Hmmm, Rulers of Nations looks good...might have to add that to the large list of discounted Impulse games I have been buying.

Let me know how it is.. I was tempted by it.. but the lack of depth in troops/wars made me wary. Seems these types of games always get either the peaceful side right or the war side right but never both.

for example.

Supreme Ruler 2020. war is great.. espionage/diplomacy/politics etc is lacking.

Super Power 2. espionage diplomacy etc is great .. war is lacking.

(both are great games.. but the Holy grail would be a game that gets both areas right)

Sorry to disappoint, but Ruler of Nations SUCKS.  A huge waste of money.  Stupid, unrealistic, the 'personalities' and voices are terrible and really annoying.  I think the advisors must be intended to be mentally challenged.  Even tried some crazy strategies too like being ridiculously aggressive war monger, or uber-libertarian, or corrupt tyrant, in a vain attempt to try and find SOMETHING fun and interesting to do in the game... but it's just retarded and repetitious no matter what you do.  The same obviously scripted/generic randomly generated "events" over and over, regardless of the nation or play style!  Crap!

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/rulers-of-nations

I always try to check out multiple reviews, but most people are giving it 3-6/10 or 65's or mid-low scores. So you may see what the issues are and see if you'll be able to deal with them.

Thanks but no user reviews.. and I simply don't trust "professional" video game reviewers anymore. Hence why I was asking for player feedback.

Great deal on CnC4.  Heard it had so so reviews, but I love the SP campaigns.  Picked this up a bit ago from you guys on a diff sale.  For $10, its worth the price of admission if you are a CnC fan and like SP. 

I always use metacritic - but the bottom line is that there are only 3 professional reviews. And those aren't exactly mainstream sites that have reported in.  Anyway, based on this, I wouldn't buy, but I would hold off in case a mainstream reviewer would check in. 

Ya that's what I was afraid of. Back to Supreme ruler 2020 for me til Supreme Ruler coldwar comes out(that games gonna eat away my time lol)

EDIT* I almost went on a 3 paragraph long rant about the greatness of SR2020 but didn't wanna seem like I was trying to sell it lol

So i'll just say this.

Huge number of Real life units represented.

Supply system means Logistics is HUGELY important in war.(You can do stuff like drop your green berets behind enemy lines and support them via airdrops from C-130s until your ground force can secure a supply line to them... if they run out of supplies then they are sitting ducks. Supplies = ammo and fuel)

It lacks in the political and diplomacy areas but it gets the war part so well its forgivable. They added a few things to help that in the expansion Global crisis but its still lacking(just noticed impulse has the gold version for 30$ which is both).

Blah I did it anyway

I'm a shill lol

(not really but my post ended up reading like it, to be fair though I only touched on the basics of the game.. this post could have been MUCH longer) 

BTW on the metacritic thing.. Sr2020 is a perfect example of why I don't use pro reviewers anymore. Most of them deducted points on sr2020 for "too much micromanagement" and "too steep of a learning curve". Which  happens to be what I WANT in this type of game. Reviewers say things like that, deduct points for complexity and then we wonder why Civ V was "streamlined", and got rave reviews.

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Sorry for derailing the thread. YAY For impulse sales, i picked up Political machine 2008. I don't see  a lot of replay value but for 3$ i can't complain

I took over the world with Kansas in SR2020, it ruled.

LoL at least kansas starts with some decent land units cause of fort leavenworth.. Missouri has jack for ground designs from the start, all MO gets for starting designs really is aircraft Mcdonnel douglas used to pump out here in St.louis,( mainly F-15 and F-18 variants) and "evil" Illinois is right next door. lol

Yea, Kansas starts out with some nice tanks, I usually start by crushing Missouri.  Rock Chalk Jayhawks, bitches!

I know we are still about a year out, but being a fan of Political Machine 2008, I for one am looking forward to Political Machine 2012.

What I'd really love would be to have the game break down into two phases of play.  Phase one being running against other presidential hopefuls in your own chosen party, culminating in choosing a running mate to help ensure your victory at the convention.  Phase two of course would play out pretty much how it does now (Dem vs. Rep).  What would also be fun would be the 'challenge' of running as a Libertarian, etc. or as an Independent, just to explore the "What if a third party candidate actually had a shot at the win?".

Of course, such modifications would take some time away from Elemental and GalCivIII, but I'd still love to see it.  It would really help increase the replayability value of Political Machine.

Always wanted to try Ruler of Nations  [e digicons]:karma:[/e]