Hey all!  I finally finished Tiger Woods and sent it back to the fine folks at GameFly and they sent me Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (instead of Pure or Brothers in Arms or…) which was well down my list. But since I recalled playing SimCity way back in the day I gladly popped it in this weekend.

{Note: For Brent who replied to my last post…try out GameFly I think you will like it.  And if you don’t buy new games because you don’t want to drop the $...this allows you to play a game for a week or so, beat it and sent it back...get another one and repeat.  And if it’s just plain awful send it right back…it’s easy and fast!}

After about 4 games of just getting crushed by the CPU on Deity level I bumped it down to mid-range difficulty level and changed my strategy.  Instead of trying to build my civilization with a mix of scientific research and global exploration…I went agro!  Built Military Units early and often and guess what? Won the game easily.  Overall it’s not a bad game for a rental and if you have ever played any of the SimCity’s or enjoy turn based strategy games…it’s worth your time and a few bucks.

I will say the most disturbing part of the game is your ability to build the Manhattan Project, an ICBM and launch it.  When I did it I was sort of shocked at how it all played out…from launch to impact…very jacked up!  I can see myself skipping that scenario in the future.  I will likely mess around with this for a few more days and send it back in hopes of scoring a copy of Saints Row 2 next week.  After Stillwater there are a number of really cool releases scheduled for then next weeks.  Fable 2 arrives mid-month and Fallout 3 towards the end.  Then of course Gears of War 2 and the newest Tom Clancy Online Strategy Game next month.  It should be a fun fall!

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