WorldsinMotion: "eRepublik is best described as a simulation of an alternate earth and while the it's working on an admittedly simplistic set of rules, it's still a remarkably ambitious project, and it's arguable that trying to give users the chance to influence a "second world" is far more interesting than merely trying to offer them a personal 'second life.'
As a result of the scale of the simulation, the gameplay is far more like the average browser-based strategy title than it is something like Second Life. After signing up, a player tends to be sent a 'welcome' message from their president-another player, it's worth noting-which normally advises on the best way to get started and asks them to join the military. After that, the game's daily 'to-do' list tends to inform what you get up to."
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Become president, or simply write articles that ruins someone's political career, all while fighting off the Irish invasion of Rhode Island.
WorldsinMotion: "eRepublik is a simulation of a second world, largely analogous to the one we live in-or at least, that's the intention behind it. To be completely honest, I'm not quite sure why they want to do this, but it is what they're doing, and when you pull out and observe the world from a distance-the way that countries are made up of players, how they choose to enter wars with each other, the people they elect-it is fascinating, and I can easily see why many commentators, both virtual world savvy ones and not, have gone gaga over the site.
However, as a simulation, there are a lot of problems. In order to keep things sensible, they've had to limit what players can do to shape the world, and roughly, for most players anyway, the only thing you're ever going to do is log in, "work" and "train" and then log out again."
