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[WilliamC23]

You live in Scandinavia, it's about as far as home as possible, playing a game changes nothing, heck, nothing we do changes anything, you're too serious.

[WolverineDK]

Originally Posted by WilliamC23

You live in Scandinavia, it's about as far as home as possible, playing a game changes nothing, heck, nothing we do changes anything, you're too serious.

Correction Mr. Obama (which I doubt you are) well your name is William, so no worries there. But I live in Denmark (Kjobenhavn = Copenhagen to the English speaking crowd and København in Danish which means the merchants harbour). And they sadly have a part in this matter, on one hand they are allies with USA, and on the other we have had our fair share of situations , such as the 12 drawings, and well Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a prime candidate for being the next big chease in NATO so well. Let us just say, it is NOT as far home as it could be. But as I said, the game can become a political firebomb. Just like I once mentioned before it became reality in my eyes. That Resident Evil 5 had racial tones in it. And about a week after hell was loose in the Resident Evil 5 camp. Because it became controversial. Stranger things has happened, these are just two off my head.

[red_avatar]

I was critical of the game as well, WolverineDK, because the game was all about blowing up Middle Eastern countries with no peace solution being allowed. Since you can only play as Israel, it seems like a very politically volatile game.

The game itself is said to be fun, though, but I dislike games forcing you down a political (or religious) path. I've turned down games for far less.

[Yes Or Nay]

I'm gonna take a look at this game from another point of view.

Where is the playability? I played this one some time ago and in all the replays following the first try, it was the same. Always attacked by either Egypt or Syria with far too few options to somehow change anything.

Where's the replayability?

2/5

[Luchsen]

Originally Posted by TheChosen

What about this one?

It's freeware, so it goes to AR.

[Dadsa]

How do you get well on in the game? I find that after a few turns someone nukes someone else and the game ends! How can you make the game last longer?

[MonsignorGabriel]

I actually liked this game.

Israel is one of my favorite countries, and I was psyched that I could play as it's leader. The mechanics are good, the gameplay is addicting, and it reflects the possibilities of conflict there. Of course, the politics are outdated (it's 2010 and the political geography has changed little, if at all. I always found it funny that Lebanon just shits it's organs out by the end of the 90's when it still exists today in the real world). But it was fun bullying the weaker states and using Mossad to weaken the stronger ones.

However, I always found the rating odd. No matter what I did (lower defence spending, agree to reduce the size of the military, create the Palestinian homeland, maintaing stability all throughout the years), I was always denounced by either the Knesset or the public and labeled as "Fascistic". It was annoying when I really wanted there to be peace/I wanted to win via Mossad rather than the military and my people started complaining for absolutely no reason. To compensate for this, the game should have a public relations/economic management menu to alleviate these problems. Also, it should have allowed further invasions (if you take over a state, you should be allowed to go over to it and have it assimilated into Israel. I would have felt SO proud if Israel all of a sudden became bigger).

Overall, though, it was a good game.

Some tips to avoid Israeli protest would be appreciated!

[MonsignorGabriel]

Oh, and it IS possible to beat Egypt conventionally... You just need a really big military with a lot of different units.

It's enough to have about 3 units that you have more than Egypt, though I would focus on tanks, jets, and SAMs.

Needless to say, the war is always long and brutal, and the Israeli people don't like that.

Can't get this game to run on Windows 7. Says it is not compatible. What am I doing wrong and how do I make it work?

[The Fifth Horseman]

DOSBox. http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14406