24-09-2004 05:51									#1
	SuperPower II Official Game Site launched Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

http://www.superpower2game.com/

We'll see if it lives up to expectations or if it falls on its butt like its predecessor. Right now I'm downloading the demo, 168 MB of it.

	24-09-2004 06:05									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Have you seen Pink Russia yet...?

Go the the SP2 forums and look around. I haven't a clue yet what the guy is going on about, but the fourth pic is amusing.

	24-09-2004 07:09									#3
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Just finished a practice game of the demo. Micro-management to the nth degree

	24-09-2004 14:38									#4
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

Just finished the Russia United scenario. While I was waiting for Latvia and Estonia to be fully annexed and waiting on battles in Lithuania I decided the Afghan and Mongolian women were lonely, so I sent a few tens of thousands of Russian soldiers to keep them warm. I signed an alliance with Ukraine as a diplomatic decoy; was the last country to conquer and won me the scenario. Used them to get to Moldova. Interestingly, China proposed (and I eagerly accepted) an alliance. Also, Slovakia got ballsy by initiating a terrorist attack against me. They're happy Neo-Soviet citizens now.



A few quirks in the demo that I hope won't (probably will) translate into the full game, but I must have this game. I may be willing to shell out the $40 for it, but hopefully someone will offer a good deal soon after release like Circuit City did for TT3 (aka Chris Sawyer's: Locomotion).

	25-09-2004 01:19									#5
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

I'm waiting for Supreme Ruler 2010. That looks promising too....

	25-09-2004 03:46									#6
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

I tried the demo last week. Not exactly good, but not totally bad either. Here is what I wrote in a frustrateede moment some days ago( right after last time I played, but I might have missed good starategies, I played without any help. Tips is welcome):

quote: I played the game today. It was bad. For example, I read in the tips section that I should get good relations with the big guys before I DoW. I couldn't find out how to see how good relations I had in an easy way(and many other things I'd like to know), and decided to DoW anyway. It worked fine. Next victim: DoW by the US. The next months, DoW from the king, his lawyer and his grandpa. New game. I find out how to see how good relations I have. Sort of. It never changes. It's good though(with the US, I decided that was most important). I make some deals to make friends, but see no improvement; I have good relations with all it seems. I DoW my first country. The US, his dog and it's meat bone DoW me. Exit. Good bye.

	25-09-2004 09:21									#7
	Support Apolyton

Downloading the demo now...

	25-09-2004 09:25									#8
	Support Apolyton

I went again today and easily got Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Slovakia, Romania, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. I had planned to go after the rest of the Balkan states, but when I went after Austria to start...

Who knew Namibia and Botswana (among 2 dozen others) cared enough to send troops?

	25-09-2004 10:18									#9
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Do you build up before invading?

I invaded the Ukraine, and everyone immediately declare war on me.

Is there a way to zoom in?

	25-09-2004 11:45									#10
	Full PM-box? Change here!

For some reason, now I can't invade without drawing the wrath of other nations, the US and UK in particular. I do not enjoy seeing my Russian forces getting hammered by the capitalist pig-dogs. Doing it one-at-a-time, I get Estonia with nary a sound but moving on to Latvia and suddenly people care ... in the form of troops.

Lots of them.

Damn I wish nukes weren't disabled in the demo.

	25-09-2004 11:49									#11
	Inflate your Upload Space

As far as buildups, I'm still getting a feeling for the different enabled areas of the demo. Seems I'll have to move on to the military screens now. I tried to build 30 mil infantry, but it said it would take over 100,000 days to complete. The only reason I attempted to conscript so many is someone on the forums said they had built a large military with ease. I'll have to look into the economic portion as well as I'm sure increased capacity and efficiency comes into play...

	25-09-2004 11:55									#12
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

quote: Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar Try declaring war on all of them at once

Well see that was my strategy in the run before last. I shuffled my divisions around in preparation such that none were fewer than 3000 infantry plus whatever hardware and arranged them so that each division was as close to its intended target without crossing the border. I was poised to strike simultaneously every enemy division in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Mongolia with enough divisions of my own left over to beef up Moscow. Let's just say the units around the Kremlin were all that was left...

This last run was one-at-a-time.

	25-09-2004 11:56									#13
	Put an end to popups!

Unless by "all of them" you meant the entire world...

	25-09-2004 12:03									#14
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Now that I think about it, one thing I noticed is that no one dared attack on MY soil; the only battles occured when my divisions were on foreign soil.

Hmm, I'm gonna try something...

	25-09-2004 13:00									#15
	Inflate your Upload Space

Here's what I just tried:

If you keep Moscow protected, enemy divisions seem to not be willing to enter Russian territory except to pass through. Wait until you've fully annexed a country before moving on, otherwise all it takes is a single enemy occupying a single province to muck up an annexation-in-progress. Except for the ones defending Moscow, combine all of your forces (sans navies) and attack a single enemy division in a chosen country; let their forces come to you to be wiped out. They may send forces into Russian provinces just to be annoying (Afghanistan likes to do this; even has the suicidal tendancy of going after Moscow itself), but since you waited until they were fully annexed before moving again you just need to reoccupy the given province briefly after your current enemy's forces are gone and no longer a threat. For this demo, this looks like a good strategy short of building additional units and before the world gets pissed off at you. I managed to take Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, skipped Moldova to avoid completing the scenario, Afghanistan, and Mongolia without outside interference. It wasn't until I moved against Tehran that the counter-offensive began and only inside Iran against my large division there.