Posted on: March 7, 2013
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The pinnacle of German "Aufbau" sims
Many series had their highlight in the third part, for others the third part sucked horribly. Settlers is of the former kind. After the first two parts (only parts starting from 2 are available on GOG also) had you build up your small town with roads, originally I was very skeptical when it was announced that the settlers would create their own roads. This, however, was a misunderstanding, as the roads concept was scrapped, buildings could be placed almost freely, and what ensued was goodness. But what is Settlers 3? When my aunt gifted me a few games at one of my birthdays, they included "One Step Beyond" - a forgotten small game - and three games I completely loved: Dungeon Keeper 2, Settlers 3, Might & Magic VII. Settlers 3 later got two expansions, I bought them both later. They are included on GOG. Settlers 3 is an "Aufbau sim" in German style. The American style Aufbau sims like Caesar and Pharaoh have you built a complex city, the German style sims are more about building a basic economy, then getting some resources to build up the military and overwhelming the opponent with this. Knights & Merchants is a clunky gem with that idea, but the Settlers series might have been the origin of this style. And it is one that takes its time. You have four kinds of buildings: Basic resources, food, military, society. So you build at first woodcutters, sawmills, possibly foresters, and stonemasons, to get planks (made from logs cut by woodcutters, processed in the sawmill) and stone (directly cut from stone by masons, a finite but usually plentiful resource, like mine resources). Then you build a food production (feeds miners only, others need no food), and mines. With the resources from mines you create morale-lifting gold (or gems as Egyption) and weapons. And then you attack. Miracles by priests, and rarely used siege weapons can help you. Each of the 3+1 civs is different, but basic gameplay is the same. [see comments for the continuation]
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