East India Company is well made, if not well thought out; attractive if not user-friendly; evocative of the age it portrays, if a little shallow. While it is a fine way to kill a few hours, anyone hungry for a more satisfying trading game would be better served by picking up last month's Dawn of Discovery. East India Company shows glimmers of insight, and demonstrates that Nitro Games is a studio strategy gamers should keep an eye on. But it isn't quite there yet.
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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!
