An Informal Review of UTOPIA
One of the most popular games of Swirve is known as UTOPIA created by
Mehul Patel.
As far as I know, Utopia is played by several thousands of players all
over the world which makes them one of the largest and most interactive
gaming community on the internet.For me, I rate it as the best
browser-based
strategy game I've ever played.Here, for you to be in the
higher ranks, to win a war, or to just to survive in a long run, you
must use your common sense to make your strategy effective.
In this game, six to eight races (depending on the age) are introduced.
Every races have strengths and weaknesses. After choosing a race, it
must be tagged with one of the nine personalities. Personalities works
like races, having advantages and disadvantages.
Upon selecting which combination of races and personalities, you're
already making up strategy. It's up to you if you want to make it a
balanced build - personalities as improvement of your race's weakness,
or concentrated - personalities as amplifier of the race's strength.
As you enter the world of Utopia, you will be given a province to
govern in one of its kingdom. The kingdom where you landed will be your
ally.Your kingdom will be your family in the world of Utopia. Like
family, expect that aid and protection is available from your
fellowmen. Also, when war comes, your kingdom will be your ally. For a
kingdom to succeed and to grow, a team strategy must be used.
I think Utopia observes the rule of the jungle, the survival of the
fittest. That thing makes me feel the game more challenging than ever.
If you are dumb, you will be most probably killed by any player at
anytime. If you are weak among your kingdom mates, you will be raped
during wars.
As an individual player, you have the option which role you're going to
your kingdom. Of course, this includes growing through exploration,
through attacking or by just using spells. It's all up to your
strategy.
I cannot be proud of its appearance since it is not a hardcore
graphical game. It's interface is a mere simple combination of text
boxes, combo boxes and buttons as means of interactivity. What good at
it is the adequate information that it gives to the player during the
game.
Another feature of this game that I found it interesting for me is the
time span of it. It goes like this: An Hour is equal to a Utopian Day.
A Day is Equal to a Utopian Month.It sounds challenging, especially
when a kingdom is in a war. A player must do some estimations and
calculations together with those stuffs......
What I also found interesting on this game, is the ranking....... and I
love to see my province included on it. Maybe one of the top province
in the island or even the world..... Another thing is when your kingdom
enters a war with another kingdom. A kingdom monarch will act as the
team leader, making out plans or strategy for all the kingdom mates to
follow in order to win. A forum is used to convey all the instructions,
aids, updates, succession and attacks that the kingdom mates made. That
is where the real experience in the game took place.
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