(this review is only for the first incoming) If you're a fan of fast-paced military vehicle shooters then i would definitely recommend this game as its a prime example of the genre, just beware of two things though. 1: The game doesn't play nicely with modern video cards. You're pretty much guaranteed to need a API wrapper like dgVoodoo for it to work properly. 2: The game is well known for for being a pack in for several video cards back in the day, what people tend to forget though is that the version received this way was actually based on an unfinished build that lacks features and has a few notable artistic differences compared to the retail/this version. If that was the version you grew up with you might be a bit disappointed.
While the game might look nice and gog has made a fantastic job in making in run on modern computers, It's just unfortunately what might have been revolutionary back in 1997 just feel so boring nowadays. There is just no depth to this game, just run around and shoot everything on the screen until they die with little to no motivation. As the game just dumps you into a level with no cut scene or anything to entice you to play it. Get it if you enjoy mindless shooters. Otherwise play something else.
A mindless top-down run-and-gun shooter in the style of the classic 'Alien Breed' series: While it certainly has problems with the likes of the non-existent Ai and annoying camera angle ( and i personally hate how you have aim your guns with your mouse rather than it being locked to the characters rotation), for a Russian indie game from 2003 named 'Alien shooter', its actually really fun and kinda what you expect. In short, fun if you enjoy a mindless alien slaughter-fest. (also, there exists remastered version of booth this game and its sequel, don't know why neither have been added here though)
Ignore those who keep complaining about the game not working. It works fine with DGVoodoo2, a piece of software that most GOG users should be familiar with. Like other games in the series, settlers 4 is a City builder/Resource juggler/RTS hybrid where you create buildings out of resources and then use those buildings to create more and different resources, with an end goal of (mostly) being able to produce soldiers and destroy your enemy before he destroys you. What sets it apart from the other ones in the series though, is the way it succeeds in balancing these three elements, instead of having one take preference over the other two. This combined with a simply, yet surprisingly interesting story and nice, cartoony graphics makes for a really enjoyable experience if you like me, are into these types of games. Should stress that its far from perfect though. Combat is chaotic with no option of micro-managing at all. meaning the victor is almost always the one with the bigger army. I'm also not that very found of the games music. Which, while certainly nice, only consists of two tracks per race. And when matches can easily go on for several hours, you will quickly grow tired of those two tracks. (There is a way to play your own music too, but i haven't managed to get it to work) In the end though. An enjoyable game that will suck up hours of your time.