Resolution writes: "There's the frequent moments that snap you out of the experience - the achingly slow clock speed, the auto-pausing of events, the incessant loading screens as you dive into the unnecessary Port View environment - but after a while they all blur with the rest of the gentle ride that East India Company offers. It's a highly addictive lazy afternoon activity, a perfect hangover cure, one with an impressive amount of depth and the ability to satisfy a multitude of audiences. It's a warm, engrossing strategy game that you'll struggle to walk away from - but it could have been an exceptional one with a little more care for the details."
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Commander Conquest of the Americas is the follow up game from Nitro Games' East India Company. Greg Wild previews the game taking a look at the naval combat and the grand strategy element of the game.
I tried to like East India Company, but I just couldn't get into it, I found the ship battles a pain to play through and the grand strategy wasn't my cup of tea really. Sounds like they may have made some improvements though!
