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Saturday 9 February, 2008
Gameplay:
The second time i sat down to play my roommate noticed and mentioned he used to love the game. We decided to try out the multi player and fight each other. this turned out to be awesome. Not only was it the same fun game, but I was fighting my roommate. We did a lot of smack talking which added to the excitement and it was overall very fun. I ended up beating him quite badly three or four times which probably made it even more fun for me aside from the fact that he wont play me until he practices more. We played the large islands map where each team was on its own island to start. I found that the best initial attack was as many ships as I could and wipe out everything within range. This meant I needed tons of wood so I had almost all my villagers collecting wood. After sending in about 15 ships I made sure I had some transport boats full of elephants ready to be sent over to destroy what was left. This proved very affective. Another strategy I used was to upgrade as much as possible before actually building anything. The only downside to this was that I was left vulnerable to attack for some time without much defense. The solution to this was watch towers and tons of them. These gems took a while to build but with enough were virtually impenetrable.
Design:
The design of this game was really quite good. It forced me to develop strategies to take out the enemy and protect myself. I did find it a bit frustrating once everything had been upgraded to max. I wish things had the ability to continue to get better. Unfortunately this is not reasonable. Another thing that would have been nice would be to have resources replenish over time. Once you are out, you are simply out. It would be nice to have trees regrow and gold to form over time. Overall though the game was very fun and kept me engaged for quite some time. Although not flawless it is one of the better games i have played.
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