Strategy Games in Difficult

STRATEGY GAMES IN DIFFICULT
BY JACOB MALEWITZ

Computer strategy games like Civilization, Age of Empires, and Warcraft, are known to those familiar with the genres. However, there are plenty of unknowns in this field which should get more exposure.

I have a deep joy for strategy games and, in a sense, a bitter hatred for them taking so much from my early childhood. I would spend far to many hours trying to conquer the world.

RPGs like Everquest and FPS like Halo dominate the consoles, but strategy games have no success in those fields; you need a computer to enjoy them most.

While Civilization was far from the first strategy game to have worldwide success, it did play an integral part in the development of a loyal fan base. It was created by the gaming genius Sid Meier.

Games like Risk and Chess were the precursors to the strategy games of today and, even in the early years of gaming, could be played on your computer.

What was lacking in these time honored games was the fact they didn’t utilize what a computer could do. Civilization has always had one of the better Computer AIs. Their were some stark comparisons: the best strategy games, like the best board games, are infinitely replayable. Every game could be a different world with different opponents.

Civilization was a game with two options: Conquer the world or reach Alpha Centauri first. Those were the goals, but governing an entire civilization was what made it work. War. Politics. Trade. Science. You could pick from over a dozen civilizations, from the Romans to the Greeks, the Mongols to the Chinese. All these things were involved in the game. All these things made it highly addictive.

And it wasn’t just about graphics, those would be improved in later versions, and different types of games like Warcraft showed what could be done with graphics. Strategy was paramount; guide your civilization from the stone age to the modern age.
Civilization 2 could be the finest strategy game, not to mention sequel, ever made. It incorporated far superior graphics with new takes on civilization. I played Civilization 2 more than any other game in my entire life. I would rise early just to play the game more.
Soon, other games came into the background.

Colonization was another Sid Meier game that focused on the years of colonizing the Americas. You had less options for civilizations, but it was like taking a small portion of a book and making it into a short story where you could focus on one single point in time. The graphics on this game, and the first Civilization, are very outdated, but I would recommend.
Master of Orion 2 was perhaps the best of the old galactic games. From what I’ve read, the third game in the series was far inferior to the second. Master of Orion was like Civilization in space, where decisions were made, war a constant, and spreading civilization important. A recent game has come close to defeating Master of Orion. Galactic Civilizations succeeded in making an excellent turn based strategy game, as well as a good sequel. Both games are similar, and could be recommended, but there is one old game that merits a look.

Ascendancy came out over a decade ago. I bought it for a reasonable price, still hot from my addiction to Master of Orion. Ascendancy really surprised me and, though it wasn’t perfect, came close to defeating Master of Orion.

I still wanted to live in the real world. I bought Civilization 3 and was very disappointed; the graphics were better, but it just didn’t look good next to Civilization 2.

I had played Warcraft 2 some years before. Warcraft and Age of Empires are the two best real time strategy games around. While many know World of Warcraft – which I never played – there are just as many fans of the strategy game. What really made Warcraft work was the story behind it. Straight out of a world similar to Middle Earth (Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings), came a new take on Humans and Orcs. The setting was medieval, yet magic was also incorportated. I was exasperated with Warcraft 2 for a long time, and though it wasn’t as addictive as Civilization, the graphics were superb.

Warcraft 3 I wouldn’t have played nearly as much had I not become addicted to the Blizzard online gaming. This was incredible; replayability for Warcraft was doubled.
The first game I ever played online was Age of Empires. The first two games of the series weren’t necessarily superior to Warcraft, but, I liked to play in the real world more than with magic. I have yet to play Age of Empires 3 due to poor reviews, but the first two games in the series kept me at the computer for days.

Age of Empires online was addicting: The computer could not always win. I could be beaten in different ways. I could be a top player.

Age of Empires Win 2, Egypt

Jacob Malewitz

Age of Empires Win 2, Byzantium 

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Byzantine in Spanish in age of empires is game. Spanish hit me with conquistador the conquistador marks with arrow, conquistador uses arrow by sword Byzantines quit use cataphract, the hottest cavalry unit in the game against siege, buildings, and infantry, and a hot move to take gold maps.

The idea was to win on Byzantine My favorite civilization  in age of empires win 2 is Byzantine. I was planning to invade Spanish whom had castle to build cavalry you build stables, they kill infantry and spearmen and certain unique units in game. 

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Byzantines use cataphract, to build cavalry you build stables and to build cataphract you use castles. Idea is castle siege page for lighter and bottle, off a hardcover novel. 

Cataphracts are the hottest weapon, with blades so hot and a speed so hot you can almost beat game. Hot as Egyptians in first age of empires, who last with chariots, who last with short sword, and can conquer all of civilization but have a book and Empire with Pharaoh. Their army is best kadesh. Byzantine page says the hottest Byzantine battle is Justinian, and you should see game as win both, and that the Egyptians are about hotted by me and that Choson and Hittite wont win land and Egypt page like this.

Byzantines use cataphract, but game is Egyptian in out to jacket and win of white color for flag. I used cataphrct and arrow, and game says since you counter hot with Byzantine you should try more to win on points and chess pay.  Threee barracks were in operation, and I was building champisons. Are stables to beat Building arrow with cataphract whom had to invade. I was building Spanish four stables to beat Byzantines to invade I was building building champions with sword. 

Game was lost by arrow. Game was played by Spanish and Mayan. The Spanish quit and my ally quit said quit. I played the game as Byzantines, Byzantines won arrow by sword Byzantines played Japanese a trick, they turned.

What is Egypt?

What is Byzantine blade?

Who is the Egyptian sword? Who  is empire? What is short sword in first game? What is Cataphract in second game?

Napoleon is here. Napoleon is here. Who is operation, who is game, what is meal, weapon, and pay for Egypt? What is book and city for Byzantium, a castle to out.

Byzantines played Japanese a trick. They turned. Byzantines siad they would turn on the Japanese it was a deathmatch game. The Japanese turned on me and hit me with arrow. Byzantines hit me hard they used cataphract defense to play me a game against the Japanese. The Japanese turned on me.  I played the Byzantines a cataphract I used a scout.  I was playing as scout rider on vol, an open source system. Three play. You hit them with cataphract, horse, charge a champion a champion, Byzantines hit the Japanese hard. Scout goes with the Japanese taken over by champion Champion is taken. 

Champion is taken unit for Vikings. It beats knight. The Vikings are good but the Vikings are good but the Vikings never used them in game. This was land map.

The teuton unique unit is tuetonic arrow. The knight is heavy cavalry and it has option of arrow. The teutons use heavy siege, such as bombard cannnon, to attack heavy fortifications. I have used heavy siege siege siege as advance base I would build heavy forfifications in front, to win online game In this game I used Vikings as a play - I wanted hun - so I used the Viking as a play for ship but I did not so I wanted to use Viking for ship.  But I did not see the land mass they were using The game was coastal, th Arabia, then it turned into frozen winter I wanted to ally with hun, chin-nook, and crossbow I wanted crossbow., but the Vikings have no crossbow we used crossbow we used halberdiers, horse archer, and catapult to attack the Chinese I don’t like the Chinese -- they cheat in game like Korean.  We turned on Chn-nook aout of castle and they used horse archer to end the game. Game was over. 1300. Scout Rider won 50+ for game, 1450.

 Game was lost by arrow. Game is game master guide.

Age of Empires is a hard game, game was won hard by a fast strike for the flank Age of empires was won on this. The Spanish quit on me. Fast strike was for mayan, in a different game-- game went Viking-went halbierder Game went Viking for We used halbcerdiers and scout rider is playing against hun, tueton, and I was allied with Chinese. The Chinese have chin-nook  as unique unit Hun have horse archer. 

Game went Viking We used halberdiers and scout rider is playing against hun, tueton, and I was allied with

Chinese. The Chinese have Chin-nook as unique unit Hun have Tartar as unique unit I used cavalry, horse archer, to kill Chinese chin-nook as unique unit I turned on the Chinese and tried to ally with hun in Loki game, this was the clan on Vol I joined because they wanted me to up for powere and fun They wanted me to up ratings The Viking unique unit is horse archer Why would the Vikings have horse archer as unique unit when they have axe thrower The halberdier is another unique unit 

Game was not over Game allowed so for Vol source We won the horse archer, a recorderd game, and I was allowed to write about the game

- Viking have horse archer

-Viking have trebuchet

-Vikings use halberder to beat cavalry sometimes players too confident with them

-You need to have massed army, combined army, and city protected by army

For defence in this game I used horse archer. . .

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Egypt Deathmatch game, Sol Win

I was in Egypt in a deathmatch game, avast, playing against Babylon, a used source game This was not on vol Scout Rider played the ge on 1800, in an old game, but the game was won by sword I used chariot in the game for a strong game -- Egypt lost the game early Egypt won the game early by 3-phase you win the game by sword you win the game by chariot and you win the game by deathmatch The deathmatch game was won by me early  I played three chariots early, for a scouting party You win 3 chariots for a scouting party because you have to scout for foraging and city City is winning Scout is winning The short sword can win against shield is strong here. The sword and spear as chariot. The chariot archer is strong -- it is my favorite and can win against Babylonian chariot archer

The city was protected by army The city was strong in spear and chariot With Egypt, in age of empires, your king is pharaoh Your houses are different, and your technology is different Your technology is sword and gathering wood With Egypt, in age of empires, your king is pharaoh needed an overlord, a seer, and a bringer

Your houses are different because you need to win in game and you need to have houses for population A pharaoh would bring more houses

Your technology is different for game -- you would need to research it and invest in it

The game was won by chariot Babylon attacked and used chariot, horse archer, and catapult.

I attacked with elephant, chariot, and a fleet I had a fleet on the map game game game I attacked with elephant chariot and a fleet I had a fleet on the map The map was called overlord and lowtrdlands and marshlands Scout rider was my alias, and this was a game who liked hitting me on zone for deathmatch age of empires game.

Social media is hot. Age of empires is hot. The player I played in game was found on social media site. He had a higher ranking than me. He was 1900, Legionairre. The player, Legionnaire, called me out to another game to win his name. He wanted to play Egyptian against me--so I played Hittite. Hittite is hot map. Egypt and Ramses II fight Hittite Kadesh, and win with chariot sword. The Hittites have chariot archer, but they are weak compared to horse archer. Horse archer is hottest unit--with catapult-- for Hittite empire. 

The horse archer is weak, unless you protect it with a retreat form or a mass of infantry The mass infantry is strong for catapult Catapult protection. Hittite is strong with horse archer In game, and in history, they have money and power They are strong in catapult and can conquer city. Hittite is the conqueror of empires. Egypt is hotter because it respects other empires and can conquer easier in this sense. Egypt is undervalued early history, then is approached for millenia for how and why you run empires with ideas of different monarch standards.

Game is here. Egypt is hottest map.

The best reasons to use Hittites--

They have strong catapult

Horse archer can be used for scouting and can raid city.

In DM game they can beat Choson, early Korean empire, have strongest light sword.

Social media is hot. Social media says next game should take next name, early buy of something, and win something. It’s short story idea. Age of empires would say game is hot, but Civilization is early game it bases some moves on. Who is publisher, who is page, what is win of history book to you then a similar page like this. Do you show moves this hot? Yes, writer myth is you lose your move.

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Scout Rider is best name. Prototype on a blog might say meal, jacket, pay of game.

Scout rider is not as hot as other names. Early idea on zone is, Zacko The Great is hottest dm player then you have real map players with other hot scores. Early articles on this site helped me understand Hittite and Choson are hot on DM, but I wanted to try a hot different civilization for game, like I did Greeks and Egypt in Civilization 1 and 2.

Does this buy you AOE 2 for Byzantium game? Where is Rome? Who is general other than you’d see in Age of Empires.

Game is here. Egypt is hottest civ.

What Hittites might lack:

They have no long sword like Choson

They cant king chariot or heroes like Egypt.

The Hittites are never allowed technology--the game fast.

I hit him with horse archer fast. The horse archer is a fast unit in any map. I used it to bring Legionairres city to Egypt, in a rush, but was countered by his rush.

Horse archer hit the rear of his city.

It had:

Farm

House

Town Center

The farms were unprotected, they had villagers, and I was was able to wipe out empire. I hit his houses next--but he had a army. The army went into his TC, (town center), and pushed army away.

“Military:

The best military units of Egypt are their Chariots and CAs with +33 % hitpoints and Nobility who get all upgrades (and their Priests with all technologies). They should balance the poor infantry (nothing beyond the Short Swordsman) and siege weapons (only STs).  

The infantry is pretty awful - only Short Swordsmen and without piercing armour. But then Egypt can do without infantry from Bronze onwards - so who cares? There are good Slingers with most Iron Age upgrades, but no Siegecraft and no extra shielding. The Academy is bad too - again: Egypt doesn't need infantry so who cares?  

The archery is good with full range and all technologies including Chain Mail - Egypt only doesn't get the Horse Archer - well, it can convert them, no problem.  

Egypt doesn't get any Cavalry but it can convert those too. Poor siege weapons - there are only Stone Throwers here with extra range in Iron.  

Egypt has alhl walls and all Towers, full range and Alchemy. The navy is nothing special but they do get everything.” AOKHEAVEN, HeavenGames

http://aoe.heavengames.com/academy/civs/Egypt.shtml

The Egyptian hit me hard. He had chariot in his city. I raided him again. I added chariot. The chariot is a strong unit for Egyptian, with its ability to use both chariot archer and chariot sword. It’s not expensive unit in game, but in past the best weapon on the battlefield.  

The chariot is a strong unit for Hittite.  In ancient history, the Egyptians and Hittites did fight. What is the fght, for empire, for Arabia, for Babylon, and for Kadesh. In move, Ramses II takes Egypt to the Sinai, and wins Jordan and most of the Arabian peninsula, then his holdings in Kadesh lose. The battle is there, and a win for the Egyptian Pharaoh and his empire.

The catapult is a powerful siege weapon in Age of Empires. I used the catapult to attack his city next.

--I built a forward base.

--I used a catapult

--I used the horse archer

--I used light cavalry

I started hitting his forward base. His forward base had: siege, stable, farm, and town center.  The Eg yptt ians -- Legionairre--hit me again. He let me hit his city and I did not see his army I destroyed his city.  And I did not see his army. I destroyed his city but he was prepared I hit him with arrow I hit him with sword I hit his city with a legion of men and I hit him with a catapult.  I he Egypt in game? Why does he want my civilization? Is he copying me on a move? As a mountain biker and short story writer, you might say, odds are he wants to take moves on me on pay. In game, rushers do this; in game, a  rusher can turn into the worst or best gamer with a strategy wrong. 

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Flank. Is that better? Did Wellington copy napoleon? Did Caesar copy Augustus? Did Scipio beat Hannibal? Would you say, playing Egypt, is this Civilization the best out, the most copied, and the one you should glory more? That is the age of empires 600 philosophy.

I saw his forward base

I saw his 2nd city

My city was hit by another Egyptian.

Nubians are rich, and Egypts rich, but won’t lose to flank easy, and can take a southern front hot like Ramses II in Jordan right before Kadesh. Ramses has other wins; flanks and wins of war only? No, but he is there hottest commander, holder of a king line from Thebes saying, yes, but we create the next civilization, the next empire, and can take all of asia off you Persian Elephants.

I used light cavalry, wind riders with the idea of empire to them, by a king you can’t beat in game unless you hero Tutankahmen. I used catapult, hot players for Egypt game but not as hot as the Hittite catapult. I used light cavalry  and catapult to attack with strong army. This was my strategy in another game, Battletech. Battletech was strong in strategy--it had MechWarrior, a shooter game on plains like isle, but it had no strategy role playing game for pc like age of empires. Look, you might make me wrong. Look, you’d see other game books on it that can show pay and a cool, like Eve tech or Robotech. And in my case, strategy folder is hot.

The strategy was to hit their base. Rift says, pay is 220 for your game, on novel buy. That is the cool for the drink and your red shirt. The strategy hit me hard:  scout rider wanted to hit base Egypt, the opponent, in game, and Battletech wanted to hit base with two mech, 7 mech would retreat, then I would be able to build forward base.

Another strategy I would use in Battletech and now Eve: I would hit their base with light and assault army: I would never use medium army The medium army would be the unique unit in the game.

In another game called civilization I would retreat and attack. Then I would flank with cavalry; my hottest move napoloeon is a win here, and brits lose because they lose to navy. Cavalry flank is easy: jump right, jump left, but always take a western point or high ground. Once you do that, build army, and try to militarize your city with something. I can siege: siege would mean you, take high ground next, then take out army in advance, then you can beat army with siege.