| Posted at 12:00 on December 12th, 2000 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11126 | Feel free to share anything about Colonization (1994) here! ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
| Posted at 14:32 on April 19th, 2009 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Member Retired Gumby Posts: 1092 | The simplicity of the game is one of it's strong points, not having to worry a lot about technologies, but about developing the cities. It's a great game, but in what comes to the historical part, it's too centered on the united states, all the factions are the United States with another name, which even contradicts their history. For example, the more freedom from the metropolis, the better the production increases. But on south american, thanks to the great freedom from the metropolis the corruption grow fast, which damaged the countries. A few changes to make each faction a bit more different (including different designs, and maybe being able to configure your own) would have been great. |
| Posted at 18:22 on May 24th, 2011 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
 Member Pupil Gumby Posts: 14 | Taken from Colonization review: Quote: A controversial game Colonization was maybe the only strategy game to create a great deal of political controversy, especially in Europe. Many politically correct people were disturbed by the fact that the game has completely ignored the issue of slavery. This is also rumored to be the reason why a sequel was never produced. Isn't Civilization IV: Colonization sequel to original Colonization?? |
| Posted at 19:04 on May 24th, 2011 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11126 | Possibly, but the review predates that newer game  By the way, being from Europe, I have actually never heard of this alleged controversy.----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! ----- Edited by Mr Creosote at 19:05 on May 24th, 2011 |
| Posted at 10:18 on May 25th, 2011 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 1092 | Well, wasn't Bartolomé de las Casas one of the "founding fathers" you could get? He was the dominican fray who wrote against indian slavery in spanish colonies. Even if officially there where no slaves. Slavery was forbidden, actually, so there was the cacique system, which was basically the same thing. But the main problem I see on the game is that it's too USA centric in all the design. And the spanish bonus being against the indians apart from not too useful is very stereotypical. |
| Posted at 08:48 on December 11th, 2016 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11126 | Quote: At the end of its commercial life, the Amiga had some strange releases. As the viability of ports decreased, but wasn't yet completely absurd, the key was often to cut costs. Ports came late, if at all, and often hadn't been subject to sufficient quality control. Colonization was ported two years after its initial release by Microprose's UK branch. It doesn't do completely horribly, but also shows the typical signs. Read more... ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
| Posted at 03:15 on November 4th, 2017 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Pupil Gumby Posts: 10 | I lost a good many hours to this one, which is something of a cross between Civilization and Sim City. Even though we were always incensed that the Portuguese had been written out of history; Sid Meier's Pirates! roots were showing... |
| Posted at 07:00 on November 4th, 2017 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11126 | The game is obviously based on North American history much more than the rest of the world… ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |