Civilization goes portable, and the transition is fantastic.
User Rating: 9 | Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution DS
Civilization Revolution is a turn based strategy game for the DS. Anybody who has a PC has most likely played at least one Civilization game. They would probably think it's impossible to transport such a grand game to a portable system. To be honest, I had my doubts. Then I played a round, and saw this was really an amazing game. It starts out like any other Civilization game. You build your first city and start exploring. Soon, you are researching technologies, building more cities and fighting wars. That's what I enjoyed so much about this game. By my second or third game, I felt like I has been playing the game for years. Anybody could just pick up and play, quite the contrary to other Civ games. Whenever two units fight, you get a brief cut scene of the battle. This is similar to Advance Wars or Age of Empires. It's a nice little addition. Obviously this game is watered down compared to the earlier PC titles, but you never feel like they had to take too much out to make it fit on the DS. It's just good old fashioned Civilization, but now you can play it anywhere. I personally loved the graphics, it fit perfect and I never had any trouble figuring out what something was. All in all, this is just a great game. Well worth the $30.
