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[Flop]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

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[Eagle of Fire]

I had hopes for this game, only to find out that it's a wargame...

Another deception.

[Triton]

What were you expecting? "Anacreon picks up the stick. Anacreon throws the stick to the dog. The dog fetches the stick. The Kingdom is saved!"

Better a war game than some stupid adventure.

[MrBackAlleySka]

I must agree with you there Triton...

[Eagle of Fire]

While I agree with you Triton, Wargames are second only to Adventure in my book. I don't like them.

What I called a deception was to call that game a 4X.

[Triton]

Who called it a 4x? What is a 4x? What is so good about adventure games besides using the cds and floppies as coasters?

[taikara]

4x stands for:

eXplore
eXpand
eXploit
eXterminate

It's a sub-genre of strategy games, which includes Civilization and the like.

Flop mentioned it here.

Regarding adventure games, some people like them. It's a personal preference thing.

[MdaG]

Triton, on Jul 29 2005, 03:50 AM, said:

Who called it a 4x?  What is a 4x?  What is so good about adventure games besides using the cds and floppies as coasters?

Any more questions about why some prefer adventures can be answered in this thread.

[Flop]

I called it a 4x game in the punchline, and I stand by that. It certainly qualifies as a 4x game, since it contains all the elements of such a game. It may not be Master of Orion (if that's what you expected), and although it all boils down to waging war, that doesn't make it a wargame. A lot of 4x games are basically about war, and what IMO makes them different from wargames is the fact that, besides waging war, you also manage an empire.

I happen to really enjoy this game, and although some features are a bit too simple, I very much like the economic system of the game.