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I haven't even played yet and I'm giving it 4/5 based on originality alone. Almost all of these games - especially the RPGs - are about as original as paste.
THIS is truly clever. Whether its a great game or not, we'll see ... but you deserve full marks for creativity.
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Oh, and each candidate should have a signature attack. Like Rudy's should be "9/11 speech" which does damage to nearby opponents but also causes the health of his captured regions to go down (they get tired of hearing the same speech over and over ;-) ). Clinton's should be "Invoke Bill" which does damage and causes nearby enemies to flee, but strengthens red-captured regions. ;-)
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It's extremely clever! But a little too dependent on luck. If your candidate and his or her operatives start too widely separated, you can get eaten alive before you can get them gathered back together and it's usually easier to quit and start again then try to push a losing opening position. Instead, there should be a pre-game tactical brawl for starting positions, with each player given the opportunity to place a piece then deny a 9-square area to his opponent for their next move. Each player would then trade back and forth until all the pieces were down. The game also needs a "give up" option so you don't have to reload it every time you want to give up. 4/5.
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I really love this game. I enjoy the artwork substantially. I think certain abilities are a little overpowered (hold rally, specifically) and should require something like having a second character (or maybe a third) in a state in order to secure it, or maybe control of at least one other "territory."
Two "bugs." One, when the fund raiser infuses funding to another target, it says "infuses finding." Second, when a controlled territory is attacked, it says in the chat log, " blasts no name for X damage". Having this be a littie more clear (Midwest Territory, for example) would be a good move. 5/5!
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Could be a badge but I wonder how it will be put on as in "Be Democrat's and Win" Than we would know what he is "Greg"
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I like the game, but I think the concept needs to be expanded a bit. Make more states with similar sized regions and allow a few more staff members. Also, add a "candidate stump" where he spends money telling the state how good they are and raising/healing their support a bit. It's a bit too easy to get states reconquered and you can't really form a defense besides "let them take it, then take it back".
Maybe you can also add in some minor staffer.. like an intern.. low hit points, capture space of 1, low attack. but they can be used to slow things down a bit or capture those "1 square lefts" that happen sometimes.
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Very nice game. OBAMA, CONQUERER OF NATIONS!
would have liked to seen an independent in it though. WOOT 3rd parties!!!
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lol @ all the ron paul fanboys... I know he's the hero of children everywhere who want drugs legalized, but uh, he gets like 2% in polls. he's not important. grow up!
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Great game, sequel needs a state by state campaign mode with Bush + Cheney as the last democratic boss. Maybe Dean + Nancy Pelosi would be final republican boss.
Hidden Characters too: Colbert, Nader, Washington, Tony Blair, Nixon, Reagon, etc. etc. etc.
Each main candidate needs their own special move list. Barak's Goat Herder and Hillary's Laugh.
Anyway, this game is a great idea that could really be something special
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game gets 5 Stars :).
I didn't say he had to run independant, if everyone in the country votes for michael bolton, regardless of if he was running he gets elected. If he accepts that duty is up to him however.
- Rico -
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Dude illegalizing anything like that is against the constitution.. which he is for.
And he is not going to run independant.
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Well Colbert can still be voted for.
Why does every idiot think that you have to be a democrat or republican to be voted for. It's called "Other" ;p.
As for ron paul, he's a libertarian...just because you want to smoke pot does not mean you should vote for a psycho.
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I'm... baffled... slightly disturbed, but nonetheless this is a great game! Great concept, great everything. but you could improve it many ways, one (like hyraxs_2008 said) You should have each candidate with different moves, then it would be cooler, or at least have the democrate candidates have different moves than the republican side.
And you should add more candidates, maybe even more characters. I'll bet if you really wanted to, you could put in a map editor and sell it for absurdly high prices! Just so long as you have a BUTTLOAD of features.