Centurion Games Review: Asterix Centurion Video Platform

Asterix Centurion Video Platform Review

For years strategies are considered to be the games for those players, who love to think much and take their own decisions. The most popular games of this genre are Centurion, Civilization and Asterix. Read the short reviews and pick the stuff which is the most interesting for you.

Asterix series

These games (there are plenty of them) appeared in late 1980s, when internet was not used globally. That were the first strategies games with simple graphics, but they became very popular as the players enjoyed building their own villages and rule the computer heroes. Today these games have become brighter, the level of its graphics is high, and the tasks given to the main hero, Asterix, are extremely difficult. In Asterix and Obelix game your hero attacks the Romans. But for the attack you need to get help from the village, which you must develop. All the actions in the game are limited by energy — meat, and this meat can be bought.

Civilization

Release date: 1991-2013

This is a global strategy, the complete model of the development of mankind from the earliest times to the present. The player must create and develop his powerful empire and compete with the others. The game ends in 2050 when your spaceship goes to Alpha Centauri. The strength and development of civilization consists of the development of new cities, the troops creation, scientific and military research. You can create also wonders of the world.

For the prosperity of civilization, the player must concentrate and balance between scientific progress, building military power, replenishing the treasury, developing infrastructure and culture, diplomatic contacts and trading with other civilizations. The gamer can participate in the historical events and even play trying the roles of Stalin, Napoleon, Ramses II, Catherine II and so on.

Warhammer 40,000

Released: 1992-2011

This real time strategy belongs to the best-selling games. Its fans are always waiting for the release of a new game. The most famous one is Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. The player chooses a race for which he wants to play, and then he chooses a place he wants to capture and fights with the race that owns this land.

The battle takes place in real time. Players capture special points and build generators giving energy. Each race has its own troops, super units, heroes and abilities. The goal of the game in the campaign is to capture all lands and become the patron of all lands.

Warcraft III

Release date: July 3, 2002

This real-time strategy with RPG elements received a large number of positive reviews; many publications called it “The best game of the year" and “The best strategy of the year.” It has also received high marks from the players. It's also a role-playing game for weak PCs.

There are 4 races in Warcraft III. Each race has its own unique heroes, who get experience and a new level in battles. With each level, the hero's new abilities are opened up. The heroes can buy or pick up from dead mobs items that improve their combat characteristics. The players grab mines with gold and get wood on different maps — these resources are used to build a base and units and improve their characteristics.

Total War

Released: 2000-2015.

This series counts seven games and various additions. All of them cover different time periods. The most popular and cult game is Rome: Total War, released in 2004. Its actions take place in ancient Rome. Shogun: Total War actions occur in Japan in the 16th century where the ruling dynasties are opposed to each other. Empire: Total War is about the events during the European colonial wars and so on.

Its gameplay is very similar to Civilization. The player controls troops, cities and settlements. After the completion of all actions, the gamer skips the turn and the competitors move. If you or your enemies are attacking each other, then you move to the tactical map, where you control all your troops in real mode, attacking them and placing them in different beneficial positions on the map.

Company of Heroes 1, 2

Release date: 2006 year

This is a strategy about World War II. The gameplay of the Company of Heroes is very similar to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. The player commands whole units of fighters. Each unit has a scale of lives (not a separate fighter) and if this life ends, the entire unit dies. The player can have various weapons, choosing which weapons are more promising for this or that battle. After the death of the detachment, the weapon that remained can be taken. Each side in the game is divided into three unique areas — infantry, landing and tank (for Americans) and defensive, offensive and propaganda (for Germans). The units in the game have three levels of experience. After destroying the enemy, the player comes to a new level.

The game has three types of resources: weapons, fuel and personnel. The personnel (people) are used for constructing buildings and hiring new combat units.

There are many other similar strategies that can interest a gamer who loves this genre. Try also to play XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Homeworld, Stronghold or Ground Control 1, 2. They also resemble Centurion and Civilization.