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guitarguy
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posted July 05, 2005 05:04 AM |
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The Settlers III Gold Edition
Here's another cool game. I got this on my birthday in 2001, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact, I like it more than Settlers IV, which I consider to be a little too hard.
You play as one of four races: Romans, Egyptians, Asians, and Amazons.
Guard Towers have to be built in order to expand your territory; you can only construct buildings and harvest resources from within your own turf. When you're ready to strike your enemy's defenses, you need to send an army into their territory and take over all of their Towers.
If you build a Large Temple, you can create Priest units that can bring about "divine intervention", or spells for short. To cast spells, you need to generate a supply of mana points by sacrificing alcohol to the gods in Small Temples. With these spells, you can do a variety of things like smite enemy troops or cause free resources to magically appear in your stores.
Another way to destroy your enemy is by building war machines. Each race has its own unique war machine, such as the Roman Catapult and the Asian Cannon. These can be used to destroy enemy Guard Towers, but first you'll need to be armed with a supply of ammunition.
The Egyptians use massive quantities of stone resources to construct their buildings.
The Egyptians engage in a turf war. The red soldiers have captured an enemy tower.
The Romans are thriving with a rich economy protected by a strong military.
-guitarguy
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LoRd_cRuSaDer
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posted July 06, 2005 09:52 PM |
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Yeah is cool game I have it too... is very different from other strategic games... much more about the economics that the tactics, but still very fun game... a lot of detail in the animations...
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this_other_guy
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{0_o} heh...
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posted July 08, 2005 09:03 PM |
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Wow its been ages since i played that game.. despite some gameplay flaws, you gotta love some of its comical aspects 
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Lord_Woock
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posted July 08, 2005 11:12 PM |
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I always was rather more fond of Settlers 2, but as I remember, part 3 was quite enjoyable as well A musthave for any strategy player that doesn't much like overly archaic graphics in a game.
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guitarguy
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posted July 08, 2005 11:52 PM |
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I always was rather more fond of Settlers 2, but as I remember, part 3 was quite enjoyable as well A musthave for any strategy player that doesn't much like overly archaic graphics in a game.
I didn't really get into the second game, but I did enjoy the first one. It's just that the road systems got pretty complex by the late game, so it harder to get things done. I don't like how the game randomized the combat outcomes in the first game, either. Even if my gold supply brought me up to 200% or better strength, I'd still lose quite a lot of guys.
I think I enjoy Settlers 1 and 3 as two seperate games. Both of them have their fun moments, and I've gotten hooked on them quite a bit in the past. I'm still playing them now. Well, Settlers III at least.
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Wow its been ages since i played that game.. despite some gameplay flaws, you gotta love some of its comical aspects
I dunno what you mean by gameplay flaws, probably because I had all of the patches that came out for the game. I've heard that there were such bugs as the iron smelter producing pigs and the forester not being able to plant full trees. Maybe those are the flaws you're talking about. By the way, Settlers IV was very buggy upon its release. The game would crash so many times, after being very slow. It's a good thing they fixed it.
But indeed, the games are cute and funny to watch.
-guitarguy
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blanchy
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posted July 14, 2005 01:56 PM |
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hey guys i have this game and i think it great i havent played it in years but decided to open it up and have a go. Can someone ame some goot strategical games that use the principle of building in an area and expanding ur borders?
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guitarguy
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posted July 14, 2005 02:14 PM |
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If you're looking for strategy tips in Settlers III, then perhaps I can help.
Or are you looking for other games like Settlers?
-guitarguy
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blanchy
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posted July 14, 2005 03:51 PM |
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others like settlers but if u can help what do donkeys do and is it normal that only 2 swordman can take over a gaurd tower at a time cause its annoying having to wait in anothers territory with 30% fighting and wait 4 2 ppl to try and kill someone.
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guitarguy
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posted July 14, 2005 04:07 PM |
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I can't think of other games like Settlers. It's pretty unique in its own right; few other games come close. Do you have Settlers IV, as well?
Donkeys are used to transport goods outside of your territory via market to market routes. You need to convert some Carriers to Pioneers and send them out to create another territory outside your solid boundaries. Then (I think) you need a Market to create a route to that new territory, and you select which goods to send over. You should send over Hammers and Shovels, as well as Planks and Stone so that you can build stuff there. To get settlers to the new site, you need to convert the Pioneers back to Carriers.
I think that's how it works. I don't like this process because it takes long and it's not very fun to do.
Yeah, the Swordsmen and Spearmen can only attack towers two at a time. This was made so that it would be harder to win/lose a game outright. One thing you can try to do is have parts of your force split up into multiple directions when you're in the enemy settlement. That way, you can attack multiple towers.
Nowadays, I don't build a barracks and recruit soldiers until after I've promoted my military. That means I need to start the alcohol industry early and construct small temples. This tactic means that the first soldiers you'll hire will be upgraded, and much stronger than at level 1. This tactic is not useful if you need troops fast. Some campaigns require that you defend yourself quickly, so in that case I'd just pump out soldiers and not worry about promoting them.
It's kinda junk that the existing soldiers don't level up when you promote the new batch; it's almost like a waste. Oh well.
-guitarguy
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guitarguy
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posted July 20, 2005 04:16 AM |
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Two more pics for your viewing pleasure...
Here's my army of Asian soldiers just itching to grab some enemy land. With piles of gold locked away in storage pits and priests blessing my town with wonderful miracles, you bet I'm ready to take on my opponent! After some organization, they're off on their southern march to pay their wine-drinking neighbors a visit.
This is my army attacking a Roman settlement. Note the cannon near the front of the main body of soldiers. All of my men are fully upgraded and ready for some action. The poor Romans chose to build more defensive towers than soldiers, so they were asking for it. The redcoats are coming, indeed.
-guitarguy
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