East India Company

BlueMak · Oct 19, 2009, 01:35 PM

D2D had it on sale for £5, so I bought it.
Didn't have time to play it (started a new Mass Effect game

) but I will start later today/tonight and let you know my experience with the game. When I was younger these types of games were among my favourite, but more recent games like Patrician etc, just didn't do it for me.

Anyone want to share his/her experience with the game, please do.

mkk · Oct 19, 2009, 07:30 PM

I'd like to give it a try some day. When I was playing Patrician some years ago I had a lot of fun at first but I gave up when I had to micromanage every ships trading to make any real profit. I would need something a little more laid back than that. East India Company seems to have many other aspects like diplomacy and sea warfare though. Just found the demo that I'll download for later.

vicsrealms · Oct 20, 2009, 08:06 AM

Looks like an interesting game, but I going to avoid genre for a while. I still irked over CA's destruction of Empire Total War.

BlueMak · Oct 20, 2009, 11:15 AM

This is nothing like Total War. Nothing. This is more like a business "sim". Vaguely under the term of strategy game, but then again so is SimCity. The game isn't about fighting, it is about making money.

vicsrealms · Oct 21, 2009, 07:50 PM

Hmm, I will have to look it up then. I thought it was another Total War type game.

BlueMak · Oct 22, 2009, 01:18 AM

Here are some similar games.
First my favourite of the type,
Merchant Colony
Merchant Colony - Screenshots - MobyGames
Mind you in Merchant Colony you could do more things lol, like found colonies, but nvm.

Then other games like, the patrician, port royale, etc.

Oct 19, 2009, 01:35 PM	#1
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	East India Company D2D had it on sale for £5, so I bought it. Didn't have time to play it (started a new Mass Effect game ) but I will start later today/tonight and let you know my experience with the game. When I was younger these types of games were among my favourite, but more recent games like Patrician etc, just didn't do it for me. Anyone want to share his/her experience with the game, please do. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 19, 2009, 07:30 PM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: East India Company I'd like to give it a try some day. When I was playing Patrician some years ago I had a lot of fun at first but I gave up when I had to micromanage every ships trading to make any real profit. I would need something a little more laid back than that. East India Company seems to have many other aspects like diplomacy and sea warfare though. Just found the demo that I'll download for later.

Oct 20, 2009, 08:06 AM	#3
vicsrealms DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Texas, US Posts: 58 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: East India Company Looks like an interesting game, but I going to avoid genre for a while. I still irked over CA's destruction of Empire Total War.

Oct 20, 2009, 11:15 AM	Thread Starter #4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: East India Company This is nothing like Total War. Nothing. This is more like a business "sim". Vaguely under the term of strategy game, but then again so is SimCity. The game isn't about fighting, it is about making money. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 21, 2009, 07:50 PM	#5
vicsrealms DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Texas, US Posts: 58 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: East India Company Hmm, I will have to look it up then. I thought it was another Total War type game.

Oct 22, 2009, 01:18 AM	Thread Starter #6
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: East India Company Here are some similar games. First my favourite of the type, Merchant Colony Merchant Colony - Screenshots - MobyGames Mind you in Merchant Colony you could do more things lol, like found colonies, but nvm. Then other games like, the patrician, port royale, etc. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*