I got Spartan
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 11:30 pm
I got Spartan last night, as I live in Argentina I did the electronic download.
Never had any problem getting the game or getting it to work through the download. The game itself is very fun to play for me. When I first opened it up I was worried by the lack of scenarios because the game doesn´t have an editor. I quickly found out in each scenario you can pick any city to play on the board and each city has it´s own objectives and setups. This gives you over a 100 different variations to play so the replay value of the game is high despite not having an editor.
What I like also it the game is very simple to play. Don´t get me wrong in my idea by thinking it´s a simple game because it isn´t. It´s easy to jump in and move things around while building but I quickly found out it´s not an easy game to win and has alot of depth.
The way Spartan does the battles is just about right for me. You have a little control over the tactical aspects of each battle with the main focus on the strategic elements of the game.
The only thing more I would have liked to seen more with this game is ¨hotseat play¨ This game begs for hotseat play in my opinion.
So to sum up, if you like ancient greece history and battles you won´t be letdown if you buy the game. It´s worth the buck. I know I will be playing it for a long time.
Never had any problem getting the game or getting it to work through the download. The game itself is very fun to play for me. When I first opened it up I was worried by the lack of scenarios because the game doesn´t have an editor. I quickly found out in each scenario you can pick any city to play on the board and each city has it´s own objectives and setups. This gives you over a 100 different variations to play so the replay value of the game is high despite not having an editor.
What I like also it the game is very simple to play. Don´t get me wrong in my idea by thinking it´s a simple game because it isn´t. It´s easy to jump in and move things around while building but I quickly found out it´s not an easy game to win and has alot of depth.
The way Spartan does the battles is just about right for me. You have a little control over the tactical aspects of each battle with the main focus on the strategic elements of the game.
The only thing more I would have liked to seen more with this game is ¨hotseat play¨ This game begs for hotseat play in my opinion.
So to sum up, if you like ancient greece history and battles you won´t be letdown if you buy the game. It´s worth the buck. I know I will be playing it for a long time.