Posted on: January 11, 2021
mhar24
Verified ownerGames: 235 Reviews: 13
Overrated and outdated
I can see why city builders don't really copy the same style as the Impressions games. Emperor is said to be the pinnacle, but it's mostly buried in unclear tutorials, mediocre UI, and lots of hidden mechanics that you won't understand without a guide or lots of trial and error. At that point it becomes unfun and frustrating. Often I find myself having what is often referred to as a worker death spiral, or there aren't enough stores of something, or some other seemingly innocuous metric. Not a fan either of balancing the Heroes happiness either, it's more tedium that if ignored can wreck your city or just one important industry and once again you slip into a death spiral. It's ridiculous. It's still pretty, the music is still enjoyable, but I think any great experiences playing is likely due to nostalgia.
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