New Colonization coming! + Civ Revolutions

Just noticed this in the strategic newsgroup, and I know there are a few
fans (like me) of Colonization.

<http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=883
94>

It'll be using the Civ IV engine, but it'll be a standalone game not a
Civ add-on.

Should be good, look forward to getting this.

Also, Civ makes it's console debut this week, with Civilization
Revolutions. Which seems to be pretty much Civ-lite.

Had 15 mins on the demo and it doesn't seem too bad, might bring a new
audience to the Civ series. Seemed to play quite well, but everything
did seem rushed (not quality-wise just gameplay-wise), everything seems
to happen so quickly, so not completely sure if I like it or not, one of
the appeals of the Civ series for me, is that the games feel so epic and
do take a while to play, but you never know, I'll have to give the demo
a bit of a longer go.

It's seems to have all the regular Civ stuff, but with quicker research
etc... and less micro-management, games are meant to last anything from
around 2-3 hours up to around 10-12, apparently. Might be good for
multi-player, but even 12 hours in single-player seems way too quick for
me.
--
Sean Black

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 at 11:46:12, Sean Black
<sean.TakeThisOut@bucks-aggs.demon.co.uk> wrote in alt.games.civ3 :

>Just noticed this in the strategic newsgroup, and I know there are a
>few fans (like me) of Colonization.
>
><http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&threadid=883
>94>
>
>It'll be using the Civ IV engine, but it'll be a standalone game not a
>Civ add-on.
>
>Should be good, look forward to getting this.
>
This is great news - I loved the original Colonization, and still play
it sometimes, despite the now primitive graphics and unit number
restrictions.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett