the republic
i wanted savage i got republic, savage wasnt out yet. republic by edios looked interesting, my obey giant propaganda side saw it as an interesting game with oddly attractive appeal, a 3d simulator all about getting man out of power through propaganda, misinformation, scare tactics, mass group appeal and more. hmmm ok, now the box shows nothing but great 3d images, its not till u open up the game do u realize theres a whole RTFM universive waiting for you. hordes of ideology panels and meters and %'s etc. yikes..
Ok so first your asked 10 questions to figure out what kind of rebelious leader you are, are u sly, do u prefer the break legs approach, hows your charm, what about ethics do u have any? then u pick your propaganda mark, the stuff u spray on walls, i wish i could import obey giant, that'd rock.. ahh well
next up your in the world, a nice simcity existance, you go back to your hood, the place you grew up and start fashioning a new existance, but first u need to do some recruiting, get some names, follow up on some leads, basic headhunting, need to get people doing things for you.
you find a guy, well i managed on finding someone.. the action panels and interface need heavy manual reading to really get an idea of whats happening. anyways i find a guy, but now i need to convince him, pursade him to my way, my ideology, my way of thinking... we meet we talk i russian, the whole game has a soviet russian new country like appearance, i take him to a cafe, at first im in this populus 3rd god perspective type view.. then i zoom in and im at the cafe and the conversation panel comes up..
the conversation panel is hilarious, i thought of mike when it came uo, u can choose to joke, press your point, ease off, etc, all to get your view by and win the argument, u need that man!! i had him and won the conversation out of sheer luck after having ditched the tutorial to explore things... later in game he sent me a note saying he changed his mind lol... too funny.. anyways i loved that part, totally reminds me of mike.. in a good way
anyways more on this later..the game is different thats for sure, i still want savage!!