New up-to-date graphics to the popular 1996 classic!... Product InformationThe Anniversary Edition of the Original Classic Game From 1996. On the 10th anniversary of The Settlers II, revisit the 1996 classic, enhancing your experience with 3D up-to-date graphics and new gameplay additions... The Settlers II is...
New up-to-date graphics to the popular 1996 classic!
Product Information
The Anniversary Edition of the Original Classic Game From 1996. On the 10th anniversary of The Settlers II, revisit the 1996 classic, enhancing your experience with 3D up-to-date graphics and new gameplay additions.
The Settlers II is an economic simulation, giving the player a variety of strategic choices. You have to build up a large and complex functioning settlement and to defend it against attacks. But it is not the only objective: you have to make the economy run, to ensure a smooth transport of goods by strategically placing roads and buildings. The final goal is the domination of the map.
Product Highlights
Who are the Settlers?
In several respects, The Settlers are every employer's dream, as they embody many attributes that would make them very popular in the job market
- Flexible: They can handle any tool given to them straight away.
- Hard Working: They work tirelessly, and don't need to take any breaks.
- Efficient: They work as fast as you like and are extremely thorough at the same time.
- Undemanding: Wage negotiations with Settlers are completely unnecessary. Mine workers do demand pay in kind for their labor (bread, fish, ham), but all others work for free.
- Obedient: Settlers always do exactly as they are told.
This attribute can, however, prove to be one of the few (yet decisive) weaknesses of the Settlers: they do only what they are they are told to do. They perform their tasks exactly as they are instructed, so they need someone to manage their outstanding skills in purposeful manner and think for them.
Numerous enhancements and improvements have been made to the
10th Anniversary Edition bringing the game up to the state of the art.
3D Graphics
The game graphics have been updated using the latest technology. All in-game elements were created using an all-new game engine. And, of course, you can zoom in and out, and view everything from any camera angle.
Improved User Interface
In this version of the game, they have integrated a number of helpful functions which improve the game comfort considerably. One example of this is the game screen, which can now be scrolled by dragging it with the mouse. In addition, many game elements have context-sensitive help in the form of tool tips.
Multiplayer Mode
The classic version of "The Settlers II" did in fact support two-player mode, but only on the same PC with a second mouse and in split-screen mode. "The Settlers II - 10th Anniversary" has a multiplayer mode which supports up to six players on multiple computers over a LAN or the Internet.
Building Cost Reimbursement
A significant innovation in the gameplay is the building cost reimbursement. Now if a building is destroyed, half of the resources that were used for its construction are reimbursed.
Reports
All important reports (for example the completion of a building, the discovery of a mineral resource, or an enemy attack), are automatically displayed in the upper left corner of the screen, accompanied by an acoustic signal. This means you don't overlook anything, without having to constantly keep an eye on the post box.
Additional Functions for Military Buildings
Military buildings, which are used for territorial expansion, have been given two new functions in the buildings menu:
- Firstly, the new button "Extend Building" allows you to upgrade an existing military building by one level. This means that a barracks, for example, can be replaced by a guard house on the same spot, without having to tear down the barracks first. Normal building costs for the guard house are incurred nevertheless, but i the vicinity of enemy borders this function can be very useful.
- Secondly, the button "Evacuate Soldiers on/off" has been integrated in the military building menu. This allows you, for example, to redeploy soldiers from buildings far away from borders to other places where they are needed more urgently than in their present location.
Product Features
- One story-based campaign with 10 missions, numerous freeplay maps and random map generator.
- An image of a real economic world, transportation of goods and strategic options by road building with a variety of units and buildings.
- 3 playable nations to choose from: Romans, Nubians, and Asians
- 31 different buildings, 25 occupations and 5 different military units per nation.
- A total of 31 different goods.
- Widely varied environments: Lava, snow-capped mountains, swamps, and forests.
- Settlers typical lively environments with a variety of flora and fauna and attention to detail.
- Zoom-In function: see from close up view what the Settlers are doing.
- Varied Multiplayer Modes
- Game and manual in English and French
Windows Requirements
- Windows 2000 or XP (XP recommended)
- 1.4 GHz (2.0 GHz recommended)
- 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
- 3D Card: DirectX 9.0c compliant 64 MB T&L (128 MB Shader 2.0 recommended)
- DirectX 9.0c (included on disk)
- 4X DVD-ROM / CD-ROM Drive
- DirectX 9.0c compliant Sound Card
- 1 GB Hard Disk space
- Modem or LAN broadband with 56 Kbps upstream
- Windows compatible keyboard
- Windows compatible Mouse
Supported Video Cards (at the time of release)
- ATI Radeon 8500/9000/X series
- NVIDIA GeForce 3/4/FX/6/7 series (GeForce 4 MX not supported)
- Laptop models of these cards are not supported
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