"You're excited about a Settlers game?" The Gamer staffer who made this preconception-addled statement shall remain nameless, but it's a sign of just how far Blue Byte's venerable strategy-management series has fallen in the eyes of gamingdom. Settlers hasn't really been Settlers for a while now.
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The 1.7 patch for The Settlers: Rise of an Empire. This patch removes the dvd copy protection.
Gamespot: "Even though the only draw of The Settlers: Rise of an Empire Gold Edition is the Eastern Realm expansion pack (previously released on its own in Europe), the inclusion of this new add-on is noted only in the fine print near the bottom of the front of the game box. Obscuring this fact actually makes a lot of sense, however, because the new campaign missions are so similar to those in the original game that it's not worth making a fuss over them. More combat and more involved objectives have been added to spice up mostly lackadaisical mission design, although the whole affair is still awfully formulaic."
Here we go again. :|
I know the last release didn't live up to the hype but this one will. I have the demo and find myself playing it from time to time. I've checked out all the trailers at gametrailers and like what I see. I think this will be the sleep hit of the genre for some time to come.