Republic - The Revolution - A Failed Coup?

Posted by simoniker on Sunday August 31, 2003 @12:09PM from the let-them-eat-infinite-polygon dept.

Thanks to Eurogamer for their review of Elixir's Republic:The Revolution for PC, discussing the previously-featured strategy title that has you taking control of the fictional Eastern European country of Novistrana. The review points out: "...it's quite amazing how much opinion among gamers is already polarized by Republic: The Revolution", but concludes by suggesting "...this is a slightly above average political simulation title which would have probably worked better as a board game than as a videogame, shackled down with a 3D engine that serves no useful purpose and is almost entirely non-interactive." A review at GamesDomain is slightly more forgiving, but has similar views: "Freeform, subtle, complex, rather dry, and just the tiniest bit (appropriately enough) oppressive, Republic: The Revolution is likely to sharply divide gamers."

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Re:I got Republic yesterday. by MightyTribble · 2003-08-31 16:08 · Score: 1, Insightful

Sufficient for making a playable game, perhaps, but not sufficient for a sellable one. Leave out the cool 3d graphics and nobody'd buy it. OK, maybe gamers are smarter than that, but the people who put up the development money definitely aren't.
That's pretty much what I figured. Have you seen the requirements, though? They recommend 512MB RAM and a 128MB graphics card. For a game that's *basically* a board game, it's got the requirements of a very butch MMORPG or FPS. They're cutting off a large chunk of their audience just by having such extreme requirements.