Supreme Ruler 2020
by Paradox
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Product Summary
Brand: ParadoxFormat: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2008-06-20
Platform: Windows, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Publisher: Paradox
Product features:
- control any department within your covernment or delegate decisions to your cabinet ministers, sophisticated military strategic and tactical command system, select from hundreds of actual milityar vehicles to research, build and deploy
Video Game Reviews of Supreme Ruler 2020
Customer Review: See the front cover? That's the coolest part of the game
Summary: 2 Stars
I've been fond of strategy games since I hogged the family computer to play the original Civilization II as a kid. I've played a lot, some good, some bad, some RTS, some turn-based, some a mix of both. I have to say, without a doubt, this has to be one of the worst strategy games I have played in a while.
Initially this game will sound inviting. You can play literally any nation in the world, and control their military, economics, and to some degree their government. You can increase industry, trade, sign agreements, and generally pretend you're president for a day.
Any high hopes end when you actually enter into the game. The first thing you'll notice is the over-the-top interface, which is ridiculously complicated. Paradox Interactive has been infamous for hard interfaces, but here they have really outdone themselves - something I didn't think possible. It makes no rhyme or reason. Worse still is no back button for most of the menus, so you'll be clicking buttons around for a long time, trying to figure out how things work.
Industry and trade are fairly straightforward until you actually TRY to trade. After about the tenth time of spending five minutes making a perfectly balanced trade offer only to have the opposing nation throw it all out and ask for $100-million upfront...well, I just gave up on trade altogether. In theory it's a fine economic system, but in execution it's very poor.
Now let's move on to the juicy bit: warfare. You would imagine, "OK, I'll just ignore the economics and trade and go kill something." Again, you'll enjoy yourself the first few minutes until you realize just how broken the system used in the game is. To move units you left-click on a unit, then you have to left-click on a spot on the map - what kind of system is that?! For the past decade-plus strategy games have had a system of left-click select/right-click drop, why was this changed? In terms of unit organization, the micromanaging is asinine and will leave you putting up with whatever organization they give you in the first place. Despite this, battle will essentially consist of throwing your army against the army haphazard.
I remember playing Hearts of Iron, and earlier Paradox Interactive game, and planning out in detail how, as the Soviet Union, I would invade Poland. I planned what I would do with infantry, how I would use an armor spearhead, and how my air force would be utilized. It felt like a planned operation. It all worked out beautifully. This can't be done in SR2020. Like something from a Star Wars prequel, modern armies will just have at each other in a big line, tanks and infantry mixed together. Battles look like a drunken bar brawl than organized combat.
I would not recommend these even to the most ardent gamer. The only ones who would possibly like this are people just looking for a quick campaign, someone who wants to know what would happen if the Czech Republic launched a full scale invasion of Austria, or the most ardent Paradox fanboy (a breed which makes the Nintendo fanboys look like people with a fleeting interest). As I suggested at the start of my review, there are far better strategy games out there. Just keep searching.
Description of Supreme Ruler 2020
Will your leadership take you to new heights of power or will you be nothing more than a footnote in history? Supreme Ruler 2020 is a strategic and tactical geo-political game where direct control of the military and the policies of a nation becomes the key to survival. Fueled by oil, political instability, and regional disparity, the world descends into chaos. Economies collapse... Tensions escalate... Trade wars lead to shooting wars... Nations dissolve... Amidst this anarchy, take control of your government, economy, diplomatic relationships, social policy and much more.Flexible Diplomatic Interface allowing sophisticated negotiations Play any one of over 250 Regions worldwide High Resolution Satellite imagery provided courtesy of NASA Single Player or Multi Player support Includes Map Editor and extensive modability Varied Game-play options include Regional Battles, Missions and Campaigns Next Generation AI Introducing BattleGoat's new Super Sandbox Mode for unlimited customization and replayability Windows Vista / XP
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