Civilization Revolution Question and Answer thread

[2K Elizabeth]

Welcome to the Civ Revolution Q&A area! If you’ve read the FAQs and still have a question about our upcoming console title, please post it here! We at Firaxis and 2K will be reading these posts and will get you the answers to your questions as soon as we can.

[chrono legionaire]

Hmm will there be xbox live support, how many civs are there, can we still use the SoD, how many different ages will there be, but mostly will it still be similr to the original pc titles? (follow the same formula)

[GoofyAce]

How far into the future will this civ extend?
Does it keep it's "Civ" feeling of gameplay even in real time?

[chrono legionaire]

Originally Posted by GoofyAce

How far into the future will this civ extend?
Does it keep it's "Civ" feeling of gameplay even in real time?

Wait this is real-time!?

[jackinthebox]

is Sid Meier going to post in here?

[Poison17]

Originally Posted by jackinthebox

is Sid Meier going to post in here?

I want to know that aswell.

[bigden]

Civilization in real-time? Unthinkable!

It's going to be turn-based as it always has, but aside from that, it's written from the ground up as something completely new.

[bigden]

This should help answer a good amount of your questions.

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Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution is the latest offering in the legendary award winning Sid Meier's Civilization series of strategy games, featuring the famous "just one more turn" addictive gameplay that has made this one of the greatest game series of all time. Civilization Revolution has been designed and built (by the legendary Sid Meier and his team at Firaxis) from the ground up for consoles and handhelds delivering graphics, gameplay and controls that take full advantage of the hugely popular gaming platforms. Civilization Revolution is a watershed game offering players a chance to experience the epic empire building world of Civilization in a whole new way – in an accessible, visually immersive, fast paced, action-packed world that gamers crave.

Choose Your Civ: Choose from 16 Civilizations throughout history (from Africa to Germany to America to China) to lead to victory. Each time you defeat a rival civilization you’ll add an exhibit to your Hall of Achievements paying homage to your great accomplishments. With so many Civs and Leaders to play, you’ll have a new and exciting experience with every game.

Lead Your Civ: When you choose a Civ play as one of the world’s most famous historical leaders (like Abe Lincoln, Otto von Bismarck, and Mao Zedong) and compete against the other leaders as you strive to create your own history in this epic game. Each leader will have 4 special abilities giving their Civ unique advantages throughout the ages.

Real-Time Interaction: Leaders and advisors will actively communicate with you - even turning and pointing to things in the world as they speak – making the interactions more realistic and engaging than ever before.

Explore The World: Your quest to explore and discover will have you traversing the globe in search of long lost relics, rival civs, technologies, barbarians and much more.

Fast-paced Action: Accessible maps and streamlined time scale will deliver quicker games and constant action.

Intense Combat: Triple your strength by combining up to three units into one powerful army and destroy your enemies. When your units win tough battles, they will become veterans and then elites. You can then choose from a list of powerful upgrades that will give elite units even more strength to dominate in war. Your Army will wear a distinct uniform representing your Civilization, so you will easily see them on the screen as you lead them into battle.

Multiplayer:

• Hot Join – join a game already in progress.
• Simultaneous Moves – no more waiting your turn, just make your move when you're ready.
• Early Withdrawal From the Game – a player can drop out and the game will keep going.
• Team Play with handicapping

Xbox Live: Up to 4 players can battle as teams, head to head, or have a complete free-for-all. Auto-matching, ranked games, leaderboards, and achievements make the online play more versatile and fun than any previous version of Civilization.

Game of the Week: Each week a new Firaxis created map will become available to players for download. Finish the game with the highest score you can achieve, and have it posted to the Civ Game of the Week Xbox Live leader boards to see how you stack up against players around the globe!

Endless Fun: Unlockables, scenarios, mods and additional maps offer infinite replayability.

Integrated Video and Voice Chat: When playing a friend (or foe) in multi-player interact with them in a whole new way! Watch them smile as you offer your assistance, and then watch that smile fade away as your armies march into their capital.

Downloadable Content: Players with Xbox Live will be able to download extra content like multiplayer maps and scenarios not available to offline players.

Achievements: Whether you play single-player or multi-player, you will be able to unlock achievements for everything from making your first diplomatic contact, to winning the game with just a single city, to playing a game online with the legendary creator of Civilization, Sid Meier!

[chrono legionaire]

Why must all xbox strategy games limit us to four players?! I'm really going to miss the sixteen player days.

[Jason2K]

I'll try and answer questions as they pop up (I'll also rope in some Firaxis people if need be):

Originally Posted by chrono legionaire

Hmm will there be xbox live support

Yes, for four people.

Originally Posted by chrono legionaire

how many civs are there

16, although the number may change in either direction as the game is balanced. All Civs will look and play differently from each other, so it's not as easy as just throwing a ton of leaders in the game.

Originally Posted by chrono legionaire

can we still use the SoD

Kinda. You can take three units and form an army, which is significantly more powerful than individual units.

Originally Posted by chrono legionaire

how many different ages will there be, but mostly will it still be similr to the original pc titles? (follow the same formula)

Not sure on number of ages. Gameplay wise it's a mixture of Civs 1 - 4. It's not like any individual one, it takes features from each and creates something entirely new.

Originally Posted by GoofyAce

How far into the future will this civ extend?
Does it keep it's "Civ" feeling of gameplay even in real time?

Not sure how far into the future it'll go. There isn't much in the way of FutureTech, but the space race victory is more like Civ 2, where your ship has to actually get to Alpha Centauri in order to win (it's not just sending the ship off to space).

The game is turn-based. It wouldn't be Civ if it were in real-time. In multiplayer, you can do simultaneous turns, but that works like it does in Civ IV (everyone makes turns at the same time, but only one turn...you have to wait for all people to move before you can make another turn).

Originally Posted by chrono legionaire

Why must all xbox strategy games limit us to four players?! I'm really going to miss the sixteen player days.

The four player limit is to make the game a lot faster-paced than an epic civ game. The idea is to allow people to play full games that run the course of history over Xbox Live/PSN, which really isn't possible when you have 16 player epic games. Also there are memory concerns on consoles that aren't an issue on PCs.

The pleasant side effect of the smaller maps is that you butt heads a lot earlier than you do in Civ IV. It changes the gameplay quite a bit.