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From: slc@hoptoad.uucp (Steve Costa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Strategy anyone?
Message-ID: <11454@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 6 Jun 90 05:47:14 GMT
References: <1990Jun4.085317.12810@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: slc@hoptoad.UUCP (Steve Costa)
Organization: Presidio Software
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In article <1990Jun4.085317.12810@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> edgar@csri.toronto.edu (Edgar LeBel) writes:
>I am interested in two-player strategy games for the Amiga.  I have played
>Empire to death and need a new thrill.  I noticed in a mail-order house
>ad that there are games by the names of Austerlitz, Borodino, and others that
>I have never heard anything about.  Does anybody know anything about these
>or other strategy games?
>
>Hobie Orris

A friend and I have been playing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and enjoying
it immensely. The detail and strategy are fairly rich.

The most obvious drawback is that it is not at all "Amiga-ized". It doesn't
use the mouse or menus at all, though there are many game functions which would
have benefited.

A possible second drawback, depending on your point of view, is that it takes
a long time to play a complete game; we played once or twice a week for
weeks on our first engagement.

If you enjoyed Empire, I think that you will find the strategy of "Romance
of the Three Kingdoms" more satisfying. The development of territories is
more detailed. In addition, I think there is much more room for strategy
and tactics in battle situations, a point where I found "Empire" lacking.