Facebook Fantasy Games: Empire Craft Review
For those that are addicted to Facebook as I am, you surely play some of the hundreds of browser-based games. Personally, I was playing too many and had to make a decision to only play a couple so they wouldn’t take up most of my time. Of course, when I see that a new one has come out, it’s hard to pass up the chance to play around with it for a bit. When I saw that there was one out with a fantasy based story line that seemed to be a mix of Evony and World of Warcraft, I simply had to take a look. This new MMOSG (in this case, it means strategy game) called Empire Craft, you will build your city, recruit your armies, and conquer the world. Here is what I found with my first hour of game play:
Anyone that has played Evony will be comfortable right off with Empire Craft. The basic game play is the same – build your city up to defend yourself against other hostile cities. You can build a wealth of different buildings, from your tavern to iron mines to stores to city walls. While it is a simple game to play, as you progress through the levels it will take longer to build and longer to get resources that you need to build. I personally like these type of strategy games, combines a sim city building game with military strategy.
One of the things I noticed right off the bat is that it has a World of Warcraft feel to it. You get to choose your race when you start: Human, Dwarf (that look like the Night Elves from WoW) and Orcs. Then, you choose your name and you’re ready to rock. You’ll go through quests to gain rewards of experience, resources, and more, and the beginning quests will help you learn what you need to do to get further in the game and protect yourself.
Those that are looking for the RPG feel in this will find that there is a great RPG base here. Take into account the fact that the whole game is based in a fantasy feel, then add in that the players that love this game and play it regularly are into the role-playing aspect of building their own fantasy city. The graphics only play into the overall feel of the game. The players also offer a great deal of the RPG feel as well, even if most don’t seem to be hard core role players – they still play their part. And, you will easily find that there are a ton of players that do take the game seriously, and take their parts seriously as well. They play in clans/guilds that take their positions, their cities, and more as serious role play, even if this is a casual Facebook game.
While I really like Evony, Empire Craft is more my style as it’s more of a fantasy based game instead of just medeval style. Same principle behind the game style, just different graphics. And, there are also wandering monsters that you can take out as well. I do have to build up a bit more before I can head out with my armies and heroes and take out any wandering monsters or take over any resources that are close to my city, but I’m sure that I will.
Although I just started playing Empire Craft, I will probably continue to play it for a while as I really like the fact that it’s browser based (nothing to download) and it’s a completely free mmo game. Those out there that are looking for a new free mmo game to try out might check Empire Craft out on Facebook when you get a chance.
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