http://worthplaying.com/article/2009/9/18/news/68578/
Sounds like a good lil strat game, but I'm at work so cant' d/l it..someone go play it and report!
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Empires of Steel uses a simultaneous turn-resolution system, better known in gaming as „We-Go“. You can form alliances, capture and trade precious resources, research new technologies, and of course form huge invasion fleets and armies to conquer your opponents.
Empires of Steel was built from the ground up with multi-player in mind, and includes voice and text chat systems, matchmaking features, and even a download system for mods, maps, and custom unit sets all integrated seamlessly into the game! Single-play against the the Artificial Intelligence Computer Opponent is of course fully supported as well – be prepared to see the computer declare war against you, or offer you a trade!
Empires of Steel is all about conquest and exploration: at the start of each game you can either load a pre-generated map (such as a real world global map), or you can create a completely random map based on your preferences for land mass and other parameters. The map can either be fully revealed to all players at the start, or you can play in exploration mode, and lift the fog of the the unknown as you discover new lands and valuable resources as well as potential enemies, turn after turn."
The beta has a demo? Or the demo has a beta?
Yes.
Sweet! I've been keeping half an eye on this one for a while now. Will have to download and hope I can squeeze in some time to play it this weekend....
...this is not helping me at work. I am not happy with your lack of dedication to informing me...sigh
Hm...looks like a typical "KISS" game.
I've just tried the demo. Seems like a good game. Resembles civ a lot. Although it is much easier and quicker to play. I wonder how the AI will be considering the budget the company is likely to have. The thing I like more about this game than cive is that it starts with the modern age and that key resources are more important than in civ. Worse than Civ are the graphics and on a relatively high resolution it is difficult to guide units over the map. I recommend everyone that likes non-scifi tbs games to try this game/demo.
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