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This is my first post in this section. Someone gave me a new game and said that I would like it because it is supposed to lie in the same line as DD.
It's called "The Settlers: Heritage Of Kings".
I don't know anything about this game, I don't know if it's rpg or whatever. I don't know if it's good, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about it. It's a very large game to install and if it's boring I think it's a waste of time. I already printed the instructions (about 40 pages) so I don't really need that, but tell me about your experience with that game.
Is there someone here that can help me? Btw: Sorry if I post this in the wrong section, I'm not really sure what rpg means <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shhh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" />

The Settlers isn't really in the same line as DD, it's more like a medieval Sim City with some combat. That's what I heard and saw anyway, never really played the game.

"Die Siedler" (it's the German title) are *extremely* popular here in Germany.

Basically it's a SIMulation, with some real-time combat.

What made the game so popular is the look of the tiny little men, and how they are walking around. This is called "the cuteness-factor", or regarding the way they walk, the "Wusel-Faktor". This way of tiny little men walking around in a town, doing this, doing that, with cute animations is what we call "wuseln" (it's a verb) in German. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

Here in Germany we have reached the Settlers 5, which has been a big break with former traditions. No Wusel-Faktor anymore, but rather RPG-style elements.

Settlers 5 was Co-Developed by Funatics, who made their own Settlers-clone, "Cultures", about which people often say it is "the better settlers". What Stone is about Gothic is Alix about Cultures. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

If you like this kind of play, I can higly recommend the Cultures ! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

The sttlers have another very important factor : What we call "Wi-Sim" in German. "Wi" stands for "Wirtschaft", and that means "economy". It goes like this : For training soldier, you need weapons. For weapons you need a smith and a house that can melt ore. For the ore, you need a mine. For the smith you need wood. You've got to build all of these houses, which are connected through workers who bring the needed materials to them, and from them. These many workers, "wuseling" around are something more that enhances the "Wusel-Faktor". <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

Well, as I said : The differences between 5 and the former ones are the most striking ones. They (the devs) said they eleminated the "Wusel" from the Settlers and wanted them to look more "mature" to increase sales outside Germany, where the game - as I heard it - was never so widely accepted just because of the "cuteness" which made it so popular here. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Alrik.

send me the game and i'll play it for you

i'll tell you how it is after i play it
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*whispers* role playing game <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shhh.gif" alt="" />

I would if I could!!

Thanks for the info, I'll may give it a try. Since I like "The Sims" very much, I may like this one too.
Thanks guys, but this could mean that I get soo hooked at this game that I will never have time to come back at the fourum... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />