bioelectricclam
Warlord
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2006
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Well, after playing a few hours, I thought I'd write a little review on Warlords. I am sorry to say that it wasn't exactly what I had in mind.
First of all, I'd say about 80% of the new content focuses on the scenarios. This is both good and bad, really. If you like scenarios (or making your own), you'll <3 Warlords. If you are more like me and just like single player custom games (or multiplayer), there just isn't alot of new features to look forward to. Here are a few letdowns:
*The promised "unique city art for civilizations from different regions" was lazily done. They have new art for Asian and Meditteranean regions, but none for northern Europe, Africa/Egypt and the Middle East, or Mesoamerica. Why? Because they just re-used some of the unique art from the scenarios (namely the Chinese unification and Rise of Rome). It's great if you like Asian or Greek/Roman tribes (the new art is actually really nice looking), but not so good otherwise.
*There are no new resources in the regular game. Some new resources make an appearance in the scenarios (like Tea for China, and Olives for the Rome scenarios) but these resources aren't brought into the main game (they should have been, in my opinion).
*If you were used to playing as one civ most of the time, it's pretty likely that they screwed up your leader traits. Especially if you like asian civs, because Firaxis was on a mission to reenforce the asian cultures are xenophobic stereotype when they sat down to mess up the leader traits. I hate protective trait
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*Lack of new units, especially in the modern era. I feel like a paid $30 (nearly the price of the original game) for 2 units.
But it isn't all dark clouds and rainy weather. The expansion does offer some nice new stuff:
*Warlords is obsessed with eye and ear candy; the new music is great, and they put in some time on the unique buildings.
*If you like to mod, there are alot of new models and textures for you to fool around with.
Basically, to sum up my gripe: not much was added to the regular game, but the scenario team certainly earned their salaries. Good expansion for those who like scenarios or making mods, but bad for people who like the regular game.
First of all, I'd say about 80% of the new content focuses on the scenarios. This is both good and bad, really. If you like scenarios (or making your own), you'll <3 Warlords. If you are more like me and just like single player custom games (or multiplayer), there just isn't alot of new features to look forward to. Here are a few letdowns:
*The promised "unique city art for civilizations from different regions" was lazily done. They have new art for Asian and Meditteranean regions, but none for northern Europe, Africa/Egypt and the Middle East, or Mesoamerica. Why? Because they just re-used some of the unique art from the scenarios (namely the Chinese unification and Rise of Rome). It's great if you like Asian or Greek/Roman tribes (the new art is actually really nice looking), but not so good otherwise.
*There are no new resources in the regular game. Some new resources make an appearance in the scenarios (like Tea for China, and Olives for the Rome scenarios) but these resources aren't brought into the main game (they should have been, in my opinion).
*If you were used to playing as one civ most of the time, it's pretty likely that they screwed up your leader traits. Especially if you like asian civs, because Firaxis was on a mission to reenforce the asian cultures are xenophobic stereotype when they sat down to mess up the leader traits. I hate protective trait
.*Lack of new units, especially in the modern era. I feel like a paid $30 (nearly the price of the original game) for 2 units.
But it isn't all dark clouds and rainy weather. The expansion does offer some nice new stuff:
*Warlords is obsessed with eye and ear candy; the new music is great, and they put in some time on the unique buildings.
*If you like to mod, there are alot of new models and textures for you to fool around with.
Basically, to sum up my gripe: not much was added to the regular game, but the scenario team certainly earned their salaries. Good expansion for those who like scenarios or making mods, but bad for people who like the regular game.
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! I'm pinning my hopes on the second expansion.
