example, the game involves a lot of ground vehicles moving behind and around the buildings and that took ages to work out." A map editor was designed for Utopia during development to 'simplify' map design, and Ing expresses that "Basically, all it is is a modified version of the game itself with the gameplay taken out and all the facilities to help us construct the scenario maps." Reception In 1992 and surveys of science fiction games, Computer Gaming World gave the title three-plus stars out of five. The One gave the Amiga version of Utopia an overall score of 93%, calling it "A cross between Sim City and Populous - and a rival to both", furthermore stating that Utopia "incorporates so much more than [SimCity]" and that "each game provides a totally new challenge within the first few minutes". The One praises Utopia's difficulty and creativity, expressing that those who achieve a 'quality of life' rating of 100% should "consider a career in public office", and calls the game's alien antagonists "the spark of genius that sets this game apart from other software". The One praises Utopia's graphics and sound, noting a feature where the soundtrack changes depending on the player's performance in-game, and calls the game's isometric perspective "pleasing to the eye". Successors Utopia was succeeded by K240, which carried the colonization idea over to an asteroid belt. The most prominent improvement was that in K240, the alien race was no longer off the map, but its cities could be viewed the same way as the player's. K240 was in turn succeeded by Fragile Allegiance, further refining the idea of colonizing an asteroid belt. References External links Utopia: The Creation of a Nation at Hall of Light 1991 video games Amiga games Atari ST games City-building games DOS games Epic/Sony Records games Gremlin Interactive games Jaleco games Real-time strategy video games Science fiction video games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Video games scored by Barry Leitch Video games scored by Patrick Phelan Video games with expansion packs Video games with isometric graphics Video games developed in the United Kingdom