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From: edg@ingres.com (Ed Goldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Powermonger comments
Message-ID: <1991Jan31.163917.18811@ingres.Ingres.COM>
Date: 31 Jan 91 16:39:17 GMT
Reply-To: edg@squid.Ingres.COM (Ed Goldman)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
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In article <1991Jan28.231935.7383@county.oz.au> :
>
>I have played powermonger on and off now for a while, and have also been 
>reading with interest the comments on it in c.s.a.g. Here is my contribution:
>
>FUSTRATIONS
> ...
>GAMEPLAY COMMENTS:
> ...
>QUESTIONS:
> ...

I basically agree with most of what you say.  Plus I'd like to add some 
comments:

Overall I'm kind of disappointed.  I'm now 1 territory away from the last in 
the lower right.   There seems to be only 1 strategy: make a catapult or
cannon as fast as you can.  Once you've got one the rest is a cakewalk.  I
haven't yet encountered a territory where the opposition has or even attempts
to invent more advanced weapons.  Once you've got a catapult you can blow the
opposition away even when greatly outnumbered.  The opposition always seems to
just gather men and then head for the next village to capture.

I think this game is a lot shallower than it first appears.  Although it's
playability has been pretty good and I've mostly enjoyed it up to now, it's
starting to wear a bit thin.  I've found no use for trading, alliances
or extra captains ('cept as spies as mentioned above).  Why put this into the
game if you don't need it?  If they put this stuff in, it should be crucial
to devising a winning strategy in a lot of the territories.  It's not.

just my nickel's worth ...

-edg-