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Civilization revolution has been designed specifically for consoles and handhelds. They have publicly stated that there will be no Mac or PC versions. However, they also said that there will be future versions of Civilization (but not Revolution) for Mac and PC.
Civilization is going to space. The next game in Sid Meier's iconic turn-based strategy series will take place on an alien planet, where you'll explore, colonize, and fight other factions as you attempt to navigate uncharted sci-fi territory.PSound familiar? Civilization: Beyond Earth, as it's called, seems very much like a spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri, the wonderful sci-fi Civ spinoff released back in 1999. Beyond Earth will be out this fall for PC, Mac, and Linux, which should excite more than a few Civ fans. Strategy game addicts have been waiting almost 15 years for another sci-fi 4X game, and the next big thing from Firaxis is just that.12345PThe Alpha Centauri comparisons can't be avoided. But the folks at Firaxis—most recently responsible for XCOM, a much different kind of sci-fi game—say they want Beyond Earth to feel different than that 90s classic.6P"This is going our own direction," Beyond Earth designer Anton Strenger said in a phone interview earlier this week. "But that's not to say that we have not, you know, drawn some inspiration from Alpha Centauri. When I was in sixth grade I played Alpha Centauri. That was my first 4X game, and I remember learning it over my friend's shoulder and not knowing exactly what was going on but loving every minute of it."PIn Alpha Centauri, you'd pick one of seven factions and colonize an alien planet, fighting off nasty mindworms and workshopping new units as you negotiated and battled with your fellow human settlers, like the zealous Believers and the draconic Hive. It mixed the brain candy of a Civilization game with some solid sci-fi fiction, and the results were engrossing and addictive. Fans spent years craving and demanding a successor, but that could never really happen—Alpha Centauri is owned by the publisher Electronic Arts, while Firaxis is now owned by one of their competitors, 2K Games.P(Full disclosure: I have spent many, many hours playing Alpha Centauri. Too many. I'm glad there's no way to track that.)P
Finished my first full game of CivBEThings I've noticedtile improvements are super important (arguably moreso than civ v)do NOT attack the wildlife / barbarians (they are functionally different from civ 5 and aren't super aggressive to start with - if they attack you, just walk it off)Spying got a MASSIVE overhaul. it's now much much closer to what I wanted in Civ5.Tech web is needlessly obtuse.Endings are needlessly obtuse.Quests are neat and bring a lot of flavour to the game.There's really not a lot of unit diversity.
Quick review from first couple hours.It is a sci-fi reboot of Civ5. It doesn't have the heart of Alpha Centauri. They mixed the bag up a bit and some of the things like quests work pretty awesome but some of them kinda suck. Picking a +1 modifier for every building you build is lame. The tech tree is kind of a mess.
