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Its too bad we have to wait so long for it to arrive.

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I have never play any of the games so i'm not squealing.

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What brian said.

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Strategy is fun, online is fun, i see no reason not to squeal

Even if i've never played them (my PC doesn't have the stomach for games at all, even if i slaughter the recommended system requirements, like i did with PSO: BB, it always comes out unplayable)

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I'd be more excited about it if it wasn't 6 months late and coming to the DS. I am a handheld junkie. Choosing to wait 6 months is not an option.

What will probably happen is that it won't sell well, and 2K will be like "SEE, this doesn't sell on Wii" when, in reality, it is just 6 months late to the party.

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Are you kidding? I didn't sleep for 48 hours after I installed Beyond the Sword last month. And I've been whacking off nightly to articles about Civ Revolution.

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I used to be into Civ years ago, sort of lost interest. I'm not interested in online play because nintendo's online anything is broken. Until they fix that...

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@Sarah,

If you mean FC, Fat Chance. If you mean anything else, I'd be interested to hear, since I see no problems with Strikers.

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I'm hugely excited. Civ II is the only one I've played (on PS) and I was still addicted even with the crappy control scheme.
Online and 3D? Count me in.

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"Features
16 Civilizations with corresponding historical leaders
Streamlined time scale for quicker play
Fully featured online play, including auto-matching, ranked games, and leaderboards
Voice and vision chat
Downloadable content and Achievements"
Via wikipedia

Voice and Vision Chat? I am praying that they dont mean just for ps3 and 360, and that this is correct, as it will be an A++++++ game before it is released, IMO. I have always loved strategy games, and online games anyway, so this sounds like a MUST HAVE.

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im not with you in being excited, i dont hate the series or anything but there are way too many better games to get my time and money

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I'm not excited in the least. I have sunk many an hour playing Civ 4 and it's expansions. But based on every impression of the console version that I have read, I am not impressed in the least.

The developers seem to have adopted the notion that console gaming must be arcade-like and the only way to make an arcade Civ has been to dumb down the features and strategy.

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You know what gets me excited? Starcraft! It's the only PC game I still play online, besides WC3.

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In the past, people have enjoyed dedicating large portions of their lives to playing video games, but there has always come a time when one needs to stop playing, if only to uphold one's main body functions. Things such as the need for sleep and basic nutritions have always defeated the desire to keep playing.

This may be the game that ends that struggle. If they pull it of, with an intuitive interface and good online multiplayer, this may very well be the game that brakes me as a human being.

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I'm super excited for this, but I'll be buying it for my 360, not my Wii, for what most likely will be a better online experience. Still, though, it's cool it's coming out for the Wii.

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I'm excited for it...

..kinda. I'm a big Civ4 dude, so, if this is online and such then I'll be game.

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I'm pumped for it. I love the Civilization games, and as long as there is a pointer/mouse it's an RTS worth playing in my book.

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Yeah, I think I'll be getting this at some time in the future, although when I'm not sure. One of my friends is obsessed with Civ4 so I kinda want to see what the series is like (although I know this game isn't going to be representative of the series). Thing is, there's too much first party stuff coming out for me to have time/money to play stuff like this.

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Civ 4 multiplayer doesn't work, IMO. It's too long, too tedious. You have to play on an artificial "2 city victory" mode because it would just be too damn long to play a full multiplayer game. Too many people would drop link before a game is done.

I'm excited to see Revolution come to the Wii, and hopefully it can be a win-win for Civ and Nintendo.

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I'm holding my excitement until I see how they "distill" the gameplay -- they've already said that the new Civ will be a boiled-down version of the classic, with things "streamlined" to play faster. This could be great -- I don't think I've actually *finished* more than two or three games of any existing version of Civilization; I just never had the time -- or it could lose everything that made Civ great in the first place. I don't think we'll know anything useful until much, much closer to release.

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@ Tye

I don't know about that. A lot of hardcore PC gamers have Wii as their sole console, as its the one console that offers the experience that the PC can't, while PC pwns the two HD consoles

Anything's possible

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Civilization is the best video game series out there, in my opinion, so I see no reason why this shouldn't be a serious game of the year contender. Of course, that is assuming that they can competently translate the game from the PC version to the console versions.

The only thing that I see standing in its way is an audience that is unfamiliar with the series.

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ohhhh ahhhhh

this sounds awesome!

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