SuperPower 2

Firstly, I'm not a geo-political gamer beyond this game or perhaps the civ franchise. Like civ, you take a country and manage it. You can be a peaceful player simply trying to reform your economic system and quality of life. Conversely, you can be a war monger, stage false flag attacks (hard to do though), and nuke everything. Unlike civ, you are given a real world country based on 2001 CIA statistics. You can pick literally any UN recognized country from 2001. I enjoy this game more than civ so far. It's scratched an itch for detail on economics and combat that civ glossed over. It's also real-time, which is a plus for me. So here's a little example of a game where I just F'd around... -Start as US. -Play seriously at first. -Turn economy and national deficit around by taxing all trade 35%. -Lower income tax to please populous. -Not much going on so just poke around looking at all the stats of countries. -See India and Pakistan don't like each other. -Send covert ops to try and frame India for terrorism against Paki. -Doesn't work, both don't like me now. -Mexico's shape is annoying, decide to invade. -Tens of thousands of Mexican personnel are obliterated at an intense border battle. -Annex Mexico and make speaking Spanish illegal (moral here?) -Everyone doesn't like me now. Send cultural exchange treaties to smooth relations. -Everyone settles down, they move on to liking me or dealing with regional conflicts. -Decide to nuke Canada. -NATO declares war on US and sends counter nukes. -Lose control of Midwestern states in rebellion. -Declare martial law. -Send thousands of nukes to pepper NATO. -Start new game as Malta. Tutorials are decent and there's some good vids on youtube. Adjust resolution by going into game file location, video config, enter desired res, hit play (stupid, but not a big deal now that you know). 5/5 with some imagination.

This game offers the player so many options and really lets you feel like you really are running a country. Superpowers 2 is really a diamond in the rough but it really is what you make of it if you don't know how to play the game you won't really enjoy it but if you do then man you will have a blast. The only problem this games has even for someone who is trying to get into this game is the UI it is such a mess like the map mode or where everything is it. But all in all I give it a 8.5/10 it really an experience and is well worth picking up if it's on sale. I will give a personal story to show you how open this game is : I play as Canada I am loved by everyone I legalized polygamy and child labor and make abortion illegal as well as contrapceptions to create an influx of workforce that is willing for dirt. Due to the new workforce I become the #1 economy in the world I reduce the education budget so my population is educated enough to rise up I Make Christianity the only legal religion and make the government a theocracy I conquer North Africa and Create the Holy Canadian Empire I maximize propaganda so every sees me as the messenger of god I develop my nuclear program which immediatly makes me the most hated country in the world I nuke the U.S and lose the war which results in the destruction of the Holy Canadian Empire and results in 200 million deaths

Pros: Seems interesting on the surface Music isn't terrible, but just okay. Customization for vehicles is pretty cool considering how simple it is, so not great, not even okay, but just "fine" I know it's an old game. Cons: If you follow other reviewers instructions and click the icon inside the games install folder so you can make the game fit your screen, all the text and GUI seem to become horribly small and painful to read. The games GUI and interface and all the options and settings are really shallow and clunky and make me feel like nothing I'm doing matters or has any real effect other than watching some money numbers become red. Besides that, the clunky and stiff feeling of the controls and settings made me feel like I was struggling to do anything I wanted to do. It wasn't the most intuitive system. The game just doesn't feel like I'm actually playing with a living world where real things are actually happening. The whole thing just feels empty to me. I'm sure many disagree and that's okay, but that's just how it personally made me feel as an individual person. At a certain point I quit after just 2-3 hours of playing and I uninstalled the game. I'm glad I only got it for $2.49 and I'm absolutely mind-boggled that it's normally $9.99 I personally can't really recommend it, but I know some people out there love it, But I will never understand exactly how or why.

I like to destroy things

Even though the game is a little old it is my favourite game by far, it is so addictive I can't get enough. I play a lot of strategy games and war games it's my favourite, this game I would highly recomend but first read the guide, it's a difficult game to master but when you do it's so much fun. =)