To me it is the game with the most lost potential ever. What the hell could have it been? It's a PC game that was a political simulator set in a fictious ex-Sovietic republic, and it promised to be highly innovative and to put a new unique genre on the market. It was such a clever idea and concept. I was drooling when I was following the game: an intelligent game, on politics at that, with good 3d graphics and maybe a good story!
I remember, I installed the game. I ran the program, and then I had to answer 10 multiple-choices based questions that would lead to build my character. I had all the concept in mind, but THIS! It reminded me of Ultima 4, and I tought it could be nothing but good. Then I'd notice: hey, the entire game is in french, and I have the american version so there must be no voices, I hope there are conversations and the game delivers tough. And then, after the eternal initial load time, I was left with the biggest WTF ever. And believe me, I saw all japanese game oddities. I was there and... what? It's all a fucking BOARD GAME!
The game is SO complicated to figure out how it works that about 90% of the gamers must straight uninstall the game, put it away and never look back at it. When you do understand, you watch your men walk all the way to knock to doors to recruit peoples for your political faction. And then you have dialogues. Dialogues? With no conversations? I felt like if I was playing a mimes simulator! With actual dialogue this could have been great, but this what if game to end what if games came up to nothing but frustration. But most of all it broke my heart, I tought I had found the most novel game concept ever.
Fortunately, Elixir Studios have settled on less ambitious games since then and have kept their unique twisted touch.
I remember, I installed the game. I ran the program, and then I had to answer 10 multiple-choices based questions that would lead to build my character. I had all the concept in mind, but THIS! It reminded me of Ultima 4, and I tought it could be nothing but good. Then I'd notice: hey, the entire game is in french, and I have the american version so there must be no voices, I hope there are conversations and the game delivers tough. And then, after the eternal initial load time, I was left with the biggest WTF ever. And believe me, I saw all japanese game oddities. I was there and... what? It's all a fucking BOARD GAME!
The game is SO complicated to figure out how it works that about 90% of the gamers must straight uninstall the game, put it away and never look back at it. When you do understand, you watch your men walk all the way to knock to doors to recruit peoples for your political faction. And then you have dialogues. Dialogues? With no conversations? I felt like if I was playing a mimes simulator! With actual dialogue this could have been great, but this what if game to end what if games came up to nothing but frustration. But most of all it broke my heart, I tought I had found the most novel game concept ever.
Fortunately, Elixir Studios have settled on less ambitious games since then and have kept their unique twisted touch.