I\'ve played all the "Sid Meier" Civilization games except IV, and I recently bought the boxed set containing all of them. I installed IV, and I really don\'t like it as much as the earlier versions. It\'s just too pretty. Too many animations, and I really don\'t like the way ground units are represented by 3 individuals + a flag. It looks cluttered and confusing.
I really like the graphical simplicity of II and III. For me, I think the game reached it\'s peak in III.
I was considering this "Revolutions" console game, but I\'m afraid it\'s just a console version of IV. If so, I\'m not really interested. Also, I\'m concerned that it will be too annoying to control the game through the Xbox controller. I use a keyboard frequently to rename cities.