Economic Conquest

This game is not the economic simulation that i expected. It is a short scenario task oriented mobile type game. Different difficulty settings, moving onto a new box, needing more stars to advance. I don't like this style of game at all, in fact some people would not call these real games, more of a casual distraction. This game has a lot of neat ideas, and cool ways of doing things, but then it throw that all away with the map that is used for all of the game I played, the lack of control over your "company" if you can call it that. Players earn so much money, so fast, and can just buy each other out from under them, it makes no sense. I undestand the idea behind why they do this, it is a strategic decision, but it rips any idea of a simulation right out. This game had a choice to be a good simulation game, or a mobile strategy game. They chose the latter, and I am afraid it just doesn't resonate with me at all. I could not recommend this to anyone, even at this low price, as I d...

Note: This is an Early Access review. TL;DR version: + Polished + Good game for lunch breaks + Appropriate content for price point + Easy to jump into + Adjustable difficulty that rewards you for higher difficulty, but does not punish you for playing on lower difficulty - Zooms onto a territory when you click (see below for why this can be a bad thing) - Few ways to damage opponent I.R., making takeovers sometimes a slap on the wrist - No dedicated "sandbox" or "eliminate all competitors" mode (yet?) Review: If you could not tell by the pictures, Economic Conquest is a game that plays in a series of quick scenarios. It is labeled as Early Access, but already feels very polished and complete. I am uncertain what the devs plan to add to it, unless there are some later stages or maps that have not yet been implemented. I would definitely say that it could use some more maps for the aesthetic appeal, although they are not necessary. To clarify, you may choose to start wherever you like...

***WARNING DEVELOPER IS DELETING FORUM THREADS*** Okay, I have to give this game a no. The gameplay is just mind numbing. Why? It is not econmics at all. One of the basic concepts of economy is the availabilty and demand for a certain good. For example in regard to this game, if gold price goes up and you build only gold mines in all terrotories the increased availability does not affect the gold price at all!! And that basicly turns this game in a game like Farmville. It is just a time waister. But hey, if you are looking for that, you cant go wrong with this game. If you look for any form of challenge... do not buy this! If you want to know more, read the comments. Update: So I got in a discussion with the developer. No answer, he just deleted the thread. This developer is toxic, stay away from this game, we all know that this kind of behaviour means that the developer just wants to grab your money!!!

First Steam review, as this game came out yesterday and I figure it'd be helpful. As of right now - it's a mobile game. 100MBs of bright colours. But, is that a bad thing? No. Pros: - Seemingly no bugs or major issues, as there often are with early access games. - Very user-friendly tutorial - I learned all I needed to know quickly and efficiently and was able to practice the new skills. Not too repetitive. - Can already smell a "addictive" game coming along, seeing as I haven't really stopped other than to write this. - A lot of potential for growth, edits, mods, etc like Civ - Could play it on a potato. - Designed like Angry Birds - level by level. Can't really get bored of doing the same thing, as you get new tasks every level, whether that means making $3m before anyone else or strictly winning. - Low price, so if you don't like it, it's not a big deal Cons: - Must follow the storyline - no skirmish mode (yet), although this could turn into a Civ-style game. Give it a year. - ...

[h1]Economic Conquest Review[/h1] As this is Early Access, this will be an early access review based entirely on what is here. [b] The Story [/b] As far as I can tell, its not that kind of game, that being said there is some assemblance of such in each mission, basically "You must do this to win." It can easily be seen how this can be expanded on, however as of yet, I do not see much there. [b] Gameplay [/b] The gameplay right now is rather basic, as it goes pretty much like this: Buy a piece of land, choose an industry to put on this piece of land and begin upgrading the industry. With each upgrade you are granted more money overall, and the investment needed is increased with each upgrade. As you upgrade influence is needed with the country you have built your industry in, gathered through bribery or charity, and with this newly acquired influence you are then granted more rights to upgrade your industry. Rinse and repeat. The initial tutorials pose no real challenge as they a...

Value for money, though it's an early access, so the game is quite simple for now. Tutorial is quite long, but when you want to give up they motivate you that it's the last scenario and then, the game begins! And it does. Easy mode is too easy, medium is quite hard :D. Played just the first scenario and was bored that I am loosing as the competitor bought "my" country without warning, I bought his and then he bought mine... And it fed me up. It's quite simple so far, will see what the update brings. It's on the level of bigfishgames now - click and click and click. If you need someting as a distraction instead of working on the work-projects or homework, this will help you, but do not expect more.

Summary: This is not a business stimulation game. It is more like Risk but with businesses instead of armies. It is a GREAT game especially for so early in early access. There are definetely some features that are missing that are wants and needs but there is also already a full single player campaign that is already worth the price of the game. The few negative reviews I've read on this game seem to be reviewing it as a game in the $15-$20 price range instead of in the $5-$10 price range. Once they add requested features, one of which is already promised, it will be a game worth $15-$20 so BUY IT NOW before the price goes up. Positives: -A well done tutorial that teaches you all the basics of the game while leaving the deeper strategies for you to learn in the single player campaign. -A great single player campaign that has a slow enough difficulty ramp to allow you to learn but a fast enough one to keep things interesting and challenging. -Completely polished. In 11 hours of gamepl...

This is my first review in steam. I am happy that it is a positive review. I really like this game and it has a lot of potential. It reminds me of a RTS like star craft but with businesses. I hope the devs would continue to grow this game. I do have some Sustains and improvements about this game that you might consider Sustains: The graphics are good and the flow works well. The opponents are hard but not too hard where it is impossible. The price is great for this game. Multiplayer seems like it will be great. The overall game idea is amazing. I like business games and I like RTS. You put them together. I’m sold.  Improvements: The in-game menu clicking feature should be worked on. Left click should allow you to open menu and right click to exit menu. I found trouble trying to jump from menu to upgrade one unit to upgrade another, but I click on upgrading my influence instead. I can see this a problem when multiplayer comes out. People would lose just because of that i...

I'm always in the lookout for decent business sims games as I'm not your typical mainstream games kinda guy. I was lucky to stumble upon this little gem. Although its not hundreds of hours of gaming, its fun while it lasts. There's a certain amount of strategy needed to win each mission, but once u get the hang of it its pretty easy. Its a rewarding feeling when you manage to totally overrun your competitors (computer AI's) by buying up all their businesses/land. :) What I think the game lacks is an "endless" mode where you could set your own preferences, such as mission goal and perhaps have an even bigger map. Game has no bugs (that im aware of) and has good enough graphics. Not worth full price. I got it at 40%, about the price its worth I'd say.

For the price i paid and the complexity it offers i can't be mad. It was deceptively simple in the first set of rounds then the difficulty skyrocketed. Not in a to much to handle sort of way. But a way you must certainly learn the mechanics with a bit of a learning curve. All in all, I spent a good bit of my day off work playing this and i enjoyed it.