The Settlers? Where?

User Rating: 3.3 | Heritage of Kings: The Settlers PC
By ADG_ | Review Date:
What does this game has to do with The Settlers? Nothing... Everything that defined The Settlers was thrown out and replaced by something taken out of AoE... Even though I'm not much of a fan of AoE, this is one of the worse AoE clones I've ever seen

What defines The Settlers? IMHO this defines The Settlers:
- Resources are visible in the game, not just some number telling you what you have in store
- All resources are carried from point A to point B, whenever it's needed
- All buildings needs wood and stone and nothing more (with a few exceptions)
- Graphics are not realistic
- The AI is not scripted, but actually makes decisions on it's own
- There's no heroes
- There are multiple nations
- You make the choice on where to build your buildings
- etc etc etc

All the above has been in all previous Settlers games (except for the multiple nations, as it wasn't possible in the first Settlers game in the Amiga days)... none of this is in this new "settlers" game
Had they used a different name for the game, I wouldn't hate it that much... it's a real shame it cashes in because of name recognition... of course since the game itself isn't worth playing, there's not really anything else to "sell on"

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