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Article #581277Re: Imperialism II - Still holds up
From: Bob Perez
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 04:06
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 04:06
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"Pinnace" <pin...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:y9Jf8.8543 > Interesting thread!! Inspired me to re-install the game and play. Seems we're not alone. I'm glad to hear there's still an Imp2 audience out there, would love to see some interest in bringing the game back into the mainstream (in this connection, I wonder how well that worked for Merchant Prince...) > At the moment I think I like Imp2 better than EU2 because: > > 1. I like games where you start with nothing much and build up your economy > and infrastructure. Yeah, that was a major point for me. The response I've received here when I've commented on this is "it's a historical sim, you shouldn't be playing it if you don't like that approach". And they're right. So I don't play it. ;-) > 2. There's something to do every turn. In EU2 if you aren't fighting a war > you can spend a lot of time sitting and watching the gold total grow so you > can afford to build troops for the next war. Excellent point, there is no need for an accelerated time option because you're never skipping turns waiting for the clock to run.
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