When I first started to play East India Company I thought I’d dedicate about twenty minutes to it to get an initial reaction, and then come back to it again for a bit more of an in depth fiddle. Three hours later I was still playing, and the game wouldn’t acknowledge the fact that I was trying to be as nice as possible to Sweden. They just wouldn’t accept my offers for a pact, which cost me £50,000 in lost rewards, a port and several thousand more pounds in wasted bribes. “Bloody Swedes!” I think I screamed aloud. Then some pirates attacked and sunk one of my key fleets after a drawn out real time battle. “Bloody pirates,” I muttered. Then I got annoyed and quit.
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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!
