The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici

aka: Die Römer, Die Siedler II: Veni, Vidi, Vici, The Romans
Moby ID: 598
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Veni, Vidi, Vici is the sequel of the well-known Settlers game. You start your settlement with only one main building. To build any other buildings, you first must find a source for stones and wood. So you start to build little roads where your men transport all the different goods along. There exist more than 30 different professions your men can have, and many different building types. Of course, there are other settlers in your area, too, so war is unavoidable.

The graphics are now in SVGA, and the soundtrack is available as CD-Audio or MIDI.

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Average score: 82% (based on 27 ratings)

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Average score: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 85 ratings with 5 reviews)

A wonderful game for late hours

The Good
This game is the best in Settlers series. It has the good old graphics which was "improved" in Settlers III..but I still prefer the old style. It even has some MIDI and CD tracks. It's great also because there are more tribes and there are differences in building types between them.

I wish Blue Byte made one more game like this.

The Bad
The only problem is that it doesn't have the map editor and at the moment you can't get Mission CD anymore and when I bought that game Mission CD was not yet available. And also you may experience some problems with sound setup under Windows.

The Bottom Line
Get this game if you really like strategies.

DOS · by frin (107) · 2009

A delightful game.

The Good
This is one of the best strategy games ever, even better than its predecessor Serf City: Life is Feudal. Truly a magnificent game with great graphics, fast and efficient engine, excellent gameplay and replay value and the best of all - truly magnificent music I really enjoy.

The Bad
Nothing. It may not be perfect, but I can't think of anything truly unlikeable.

The Bottom Line
A great sequel to a great classic, this game will keep you occupied for a long time.

DOS · by Tomer Gabel (4539) · 1999

Complex and intriguing.

The Good
The core of the game is its resource system. The player has to manage dozens of different resources, building a complex system of buildings that provide each other with the required supplies.

The Bad
The game's advantage is also its bane- the gameplay is very slow. Setting up the most basic colony can take up to 15 minutes, and then the real game begins, with the player building more and more different structures all around the map.
The battle system is very schematic, and the final hours of play end up with repetitively building military structures and attacking, without any thought or sense of purpose.

The Bottom Line
If you have a lot of free time, play this excellent strategy game.

DOS · by El-ad Amir (116) · 2001

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WINTER and THUNDER michelle cade Jul 3, 2007

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The manual also serves as a flip-book where you can see two soldiers fighting :)

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Game added by robotriot.

Macintosh added by Martin Smith.

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Game added December 19, 1999. Last modified January 24, 2024.