Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
Players can control one of 16 different civilizations, each with a different leader. Each civilization starts the game with a different special bonus that can be either a technology, a Great Person, or a special ability. As the game progresses through time, the civilizations also obtain new abilities when they reach a specific number of technology. In a given game each civilization can have up to four bonuses that vary from civilization to civilization. Many of the civilizations have specific specialized units that only they can build but unlike previous installments, these are for looks only. Special units do not possess abilities beyond the normal unit but may have varying stats.
Civilization Leader
England Queen Elizabeth I
Japan Tokugawa Ieyasu
Aztec Montezuma II
China Mao Zedong
India Mohandas Gandhi
Mongolia Genghis Khan
Rome Julius Caesar
Egypt Cleopatra
France Napoleon Bonaparte
Arabia Saladin
Greece Alexander the Great
Spain Isabella of Castille
Germany Otto von Bismarck
Zulu Shaka
Russia Catherine II
America Abraham Lincoln
There are also NPC barbarians who will wage war with all civilizations in the game until the globe is conquered with all civilizations being destroyed. Compared to the PC versions, barbarians now live in villages and will attack from them. Also the level of barbarian activity cannot be adjusted as in previous installments, though the level of barbarian activity changes in certain scenarios.