I am taken, completely taken and hooked. Is "addicted" a strong enough word?
I re-discovered an old favourite a week ago: the online game by Swirve, Earth 2025. The premise of it is simple: you take control of a country in this online world. Through a series of turns (1 turn every 25 minutes, 24 hours a day), you slowly build up your country, making decisions such as whether to turn it into a technology haven, military dictatorship or democratic free market.
Earth 2025
You build buildings that reflect your country philosophy, you build an army to defend and attack. Your objective is to make your country #1 among the tens of thousands of people who play the game each day.
Your rank is determined by your Nett Worth which is calculated through a combination of size of country (acreage), military might, technological capability and amount of money amassed. So its possible to play a defensive game, improve your technology behind your borders and gain Nett Worth that way. Or you can be a modern day Hitler, build your army and invade your neighbours. By sheer size alone, you can also gain Nett Worth.
Its a terribly fun game and one that doesn't really take that long to play each day; 20 min is all you need to go through the 50+ turns that you'll accumulate each day. I think a large part of its attractiveness lies in its depth of strategy - there are just so many things that can be done to play the game differently...
Play it. Look for "Regalia Prime" in the Tournament Game "Z". That will be me.
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