Posted on: December 17, 2020
streetyson
Gry: 51 Opinie: 32
Dated, though maybe 4 stars in it's day
I've got the series on disc. Back in the day this was quite fun in it's way, though I just can't understand all the rave reviews because this is definitely not in any way at all "tabletop wargaming" brought to the PC. There are no tactics or strategy, at least from the AI. It just builds units and sends them in a lumpy stream without proper formations or co-ordination. However, there were at least some naval elements to the fighting (something which elsewhere back then was pretty much non-existent), and at least for raiding ships the lack of a proper battle-AI was much less problematic. And it looked nice and was more than just fighting as you had to build a bit etc. Still, I felt cheated because the pics on the boxes always showed some fantastic formations in huge battles, and that just doesn't happen. If you're interested, I'd suggest you instead start with their American Conquest: Fight Back game, and play as a colonial power, that way the lack of proper or huge enemy combined unit formations or any pretty battlefield manoeuvres really don't matter so much because the tribes didn't really employ them and nor did the colonials employ them as much. Thus the endless stream of skirmishers trying to slowly overwhelm your fledgling colony seems less unrealistic.
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