Re: Settlers 2 10th Anniversary Windows 7 Patch
Violetta Wagganer
I read people saying the 10th anniversary is just like the original Settlers 2, but with update graphics. But that doesn't seams the case? Does GOG have a "wrong" version of Settlers 2, or?
I feel kind of cheated :/
The player's territory can only be expanded by building a military complex near the territory border. Each complex must have at least one soldier garrisoned for the territory to expand.[18][24] Soldiers are automatically created from the pool of existing settlers in the headquarters, with each individual soldier requiring a sword, shield, and one unit of beer.[24] Once soldiers are garrisoned, gold coins can be transported to the building to increase their rank.[24] The player can also build lookout towers, which can see for great distances, but don't grant new territory.[22] A new feature of the gameplay in 10th Anniversary is that military buildings can be upgraded; for example, a barracks can be replaced by a guard house without having to demolish the barracks and then build the guard house.[25][26]
It was also a rather slow and ponderous game, though this isn't really a criticism. For instance, providing food for your people is a multi-layered affair. Bread must be made by a baker, who must get flour from a miller, who gets his grain from a farm, which needs water to grow. Each must be joined up with roads, divided up by flag markers, between which your industrious citizens ferry raw materials around your domain. It's absorbing, it's challenging and - with its funny little pixel people - it's endearingly cute. Settlers II was all of this, and more, and a 10th anniversary PC remake came out last year. For the sake of your sanity, buy that instead.
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