Quote Originally Posted by VeloZer0 View Post
That goodness for Wikipedia or someone here would actualy have to play it to find out.

Reviews for Evony have praised the appearance, but have been mostly critical of its derivative gameplay.
The game was cited as doing "an amazing job at making the game look and feel appealing to all gamers" by New Zealand-based Stuff, although was criticised for the amount of time and effort needed to excel in the game. Stuff also noted the shortcomings of a system like Evony's where one could essentially buy one's way through the game.
The Guardian pointed out that it was so similar to Sid Meier's Civilization series that it felt like a ripoff, going so far as to essentially steal its name
Indeed. Evony's original name was Civony, back before the hilariously off-topic ad campaign started.

Calling it a ripoff of Civilization is smirching the name of the Civ series though. I had tried the game (it was free, I was bored, and back then it was actually promoting gameplay), but it really is vastly inferior, even to the newer Civs that I hate. It has a terrible pace, and far more tedious repetition than the Civilization games have.