The Settlers: Rise of an Empire

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi,
I just decided to have a quick browse around the sites of some of the games which I own, and found this when I had a look on the Settler's site. It's clear from the site that a new Settlers game is to be released in September - I've always been quite interested in the series that brought me into PC Gaming.

From the information, the video contained within the site and these videos, I feel that it may feature the more complex military of The Settlers HoK, videos show garrison-able walls, gates, a basic form of morale and attacking siege towers, with the micromanagement economy side of The Classical Versions of the Settlers (I, II, III and IV), possibly even, again, more complex. A developer claims that settlers will require entertainment and clothes as well as your typical foodstuffs required in The Classical Settlers games. It seems very meticulously detailed in both gameplay and graphics - you just got to hope that all the new features aren't bugged!

May I ask what you guys think about this latest intriguing title - it will be extremely interesting to see the views of others on the latest game. Thanks!

BTW, something else which appeals me to it is the, so far, is the suggestion that the system requirements are going to be pretty low - a developer said that anybody who has purchase a PC in the last two-three years should be able to play it with no problems. Due to quality of the graphics engine, I feel that the specifications may be the same as, or slightly higher, than HoK.

[Warluster]

Hm.

I've never played all the old settler games, but I tried the lastest one, loved it!

I can't really think on what they could improve, but if I was to ask for something in the new settlers game, it would be some good long campaigns!

just a question, were any of the previous games historically based?

Anyway, if not, I'd love to have a settlers game set in Amercias in the 1500's. :) though that'd never happen.

Edit: jeez, they all look pretty fat.

[Husar]

just a question, were any of the previous games historically based?

Nope, they're all just loosely based on historical factions though there have even been fantasy factions IIRC, didn't play the game, but it usually gets a lot of media attention.

Edit: jeez, they all look pretty fat.

That's what we call the "Knuddelfaktor" here in Germany, it's like a trademark of the series that all the people look like cute fat guys.

[Ciaran]

Hm.

I've never played all the old settler games, but I tried the lastest one, loved it!

I can't really think on what they could improve, but if I was to ask for something in the new settlers game, it would be some good long campaigns!

just a question, were any of the previous games historically based?

Anyway, if not, I'd love to have a settlers game set in Amercias in the 1500's. :) though that'd never happen.

Edit: jeez, they all look pretty fat.

The last Settler game (I presume we´re talking about Settlers V: Heir of Kings, not the revamped Settlers II) isn´t very much like the previous games, more like a slightly more complex RTS. I enjoyed it just as I enjoyed it´s predecessors, but it is different.

I am looking forward to the newest incarnation, what I´ve read about it certainly sounds interesting.

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Has Germany got the game yet Husar? I know from past experiences that the game is always released in Germany a few months earlier than in the UK - the team is German. I got most of my information about HoK by translating the German website using free translator software.

[Husar]

Apparently the release here is planned for September 2007.

Looks quite interesting, I've never really been into Settler games, but this one seems to be set in medieval times with big cities etc, could be interesting.

[Orb]

This one sounds disturbingly like 'city-builder'. I loved the old games (had a working version of 4), and I like city-builders, but I'm guessing this is going to be a bad half-way mark.