New games this week: Civilization Revolution edition

by Justin McElroy { Jul 7th 2008 at 9:15AM }

Listen, we're excited by this week's biggest new release Civilization Revolution, but it looks to us like it's going to play pretty fast and loose with the truth. How can we tell? Well, let's take a look at the box art. It looks fine, right? Until you realize that Napoleon is towering over Genghis Khan!

Napoloean, as the less educated among you (and Firaxis) perhaps do not know, was 2-feet, 4-inches tall, so the thought of him being taller than anyone, let alone some of history's greatest leaders, is an affront to logic itself. The only thing we can imagine is that Lincoln is on his knees and Napoleon is standing on a apple crate of some sort, in which case we can only suggest that Honest Abe needs new representation.

Gallery: Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

Xbox 360:

Unreal Tournament III
Beijing Olympics 2008
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

PS3:

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
Beijing Olympics 2008

Nintendo Wii:

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
Wonder World Amusement Park

PSP:

Code Lyoko: Quest for Infinity

Nintendo DS:

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
Carnival Games

PC Games:

Devil May Cry 4
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice

Tags: civilization-revolution, newgames

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ayrkain @ Jul 7th 2008 9:27AM

Found the perfect woman for him!

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Stenroach @ Jul 7th 2008 9:28AM

I can think of another possibility; PERSPECTIVE
Good news nonetheless, I've played the crap out of the demo...well, as much as is tolerable given the imposed turn limitation

Karlito @ Jul 7th 2008 9:35AM

Actually he is standing on milk crate they photoshopped it out of the picture.

copa @ Jul 7th 2008 9:39AM

"Until you realize that Napoleon is towering over Genghis Khan!"

That's nothing, dude. In the opening scene of the game, you encounter Jesus riding on a dinosaur.

Farseer (GDI) @ Jul 7th 2008 11:16AM

Copa's totally right - check it out...

http://www.doobybrain.com/2008/06/18/jesus-riding-a-dinosaur/

Erik @ Jul 7th 2008 9:42AM

Napoleon was not that short actually. In reality he was 5 feet 6.5 inches. Sligthly taller than the average Frenchman at the time.

FOXHOUND @ Jul 7th 2008 9:47AM

It's true. the conversion from the british to french measurement was off by a bit.

As for CIV'REV, I should be getting it hopefully before the weekend, I think.

LaughingTarget @ Jul 7th 2008 10:00AM

But Ghengis Khan was 36 meters tall, required a herd of mastadon to make a shoe and shot fire from his nostrils (without eating a habanero). The box art is way messed up.

Anyway, probably will avoid the console versions myself. It was way too watered down for my tastes. I'll probably get the DS version for some Civ on the go.

baby sea tuna @ Jul 7th 2008 10:13AM

Oh, looks like Epic finally shat out the 360 UTIII port with exactly zero fanfare and even less adverstisement. Whoopty-frikkin-do!

That sucker is gonna tank!

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 7th 2008 10:37AM

@baby sea tuna

LMAO, agreed! I was like "WTF its coming out this week?" Seriously all they had to do to make this sucker sell a million is to add an exclusive Gears 2 MP demo of the Gridlock remake, and run commercials on ESPN or SPIKE during the UFC TUF finals. Missed oppurtunity IMO.

I had heard a rumor of that being included guess it was just bs. :( I know I would've gotten it just for that. I traded my PS3 copy of UTIII when I purchased MGS4, I might have actually beaten the "campaign mode" and enjoyed it more if it had achievements. =/

j.howlett @ Jul 7th 2008 10:50AM

what no fenix skins or gear mods to keep you going?

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 7th 2008 11:26AM

The mods arent that good IMO. And the Fenix/MasterChief skins don't do much but make you say "lol, cool"

j.howlett @ Jul 7th 2008 11:46AM

i'm still interested in picking up UT, just not at full price. maybe later this summer.

JediMogg @ Jul 7th 2008 10:32AM

Ziggy Piggy! Ziggy Piggy!

danny. @ Jul 7th 2008 10:35AM

Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde!

juju187 @ Jul 7th 2008 11:02AM

civ. rev. me wants...
UTIII no thanks....

juju187 @ Jul 7th 2008 11:03AM

and nobody wants olympic games, someone plz tell me if there played a good one.

Noka @ Jul 7th 2008 4:25PM

The Nagano '98 game was pretty enjoyable.

glitched @ Jul 7th 2008 11:22AM

I was on the fence about civ rev, the demo was fun, but i went and played civ 4 on the pc for weeks after the demo and i may be civ'ed out.

if it had trophies id get it... (developers, listen to your fans and add trophies!)

Luke J J @ Jul 7th 2008 11:26AM

I am actually really excited about Civilization Revolution... can't wait!

FSK405K @ Jul 7th 2008 11:35AM

I'm somewhat interested in Civ for DS...does it have local multiplay, netplay? Is it pretty much identical to the 360 version other than graphically, or did they excise a bunch?

Mike-453 @ Jul 7th 2008 11:44AM

Been playing for three days now, musta been out here (UK) earlier. I find it really addictive, though just wished it was a little bit more complex with some things.

ALH @ Jul 7th 2008 12:18PM

i've been tempted by this game for 2 weeks now, but im trying to make my budget stretch so have to slap myself on the wrist every time i pick it up in a shop.

i didnt know there was a DS version.. *insert comment about nintendo consoles and european release dates here*