It's slow moving, allowing you to kill an hour with just one year! And it also keeps the game interesting, not fast paced and over within 3 days. The land and naval battles are brilliant, allowing you to fight both with stunning graphics. The resource pool couldn't be more accurate, giving each country their respective attributes. And the peaceful vs. forced annexation thing lets you be a liberator or a conqueror keeping constantly in mind world opinion of you! Or you can be a simple trader, building up good relations with opposing countries and peacfully annexing them that way too. And all you need to annex a nation is a simple trade consulate (bureau? embassy?) or at least a building that can be be built in only 3 turns and a 100 relationship and BAM, you own them. I peacefully annexed Spain and Holland after liberating Hannover from Britain, but stayed as a conqueror in Portugal (mistake) when I could have gave them their independance too and peacefully annexed more nations as well. But then I decided to start over again on medium difficulty rather than easy and haven't played the game in 1 month because I do my own modding, although it's rather basic. But back to IG I go!
Yeah, the game kicks. But anyway, advice to new people- at least build up SOME army- I was playing a game as France, on a harder difficulty level, and Switzerland of all countries invaded. They outnumbered me with their three armies of bleepin MILITIA against my 1 and 1/2 army of pretty good units. Problem was- I did not build up anything new since the game began - just wanted to work on my economy PEACEFULLY and not bother anyone. Fact of the matter is, even your good friend the Holland will turn on you if you don't have a big enough army!
Yes, I do. I'm White Pine. Just hadn't been here in so long that I forgot my password and I am constantly changing email accounts because someone (I know) keeps hacking in them.
Of course I still play IG. It still seems a year or two ahead of itself almost like it's 08 or 09 technology. Not 2005!