Admittedly, that’s probably almost exactly how 2K intended people play this game.īut I don’t think my Civilization itch is going to be properly scratched until the release of this fall’s Civilization: Beyond Earth on PC and Mac. I can see myself returning to Civilization Revolution 2 now and then, perhaps on plane trips – the average game duration seems about perfect for a three-hour flight (though it can be shorter or longer, depending on how you play) – and maybe on the couch while watching movies I’ve already seen. I had lots of fun for the first few games, but then I was plagued by a growing need for larger and more diverse maps, more civilizations and city-states, more diplomatic options, more… well, more of everything, really. But why couldn’t they have included options that add depth for those who want it? It’s great that 2K made the game even more accessible for new players and so easy to play on a mobile device. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Ranged units are kind of pointless, since you need to be right up against a city to use them anyway. The upshot is that you can send massive armies in all at once to crush a city (assuming they aren’t of the useless cannon-fodder variety mentioned above) rather than being forced to plan ahead. This was likely a necessary move, since the developers opted for square tiles rather than Civilization V‘s hexes, which means fewer units can surround a city. Interestingly, though, you can now stack units – and even upgrade them by joining three of the same type. That means they basically become useless after a certain point in the game, good for little more than playing the grim role of cannon fodder to make enemies waste a turn while laying siege to one of your cities. You can’t retire military units or upgrade them to their modern counterparts (like, say, converting a battalion of Renaissance-era riflemen into modern military). They will have the ability to embark immediately, no matter where they are recruited.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The one exception is for Barbarian units that join the German army, provided Germany has discovered Optics. Returning the unit to friendly territory, or to the territory of a city-state with Friend status or higher, will give the promotion at the start of the next turn. If a unit is not in friendly territory when Optics is discovered, it will not get the Embarkation promotion. Great Admirals can also stack with both embarked units and naval units. In effect, embarked civilian and military units are considered to be the same type of unit and thus cannot be stacked, though naval units can stack with embarked units. Cities and ranged units can also easily destroy embarked land units by bombarding them. Any naval unit can attack an embarked unit in the same manner as an enemy naval unit, but cannot move again until the next turn when doing so. Both embarking and disembarking expend all of a unit's remaining Movement points for the turn (except for Danish units).Īn embarked unit can defend itself with limited defense, which increases when advancing to a new era. If it is a ranged unit, it needs to disembark to perform a ranged attack. If it is a melee unit, it can attack from the water but suffers a 50% Combat Strength penalty (which can be negated if the unit has the Amphibious promotion). Polynesian units are an exception to these rules: their civilization's unique ability allows them to embark and enter Ocean tiles as soon as the game begins.Īn embarked unit has much less offensive power than it does on land. (Early naval units, such as Triremes and Galleasses, cannot enter Ocean tiles even after Astronomy is discovered.) Discovering Steam Power increases embarked Movement by 1. Initially, embarked units can only move through Coast tiles, but discovering Astronomy allows them to move through Ocean tiles and increases embarked Movement by 1 as well. Land units can move into water, or embark onto water tiles in boats, once Optics has been discovered. An Ottoman Trireme about to sink some embarked English units.Įmbarkation is a promotion in Civilization V and its expansions.
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