Anyway, the rock traps are a really nice idea. Are rebels appearing, or maybe even the long-awaited reinforcements? I’m curious to see how Sparta holds up against the approaching competition. After all, the tasks within the missions change from time to time and I never know what will suddenly happen next.
Sparta – Ancient Wars basically has everything a strategy game should have – unfortunately it lacks a bit of whistle and originality. Incidentally: In addition to the Persians, you also control the Egyptians and Persians for a campaign – each campaign has its own story, of course. Because the look is very chic, the units look realistic, you can even see the individual weapons. The mono and dialogues are just as exciting as Angela Merkel’s New Year’s Eve address. The static cutscenes, which run entirely in game graphics, are less successful. As a last resort to crush theoretically superior opponents, these things are, by the way, excellently suited. Everything that stands in the way is crushed. If you like, you can set up rock traps that, once triggered, cause a rock avalanche to roll down the mountain.
Realistic rumbleĪnd there is also something new in the genre: A properly working physics engine is beating in the heart of Sparta. It doesn’t really matter who was armed and how. On the other hand, in larger battles you quickly lose sight of the individual units. The middle price segment has proven itself best – otherwise it is easy to run out of raw materials when building the superior super unit. The better, the more expensive, of course. However, you have to tell your people beforehand which armament and armor they should use. Troops of various types are then recruited in barracks. Then it usually means to first build an acropolis that will serve as the main building. Later on, the tasks are not much more demanding, but the opposing masses are much larger. If a few more units are in action, you quickly lose sight of the armament. You can put your own people on them by hand, who then fight more effectively thanks to improved armor values. Nice idea: finished opponents sometimes leave their horses behind. But the enemies do that too, which is why such AI dropouts have little effect in the battles. But when you run from A to B you are occasionally prone to gross nonsense – some turn right, while the rest prefer to walk around the obstacle to the left. They line up quite intelligently, dead in front, long-range fighters in the back. In the first few skirmishes you hardly have to worry about such matters, as the plot is primarily about brushing a few disrespectful rebels off the map with their own superior troops. Raw materials are gold, wood and food, which are mined in a well-known way by farmers (who are called helots here). Because the total of 30 battles are played in the usual way. Between us: You don’t really have to know the historical superstructure. That’s quite a lot of numbers and names now, let’s remember that of the Spartan hero Leonidas and we are ready to throw ourselves into the battles of Sparta – Ancient Wars. Within 117 minutes you learn everything you need to know about the struggle of the Spartans against the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 BC. No other buildings can be built without a previously constructed acropolis.Īnyone who has little or no knowledge of Greek history can currently take a crash course in the film adaptation of the comic book “300” in the cinema. But at least it offers a currently unoccupied scenario: Spartans, Persians and Egyptians all experience a crucial period in their history. Sparta – Ancient Wars is another genre representative that doesn’t exactly throw innovations around. Could one contradict me? I do not think so. There has been almost no further development for a long time, new games only chew the tried and tested for the umpteenth time. Then I would say about real-time strategy games: lack of imagination has brought the genre into trouble. Let’s assume for a moment that these people are actually right. Someone who likes to complain, doesn’t do anything good at games and then also writes something about it.
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