In Scen 1, I spent 40 minutes going thru what was basically a very slow version of a Learning Campaign. I was all alone on the map and I had to gather resources and create some high end units.
Scen 2: The resources I gathered are mostly gone. I was gathering resources slowly again, I went downstairs to make coffee and when I came back to the War Room I found dead enemy lying all over my little base camp. I had been attacked in my absence but my troops had handled it without my guidance. Well done, men! The Hint for this scen is that food is scarce. But actually it's not.
Scen 3: Two islands far from each other. Could be a naval scen. Except for the shallows paths drawn glaringly across the entire map, looking exactly like an evening gown with an enormous duct tape patch across the front. A concession to the computer's weakness at crossing water. However the enemy island is not directly connected to my island, and it was quite good at using a heavy transport.
Scen 4: Suddenly all my resources are gone, all my high end units are gone, all my buildings are gone, I've been thrown back from Iron to Tool Age, and all I have is a Town Center with 5 Villies and default resources on a big flat map with resources planted equally around the three equally primitive enemies. In other words, it appears to be a Random Map. I don't know what the "new stuff" was, I didn't see anything new.
[Edited on 08/25/08 @ 04:08 PM]
Rasteve (id: rasteve)
Posted on 11/18/09 @ 08:18 PM
Rating
1.6
Breakdown
Playability
1.0
Balance
2.0
Creativity
1.0
Map Design
2.0
Story/Instructions
2.0
Type: Fictional
Scenarios: 4
Playability: 1
Very boring, no background story, no real purpose, no challenge...
Balance: 2
The first scenario isn't even worth mentioning, and the final three are not really difficult. Noticed a several lack of resources throughout.
Creativity: 1
There is no real creativity here. Nothing special, nothing new.
Map Design: 2
Very poor although the 3rd scenario has some interesting use of shallows. The final scenario looks like a nooberated random map.
Story/Instructions: 2
No effort here, very blunt. No story given.
Additional Comments:
Not worth downloading, a real lack of effort and no strong points.
VictorIn_Pacific
Posted on 01/15/14 @ 08:43 PM
The previous reviews are good but missed a few points.
Scenario 1 is too simple. Scenario 2 is easy. Scenario 3 is hard unless you move fast. The big problem is that you have fairly low resources and hardly any space to build. If you wait until you have cleared some space, you will lose. You have to immediately stuff a bunch of buildings into whatever space you do have and produce a bunch of villagers and then a bunch of warships. You have to prevent your ally from eating your needed resources. You have to deny your enemy the gold in the middle of the map. You have to win the naval battles. Then your enemy runs out of resources and dies. Scenario 4 is a standard 2v3 RMG.
Scenario 3 might have some merit, but the others aren't worth the bother.