![]() ![]() ![]() One glaring fault in Deadlock is automated combat. You find yourself saying, “I’ll play just one more turn,” well into the morning. The presentation of the game is top-notch as well. The artificial intelligence in the game initially offers a fair challenge, and learning how the resources and facilities interact is fun. Play consists of building both facilities and military units while juggling ten different resources.Īs a single-player game, Deadlock is a great diversion for a weekend or two. ![]() The game is turn-based - a boon for gamers who wish the frenetic pace of real-time strategy games allowed for careful planning. Holocaust Cannons and you’ll end up watching the Tarth demolish all your cities. Resource management is primary, but neglect to produce, say. It combines the tasks of building facihties, encouraging population growth, studying technology, and engaging in combat. Establish a successful colony while preventing the other species from doing the same and you win.ĭeadlock is an interesting cross between Maxis's SimCity and Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft. It’s a no-holds-barred contest for the resources of the planet. Rather than spark an interstellar war, the sadistic leaders of each empire drop 500 hapless colonists onto the surface to let them decide who gets the bone. Seven alien species (humans among them) are vying for control of the planet Gallius IV. This is a superb strategy title thats worth playing.Įver been to a dog fight? Neither have we. The player chooses a race, each with their own perks, and begins building up their colony, utilising available resources, expanding into strategically useful locations and eventually attacking rivals with military units. Deadlock's title however is illustrative of the seven different races, all squabbling for it's control on the planet's surface, having had to cease blasting each other to bits in orbit in fear of accidentally taking out the planet as well. "It's a cushy life, and you'll get alien real esate for free"Īs the game's light spirited song suggests, this is a game about settling a planet. "Son, be a colonist", is what Dad said to me ![]()
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