Edge writes: "Winning Civilization Revolution with only one city – that's considered an Achievement of medium difficulty. The hard Achievements are things like playing a game against Meier himself. Despite the series' move to consoles, Firaxis is clearly still catering to the passionate, hardcore following that the Civilization series has amassed during its time on PC. Our first hands-on confirms that it has lost little of its complexity and depth during its redesign for consoles – but our time with the game also underlines that the real proof of Revolution will be in how easily that depth can be accessed without a mouse and keyboard.
The clear and concise display of information is no mean feat, however, and is universally applied from the tech tree to the city screens to the diplomacy window. Elsewhere, Revolution seems to be struggling to match the efficiency of its forebears. The simple act of navigating the world and selecting units remains frustratingly sluggish. As your viewpoint clunks from selected tile to selected tile you can't help but think how much easier it would be with a flash of the mouse and a single click on the minimap."
Dorkly: "History is written by the winners, and that applies to games, too. While we hold up our post-apocalyptic wasteland adventures, period piece assassinations and Liberty City crime sprees on a pedestal, we would do well to remember the little guys. These underseen, criminally underplayed games didn't do well critically or commercially, but they were still wonderful experiences. Here's a small list of recommendations of unsung heroes of the PS3/Xbox 360/Wii era."
Alpha Protocol has some fantastic ideas in its conversation and story progression due to choices. I really enjoyed my time with it.
A spy rpg can be done with amazing results if handled correctly.
God Hand
Partly because I just recently discovered it and its insane.
What a gold nugget.
XMNR: 2K Games and Firaxis Games officially unveiled “Civilization: Beyond Earth” at a PAX East, which ended Sunday. The storied franchise heads for the stars for the second time in its twenty-three year history but the history of Sid Meier’s just-one-more-turn creation is as interesting as the games themselves.
March was a good month for bagging yourself a bargain! Hopefully we'll be able to find a few more good deals this month too. Here are a few of the bargains that FantasyMeister managed to bag himself in the month just gone.
I think I'll stick with the big boys version.