I have always been a big fan of Civilization games.   I have Civ 3 and Civ 4 with all the expansions and what have you.   I always enjoyed playing Civ online as well.  But like most of my tastes.   Most of my friends don't enjoy these games, which is the suck.  Anyway, there is a new Civilization coming out, and it isn't for the PC.  Infact its for all the consoles, 360, PS3, DS i think and the Wii is also planned.  They released a demo of the game today, and the game is due out July 8th, 2008 

I will be honest that when I was watching the opening video for the game, that it was going to be MORE RTS style rather than Civ style.  Civilization, for those that don't know, was more of a turn based stragedy game.  Though as the game starts, it still holds to the roots of the Civ series, it's still turn based.

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The graphics have been drastically changed from teh civ series and a lot of the micro management has been removed.   You no longer have to use workers to build everything outside of towns.   I'll be honest, the game seems a bit simplified from what you get on the PC as well.   It is a bit upsetting, but I do understand that when you go to a console, you don't get a lot of the computing power that a PC would have.  Also, the graphics, while they have been upgraded have a bright colorful feel to them.   I'm not sure what Graphics i prefer as of yet, but sitting down with the demo was a bit nice.  Good Details, expicially on an HDTV.  

I found the AI in the demo really easy, and I was crushing the computer, until 1250AD... because that's when the Demo ended sadly.  The tech tree is a bit different as well, and you get a bonus if you are the first civ to reserach a tech.   Also some techs are unlocked when you reach a certain amount of gold at one time.  

In the end, I find the game to be a bit intriguing, though i don't know if i am going to get it the day that it comes out or give up playing the PC version, all depends if i can find some people to play with.   But in the future, I might get it.   :)