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| I'd cautiously say yes by Mischief Maker 02/27/2008, 7:30am PST | ||||
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| The main thing that could be a make or break for you is how much the game depends on random chance. You can be screwed by a bad opening hand, your giant battlemech can do a 10-die attack against an adorable puppy with a defense of 2 and miss. And if you luck out and get a saboteur hero (and find the enemy base) before the enemy gets an intelligence center built, you can win a game in less than 10 turns (this is one of the reasons I advise always playing at least 3 on 3.)
I also have a few minor gripes with the interface, find the whole "use your spare APs to create empty armies" mechanic odd, and think the game sucks on a high resource/starting tile point map. However, I'd say this is the best 4X game I've ever played. You are constantly faced with difficult either/or choices on which to spend limited resources, the AI is competent and very lifelike, and the AP system is a brilliant solution to the late game micromanagement mess that plagues the genre. |
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Armageddon Empires by 02/27/2008, 2:24am PST  I'd cautiously say yes by 02/27/2008, 7:30am PST Bought it by 06/06/2008, 6:53am PDT AE designer shout out to MM by 06/12/2008, 6:10am PDT Is it before or after he overanalyzes Medieval Total War II? NT by 06/12/2008, 2:30pm PDT Don't forget the latest patch NT by 06/12/2008, 6:16pm PDT I'm finding it hard to ever lose after just my third game by 06/12/2008, 9:27pm PDT There's a new patch that may address your issues with infantry NT by 10/25/2008, 8:33am PDT |
