even for people who are normally not into strategy games.  That is the beauty of the streamlining that went into this game.

I believe this is my most played game on this list (other than the MMO).  I know I have put at least 500 hours into this game, probably a lot more.  (And this is also my wife’s favorite game.  She has played it more like 5000+ hours, lol.)

 

Original experience:
I was downloading demos on my PS3 shortly after I got it.  The demo for this game was so much better than all of the other demos.  Ironically my wife bought this game, even though I am the one who normally buys all of our games.  She was even more impressed by the demo than I was.

 

How does it hold up today?
It’s a PS3/Xbox360 game and so it really hasn’t aged much.  It is only old for me, because I have put 500 hours into it.  I would really love for them to make a sequel to this game for a home console.

Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 18 December 2017