Been playing AE for almost a year now, and it has kept my interest very well. but at this stage of the game it doesn’t take a lot of time on a day to day basis to keep your account going until your guild goes to war then you have a day or two of intense battle. so either you create another account on a second server or find another game to play with.
So the new game I found is still in beta (or going to be as of Nov 1st) Sunrise War and as I always enjoy beta testing new games I applied and Kyle has allowed me in. So this will be for first PBBG I have beta tested but I have been in so many phase 1 and phase 2 MMOG betas I can’t even remember, the first was EQ and the last Conan. But since I have all but given up on the standard trend of MMOG clones I haven’t even looked for any new games out there.
I hope to help any anyway I can on this new game. It just hit me I think the first PBBG I played was way way back on a local BBS I used to connect to with my 1200 Hayes modem (if you even know what that is). The game was called TradeWars, even helped my stepbrother set it up on his pirate BBS. Oh the good old days of the secret underground 99.9% of the world didn’t even know. Waking up in the middle of the night to get your moves in before anyone else!
Well I have put in hours of play in the game and I like it. Not nearly as addictive as Civ4 but well fleshed out and truly enjoyable. I warn you be ready before you declare your Independence!
My 10 year old son and I have played the multi-player and we tried two games before we ended up playing something else. This is not because of any game issues, I found it enjoyable, but because there wasn’t enough combat for someone his age. Sure you can fight each other but it is limited, the Indians offer little resistance as long as you are careful not to anger all of them at the same time.
Plus until you learn out to use the import/export with your wagon trains moving your goods around can get a little over whelming. Over all I highly recommend this game to anyone that enjoys Sid’s games.
Back in the Day I was I HUGE Moo2 (Masters of Orion) fan, heck I still have the game installed on my gaming box and laptop. So a few years back I bought GC when it first came out, the reviews and hip looked great. When I got it installed and started playing I was disappointed. Guess deep inside I was hoping for the good M003 that I ever got. (yes I know a Moo3 came out but it was no where as good as Moo2)
So a while back I picked up the GC2 Dread Lords in the bargain bin and was going to give it another try. I have played it a few hours over the last week and just can’t sink my teeth in to what I don’t like about it. The interface is better in this version over the original GC2 even the some of the game play. But the combat is boring, the tech tree is stretched just to be lengthened.
So it has been put back on the shelf to collect dust.
I dropped by Best Buy to grab the Ironman DVD that just came out and what did I see on my way out of the store? Why a brand new game from Sid Meier, called Civilization IV: Colonization. A remake of his 1984 game using the Civ IV engine. While it is a lot of fun it isn’t quite as addictive as Beyond the Sword. This weekend I’ll test out the multi-player.
My son and I have been getting a lot of play time in on Diablo II getting ready for III. I know I know it most likely won’t release until late next year, but man we just can’t wait :) You have got to check out the videos they have over there on the game… makes shake with anticipation.