I know Sid Meier’s Civilization series is a long-running one, but not being much of a PC gamer, I never got on board with the previous Civ games. However, today at Comic Con I had a chance to play the upcoming Civilization Revolution, due out this summer for 360, PS3, and DS, and I’m pretty sure I’m already hooked.



The core concept of building up a civilization from Stone Age to space age is still the same, and ridiculously addictive. I probably could have stood there all afternoon making my warriors attack barbarians and building libraries. According to a rep for the game, the idea will now be to go through history in the course of an afternoon; it will only take three or four hours to build up a society. Of course, since every game you play will be completely different based on the choices you make, it should still have a high amount of replay value.

I played the 360 version, and the controls handled nicely. I didn’t get to see the DS version, but I would imagine it uses stylus controls in some way. A side-by-side comparison between 360 and PS3 versions of the game did not show any noticeable differences, so the question remains: which to buy? And also, why have I never played a Civilization game before?