Windows 3.x

Deadlock: Planetary Conquest

Overall, Deadlock is a game of strategy, intense warfare, and diplomacy, and is extremely hard. I would recommend this game to any lover of the Turn-based strategy game genre. If you loved Alpha Centauri or Civilization, you'll love this game. If you are just getting into this particular genre, I would consider buying something else, like Alpha Centauri. That game is well done, and is one that most everyone should play.

A vast and threatening fleet was orbiting around the planet Gallius IV. In space above the terran world, the ships from the seven known races of the universe were like birds of prey, waiting for the colonization phase to begin. The treaty they just had signed, called the Compact of Gallius IV, besides having stopped hostilities in space, had also set up the rules to claim the planet. The race that would first build an agreed number of City Centers or drive other colonies off the planet's surface, would be allowed solely to continue its planetary conquest. The treaty's terms also stated that only four hundred colonists per race would be allowed to land on the planet with a minimal set of resources and weapon technology limited to laser pistols. But once landed, there were virtually no rules established. Each race was free to develop its resources, technologies and weaponry, and reach the conditions of the treaty even if it meant war.

And so, Deadlock is a successful strategy game. And a darn good one. Its play is addicting, and I've come back to after several weeks long pauses. If a game brings you back after you put it down, it must be doing something right,

Det här är ett mycket trevligt spel att sitta och pyssla med själv under långa vinterkvällar och det är lätt att bli fast.

Een echte hoogvlieger is het niet. Voor wie een goed kolonisatiespel zoekt, blijft Fragile Allegiance nog steeds de beste koop...

Several years ago, Sierra attempted to combine the addictive building qualities of SimCity with the proven world-conquering feel of Civilization in a space strategy title called Outpost. Promising multi-player conflicts, scores of scientific advances for competitors to research, and an entire planet as the prize, the rushed developers instead managed to release one of the most disappointing titles of all time. Although it's been a long wait, Accolade has managed, with their new Deadlock, to deliver the goods promised years before.

Deadlock hat eigentlich nur ein Problem: Master of Orion 2. Der übermächtige Konkurrent gibt langfristig viel mehr her. Die Pluspunkte von Deadlock: Grafisch annährend auf Ascendancy-Niveau und einsteigerfreundlicher als MOO2. Darüber hinaus steht der Business-Aspekt stärker im Vordergrund. Nachbesserungswürdig erscheint uns u.a. die fehlende Einflußnahme bei Angriffen.