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Hihi, I heart The Settlers, but i cant seem to find anything similar :(
Any suggestions? Perhaps a bit more focus on Military would be nice but not looking for an allout RTS....the focus has to be on economy building and micro management.

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Settlers is an odd game as it cross's genres.

Apart from the civ games i can't think of any others, not quite the micromanagement of settlers but it has civ building instead of town and planetary war instead of local although i have a feeling you probably already played a civ game.

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have u looked at Black ad white 2, it is a a god style game that can fall into the area that u r lookin at

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lol i was venting about Black and White 2 the other day in this thread :D
Mr Stranger, i admit i never really gave Civ a chance....it just seems like The Settlers with the view zoomed out, and all the fun bits taken out. Maybe i should try it again..

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I haven't played it in years, but I think Knights and Merchants was in a similar vein.

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Sins of a Solar Empire anyone? That any good?

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Reply to pr2thej

Get a heroes of might and magic game. One of the newer ones.

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aint that an RPG based series?

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Reply to pr2thej

Yeah, kind of. Its got some city building elements to it as well. Kind of a weird mix. For some reason I thought of it when you mentioned settlers. Its also turn based. So yeah its not very close, but I bet you'd still like it, lol.

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Can check out Stronghold Crusader and Stronghold 2. In addition to the RTS aspect, you also have to work at building up the respect of the people.

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hehe lol i will trawl for some demos of the above and letcha know what i end up buying. Thx for the suggestions

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I liked the Settlers a lot.

I think my next project in that vein is 1701 AD. It's probably not for everyone but it seems like my kind of game.

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I have the whole settlers lineup and my wife really likes those. She tried 1701 AD but didn't like it very well. She also plays Rise of Nations, Age of Empires, and a few other RTS games. Once in awhile myself, my wife, and my 10 yr old son will get a network game of Rise of Nations going. A little "family time" you know. :)

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pffff settlers 5 and 6 were toss tbh. ive pretty much given up searching and reinstalled 4.

Things you do when you sell your WoW account eh :O

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I tried WoW for awhile on a friends account. Really didn't hold my interest. I played for about 3-4 days and got a warrior up to lvl 16...that was it for me. Hadn't touched it since. Actually have gone back to playing Eve Online.

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I just started playing Sins of a Solar Empire, it's a bit to learn (I'm not the greatest with micro-management!) but it has been great so far! Good graphics.

Only problem with it is there isn't a campaign (spelling?) only custom games and multiplayer games. I havn't tried out the multiplayer yet thou either! =)

But it's deff something to have a look at atleast

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