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>DartGuru" <alan.gooch@bigfoot.com> wrote in message 
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> On Mar 29, 1:34 pm, "Jim Vieira" <Whiplash...@wiDOT.rrDOT.com> wrote:
>> Settlers V.. Did you ever play it? They had nearly completely abanonded
>> the original settlers style completely by that point. It's a complete
>> Warcraft
>> or Age of Empires type game by Settlers V.   It really is much much
>> different
>> than the original Settlers games.  Alot of fans were very unhappy about
>> that.
>> It's much more a generic RTS clone.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> A-ha.
> If it is that generic, what are the recent equivalents?
> I've looked at Tropico, but was after something a bit newer.
> If Warcraft III is the one that fits the bill, then I'll go for that,
> although is it a GIRLIE game?
> That is probably the important thing.
> We don't want no real blood and gore, and sci-fi is a no-no (even
> though I sneaked Alpha Centauri into her play-list for a while).
>
> IMO AoE is more Civ than Settlers 5.
>
> I understand what you're saying about S5:HOK being so different from
> S4, and she was devastated at first, but when you start playing S5:HOK
> it really does get quite engrossing. I suspect traditional Settlers
> fans were unhappy, but that they gained a few new fans instead.
>

I do think she may enjoy Warcraft III.  I always felt that the Settlers
franchise, starting from Settlers III, was moving in the Warcraft direction
in terms of play.  Most especially when I had Settlers V (never tried the
expansions). But I remember how similar it was with the peons, base
building, and hero units.  I was one who was disappointed with this
change, because I liked the other Settlers games more (S2 is my favorite,
but I like S3 & 4 also).  I came away from Settlers V feeling like "I might
as well just play Warcraft".

Warcraft III is fun and cute in many ways, so I think a girl may like it.
It's a pity there is no demo to try.  There are four races, all of which
are interesting in their own way (Human, Orc, Night Elf and Undead). There
is alot of stuff in Warcraft III that was a step away from the challenge of
micromanaging and mass clicking that was in Warcraft II and Starcraft.
Like spellcaster units that can "auto-cast" spells. This can help save you
alot of trouble micromanaging the battles.

Warcraft III is not very system intensive, as with all Blizzard games, it 
will
run very well on even old hardware.

Most specifically, I think the big thing that will be similar to Settlers V 
is
the hero units.  These were a new thing for the Warcraft series.  They have
unique spells and abilities, and items you can find along the way which make
them more powerful.  A little bit of an RPG feel to that.

Of course there are tons of play options. Single player campaigns for every
race (and again in the expansion pack).  Lan play vs each other, or vs AI's,
and of course, play on Battle.net itself.  Also, you can find battle packs 
of
the game + expansion for relativley cheap these days.

I guess all I can suggest is, here are links on Blizzards site for the game 
and
expansion pack.  These list game features, and some screenshots. Maybe you
can see if it's up her alley, so to speak.

http://www.blizzard.com/war3/
http://www.blizzard.com/war3x/

If not, I understand, and apologize. I'm just trying to help. I don't love 
Warcraft
III, I was much more a Starcraft fan.  I felt they had dumbed down alot of 
things
from the Warcraft II  /  Starcraft days.   But this is something that made 
the game
more popular with more casual gamers.  I do remember Settlers V (I had it 
about
a month before selling it used).  I thought it was very very much like 
Warcraft III
at the time.  So I thought this may be something you would enjoy.