GOG Has Imperialism

Queeg · November 20, 2012, 06:42:14 PM

Quote from: OJsDad on November 20, 2012, 04:40:07 PM

Have you ever actually played Victoria? Diffently have to balance resources, goods and needs in that game.

My comments mostly were about Imp 2, but most of them apply equally to Imp.

Yes, I've played Victoria 1 and 2. I liked the the first one; the second one not so much. Lots of reasons for that, but there's one in particular that I think illustrates the comparison to Imperialism very well. In Imperialism, you have to constantly tweak your production and trade, but it's very easy to do as a matter of game mechanics - you can do the whole thing from two inter-connected screens. In Victoria 2, you do production province by province - and trade is so complicated that 99% of people simply automate it.

I play Imperialism. I typically watch Victoria 2 play itself.

WallysWorld · November 20, 2012, 08:47:51 PM

There's still a website dedicated to Imperialism: The Daily Imperialist

Steelgrave · November 20, 2012, 09:46:02 PM

^Nice find! Thanks for sharing :D

ArizonaTank · November 20, 2012, 11:02:59 PM

Quote from: Queeg on November 20, 2012, 06:42:14 PM
I play Imperialism. I typically watch Victoria 2 play itself.

Sad...but true for me as well....

Nefaro · November 21, 2012, 11:07:41 AM

So.. is Imperialism II owned by the same entity right now?

If so, I'd expect they're just milking some sales for the first one before releasing the second, amiright? Because it sounds like #2 was a notable improvement the way everyone asks about it when the first one is mentioned.

LongBlade · November 21, 2012, 08:06:07 PM

Not sure why this topic got locked, but I'm unlocking it.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Greybriar · November 21, 2012, 11:20:49 PM

I liked playing Imperialism back in the day. The only problem I had with the game was instantly resolving the battles. I remember having a massive army and attacking with it. I didn't want to play through the battle manually so I let the AI resolve it. I lost. EVERY TIME! I suspect the AI was putting my artillery in front and blocking off my other forces from even taking part in the battle. I played it out manually and won easily.

You have been warned.

Anguille · November 22, 2012, 03:14:43 AM

Quote from: LongBlade on November 21, 2012, 08:06:07 PM
Not sure why this topic got locked, but I'm unlocking it.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

I was wondering myself...

Seems like i will have to get this game too... :o

Johan · November 22, 2012, 07:46:53 AM

Funny fact..

The feature list on the back of the Imperialism II box is rather identical to the sales pitch text we showed their publisher back when we tried to get a publisher for eu1.

Anguille · November 22, 2012, 08:40:18 AM

Quote from: Johan on November 22, 2012, 07:46:53 AM
Funny fact..

The feature list on the back of the Imperialism II box is rather identical to the sales pitch text we showed their publisher back when we tried to get a publisher for eu1.

Sorry Johan, but i couldn't care less at least now after so many years :o

Steelgrave · November 22, 2012, 01:33:22 PM

Quote from: Greybriar on November 21, 2012, 11:20:49 PM
I liked playing Imperialism back in the day. The only problem I had with the game was instantly resolving the battles. I remember having a massive army and attacking with it. I didn't want to play through the battle manually so I let the AI resolve it. I lost. EVERY TIME! I suspect the AI was putting my artillery in front and blocking off my other forces from even taking part in the battle. I played it out manually and won easily.

You have been warned.

I played a lot of Imperialism myself and had the same thing happen to me. Autoresolve = autolose. Good game otherwise, just be prepared for some battles to drag on once you have a decent military in play.