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This simulation serves well three different parts of gameplay - Trading, building and fighting. You have to find an isle and begin to build up your empire. Fight against pirates and your competitors. There are over 90 buildings, 30 different jobs and more than 300 different isles. For beginners there's a tutorial, and for more advanced players are different scenarios available. The videos are nicely rendered and the game supports a resolution up to 1024 x 768.

After battling through the Age of Empires, it is time to go deeper into the history of mankind, and play in the Ancient cities of the true gods. Choose your scenario from three, the ancient Greeks, the Norse or the Egyptians, and build your new world into a true kingdom fitting for the Gods that your follow. But be wary of the evil that lives around your kingdom, as they wish to destroy you and your God. Many elements of the Empires series feature here, including the many economic options, an epic battle system and random maps. New to the series is a full 3D graphics engine, increasing the level of detail to include certain weather effects and the ability to play during any time of the day or night. During battle, you have the ability to not only lead an army full of hundreds of warriors and mythological creatures of all types, but you can also call on your God to lend a helping hand for a short period of time. Multiplayer maps are also included, allowing all-on-all or ally battles.

Team up with gamers to form online squads in this space sim. You're able to play in multiple modes. You can play as a traditional space sim in a squad with other people, and you can also manage the squads resources. You can buy weaponry and resources, and orchestrate any battles in this mode.

American Conquest is a realtime-strategy game with masses of enemies and allies - you have to conquer (as the game-title suggests) and defend the american continent. The game features the wars and struggles from 1492 to 1813, a multiplayer-mode, up to 16.000 units, 12 nations you can play (from hispanics to Sioux) and a 3D graphics-engine... American Conquest combines realtime-strategie- with complex tactics-features. You have to control huge armies, find the best formation and build up good armies/find the best blend of long- and shortrange units. There are 100 different units and 106 buildings... The game features 8 campaignes with 42 missions like Pizarro's Expedition, the War of Tecumseh, the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence... GSC Gameworld also built in a diplomacy system, and something like a moral-system. Wins and defeats influence your army's strenght... Also, you can play six historical battles in the multiplayer-mode. And nine solo-missions that aren't part of a campaign.