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Why I believe Politics and War is a successful game


Magicboyd25

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Having been a part of several other simulators, I will say PnW is by far the best by in game content.

 

I love the fact that there are alliance banks. The economics are so much different and you can control so much more with the markets. The manufactured resources and regional resources add something more than other game's selective resources. It is by far something which really keeps people interested early on.

 

Something else is the Improvement Gameplay. I have to say the idea to link power with cities is something which makes improvements so much better than other game's versions of improvements. Production options, Commerce, disease, etc: make cities much more important and also add to the gameplay.

 

Also, an active admin makes it so much better :P

 

The politics of this game are in my opinion much different, and because of that it makes guessing political situations much more interesting. Paperless treaties, raiders, merc alliances, etc: more interesting things I dont find as much in other games.

 

I have had a few other people in other games tell me they dont want to do PnW again cause they tried it in Beta and didn't like it. I have asked why and they dont have a clear answer. Seeing the game from this view is something I have tried to use to get more people to try it out. BK people did, and now we love the game more than others.

 

(I wanted to write an easy first blog to get my blog rolling :P So probably not very much interesting stuff in this one).

 

I will ask though, in the comments, are there any other things about this game that you think make it successful?

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Magic started a blog here too?

 

I'm so !@#$ sorry, everyone. D:

I was the one that got Sheepy to get the blog thingies so of course I would do one ;)

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Honestly I think the fact that there isn't one 'best' way to play is what makes the game worth playing. Sure there are some must have improvements and whatnot, but it isn't as if you can just spit out a checklist of things to do and BOOM you've got the best possible city.

 

So long as that central aspect stays true, there is room to grow.

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It looks to be balanced out and thoroughly thought in terms of game mechanics. Active admin is what I value the most though.

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Good post.  This game also rewards coordination really well.  And it will scale up nicely with pollution changing game mechanics depending on size.

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