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- Publisher: Paradox Interactive
- Release Date: Sep 13, 2011
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Sep 16, 2011Absolutely gorgeous grand strategy game, with a bit faster pace than other pardox titles and lighter on the economic site this character driven gem is absolutely addictive.
You have to put some effort in learning the gameplay of course (e.g. reading the manual), thirty minutes of flying around the map won't do the job. Maybe the previous critic (andreks) should try tic tac toe (the war edition) as deep strategy is certainly not his domain..... For the serious strategy gamer sengoku is highly recommended.… Expand
Sep 16, 2011Another nice game from Paradox. Beautiful, polished, and fun. An enjoyable exercise, pick up a copy of Sun Tsu's "Art of War" and put his principles into action.
Sep 16, 2011While the game does have a rather steep learning curve, once you figure it out you will be hooked. The atmosphere and music really set the right tone for this game, you may even begin to feel like a samurai after a while. Although there are still a few bugs, and this game may not be for everyone, but if you ever wanted to be a lord feudal Japan this is about as close as you can get.
Sep 16, 2011You need to spend a fair amount of time to learn the game. The lack of a tutorial is sad, but the manual is good. If you manage to "survive" the first couple of hours figuring things out, you're in for a treat with great strategic depth. It's one of those Paradox gems which will get even better with time thanks to its player community and lots of patches.
Sep 16, 2011Very polished initial release from Paradox and a significantly more accessible than their other grand strategy titles. It has a similar look and feel to Europa Universalis, Victoria, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings but the mechanisms are a bit simpler. Of course the focus of each game is quite different. Where Victoria is about industrialization and Hearts of Iron is about the tech race, resources and grand battles, Sengoku focuses on family clans and honor. The goal of the game is to unite Japan during the Warring States period, not an easy challenge. This game offers 3 playable tiers of hierarchy in the dynasty system, the ability to plot within and outside of your dynasty, to break away and form your own clan or take over your clan from within. The tech tree is very simple offering two linear trees: castles for military and villages for economy. You control 3 operatives, your Masters of Arms, Ceremony, and Guard, which have different functions from constructing upgrades to hiring ninjas to sowing dissent. Finally, a sophisticated marriage system ensures maintaining the family line, genetic traits, relationships between clans, and a full court from which to choose your operatives and daimyos. Overall, if you haven't tried a Paradox title of this nature, this may be the one to jump in on. You will still likely have a steep learning curve but the manual is very well written and the hint system is fantastic and far exceeds any Paradox game to date. With its limited objectives, constrained set up operations, and smaller map, Sengoku offers a highly accessible title. Veteran Paradox gamers will also enjoy Sengoku's simplicity and shorter time frame allowing focus on fewer moving parts while you race against Japan's other rising clans to claim the title of Shogun!… Expand
Sep 17, 2011Video games with a serious approach to this particular dramatic period of the Japanese history are few and far between. In fact, the only ones worth mentioning on the PC are Sengoku, and of course Total War: Shogun. The problem with Total War though is that the cinematic real-time battles get boring after a short while and you find yourself playing on the over top map most of the time. And this is where Sengoku outshines Shogun, in the strategic department. The game puts really deep emphasis on characters, and their relations to one another, on plotting and preserving your honor. It even adds a, dare I say, roleplaying aspect to the game. Of course, warring is a necessary part of your rise to power, as well, since you need to conquer half of the provinces in order to beat the game.… Expand
Sep 16, 2011One of the best out-of-the-box Paradox releases. It's certainly not a game for everyone -- but no paradox game is -- but if you have a little patience and a passion for strategy games, this character-based attempt at depicting Feudal Japan in all it's glory is an excellent choice.
Sep 17, 2011People who don't know how to play deep, rich computer strategy games shouldn't be writing Metacritic user reviews. They shouldn't be writing them for websites either, but that's another story.
I have played Paradox games since Europa Universalis I, this one is one of the best of the bunch. Right off of Steam I knew what to do, without checking the manual. What amazed me is the absolute attention to detail and care put into the scenario: This feels like Warring States Japan. The first thing you need to get a hold of is the pacing. Let time move slowly. Pay attention to your vassals and your family. That is the true heart of the game, on top of the strategic warfare.
Anyone who is a fan of serious historical political simulations or Far East medieval history will thrill for this game. Not for children, not for console kiddies, this is a real game. Absolutely recommended.… Expand
Sep 16, 2011"A great addition to the Paradox family of games. This is similar to EU:Rome, but a whole lot better. It is the game that EUR should have been. Overall it feels more complete, with the gameplay having more depth to it.
The range of strategy options is better and work v. well in the historical oriental setting. Whats more the level of intrigue develops from the onset far better than EUR. The new angle of honour and Seppuku hanging over the characters head w/ every decision made makes this a slightly different challenge than previous grand strategy titles.
Havent played enough of the game to see if any issues exist, encountered none so far. If you love grand strategy games and have a penchant for the Oriental setting like I have this is definitely one to get.
Will keep me happy till CK2 comes out. "… Expand
Sep 16, 2011Great Strategy game revolving around diplomacy and plotting,l rather than just taking your rivals' stuff by force.
Sep 16, 2011It is a hard nut to crack but the reward is a satisfying deep strategy. This is the game i wanted when i bought shogun 2. It is a real pleasure starting as the lowest vassal working you way up to daimyou then to clan leader then to shogun. The subtle plot game to take leadership of the clan is some ways more fun than take the shogun title.
Sep 16, 2011This has quickly become one of my favorite games. It looks a little overwhelming at first, but it's actually quite simple compared to other paradox titles. When you click on things, a hint pops up. Read it, than click the don't show me again button for each one, and you understand. However, game play is a little dry, but Paradox is sure to fix that with patches and/or expansions. Make sure to download the demo first.… Expand
Sep 17, 2011A bit faster than the other paradox titles but still a great game.The graphic isn't really stunning but the game is complex enough and delivers so many possibilities that the graphic really gets non relevant .
Sep 17, 2011All around good and enjoyable game, the people who complain about the complexity and that it is too "hard" have no idea what they are talking about. The 'help' screens provided adequate information to learn the basics of the game and after playing for a while it is easy enough.
Sep 17, 2011I don't know why everyone running in here to land a zero immediately begins to sputter about all reviews that has an opinion differing from their are "Paradox fanboys hired to give it a good review". Fanboys or not we seem to like the game and a review is a display of your personal opinion - nothing more nothing less. You gave the game a zero? Then it is simply not for you - you don't like it and you don't even have to state reason to validate that opinion. I give it a 9 as games can always get better, but I also happen to genuinely like this game. Which is why I give it a higher score than your zero.
And please, involving Paradox and "company corruption" in the same sentence? Urging its fans to vote up a game they like is not nearly as bad as, say, Bioware's employees voting Dragon Age 2 up. Don' get delusional.… Expand
Sep 22, 2011A Game with a extremely sharp learning curve. The lack of tutorial and the bare minimum manual further exasperated the problem. Once you understood how the game works however, it becomes rather addictive.
Sep 18, 2011A very dedicated Dev team, and possibly the best Paradoxian release, none of the problems that the Hearts of Iron release suffered, the willingness to listen to the community is amazing
Sep 19, 2011Fascinating strategy game set in feudal Japan with a focus on individual relationships and family politics as opposed to just resource management and large scale battles that dominate most games in the strategy genre. Another deep and thoughtful game from Paradox Interactive
Sep 19, 2011This is another great Paradox game. Offcourse this is a completely different league than the casual mainstream rts titles and it perhaps requires for once a bit thinking in order to enjoy this well made strategy game. It seems however, regarding some bad reviews, that these days strategy game players expect that the game plays "by itself" and that it has no tactical challenge but only graphical eyecatchers to offer. And frankly, I could give those kind of games, in which "a lot happens", a zero score, but I guess I wont as I don't try them in the first place.… Expand
Feb 28, 2012Great example of how a mix of great strategy and simple strategy can be fun. HAve more battles than the others grand strategy titles from Paradox - but, anyway, its the Sengoku Jidai, the Warring States Period in Japan, battles MUST be a constant. Underneath, althoug, a great diplomacy system is hidden. Marriages, Plots, use of Ninjas, vassal's intrigues... Not a easy game, mostly because the Japan ambientation (almost "alien" for us westerners, what may have pushed aside a lot of players), but, with some time to learn the game mechanics, it can be great and give hours of fun.… Expand
Mar 31, 2014This game wa released to get people ready for CK2, and it is a great game in its own rights. I enjoyed the time I spent with it and I still play it every now and then, if anybody wants to know what CK2 is like and wants to do it easy and quickly they should give this game a chance
Dec 7, 2011An unconventional trip to feudal Japan brings a lot of interesting principles that support political frolics to a great extent. However, this game is struck down by plenty of unfinished things, simplifications and limitations at the end of the day. It might still win your heart and let you enjoy it for long hours, but you have to be prepared to narrow your very own eyes.
Nov 9, 2011The simple building system is very slow and expensive, often taking years, and enemy ninjas can destroy guilds or religious locations with ease. [Holiday 2011, p.77]
Oct 31, 2011A poor interface and repetitive, hard-to-follow action unfortunately limit Sengoku's already niche appeal. [Dec 2011, p.64]

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EW: Considering how long this process has been and the stakes involved, is it a little surreal to be talking about the West Memphis Three in terms of the subject of a film soundtrack?
Rollins: I never thought we'd be having this conversation—the soundtrack, the movie, all of that. There were a lot of dark months, even dark years. You burn so many emotional calories thinking about these guys in cages. Then the thing goes to the judge, the thing you've been working on for 15 months, and the judge just goes "Nah." And you're back at the bottom of the hill, covered in mud, with no tools. So you have to go back and get the tools again. This would be for three years at a time. The entire thing became abstract. The trippiest thing is now me hanging with Damien in New York at a packed theater with a bunch of people clapping. It borders on the surreal.
And even though they are no longer in jail, the story still isn't over.
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A Park for the People: Central Park
at Strawberry Fields (in Central Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.
On this walking tour explore America's first park: Central Park.
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Emergency Preparedness: Extreme Weather
at Pelham Bay Ranger Station (in Pelham Bay Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.
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Recycled & Repurposed Children's Crafts
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1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us in the Education Building at the Queens Botanical Garden where we'll be making children's crafts out of recycled and repurposed items.
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Wave Hill Garden & Conservatory Highlights Walk
at Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx
2:00 p.m.
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights.
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Living Green: An Herbalist's Approach to Colds
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Indulge yourself in the natural healing practices of herbalism. Join the Greenbelt educators for a presentation of an herbalist's approach to colds. Sample healthy recipes, teas,…
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Central Park Tour: Views From the Past
at Outside the Dairy Gift Shop (in Central Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Learn about the Park's history and how its designers, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, struggled to make their vision our reality. The route involves a few stairs.
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History In Your Hands: Flax to Linen
at Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come check on our flax crop and try out tools used to process flax fibers into linen cloth.
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I have put together a tutorial to show you a simple way of refashioning your old pants for summer. Please click here for the tutorial.
Any pair of pants that fit around the waist.
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A Christmas appeal to charitiesPublished at 12:01AM, September 10 2014
The Times is seeking applications for its 2014 Christmas Appeal
The thing with this sentence, this arrest of dementia, is that its greatest victims aren't those who have it. That's not to say that the diagnosis isn't dreadful for the recipient, but there is a peculiar and particular hammering sadness for those that love and care for an Alzheimer's spouse or parent.
It is a wearying and lonely obligation, but with the added cruelty that the person you're looking after vanishes, escapes before your eyes. In the end, you're caring for the case that someone came in.
The job of keeping them alive and comfortable becomes a monumental act of memory, which is, among all the other sad ironies of age, a particularly poignant one. As the patient forgets, so the carer has to remember for both of them. There is nothing good or positive to be said about Alzheimer's disease, no redeeming or consoling posy to be plucked from its miserable wreath.
I remember — how many sentences about Alzheimer's begin "I remember"? — I remember when my father had the illness diagnosed. Our family's sad shock, the retrospective detective-work and the realisation — or admission — that we'd sort of known for some time.
But there was his own sanguine and often funny acceptance of his lot. He was a man who'd lived almost entirely in his own head, in the cerebral, always surrounded by books, walled in by the tomes of his broadly intellectual life. When reading and writing became impossible, he stared at the page and said with a resigned wonder that the words ran like ants in the snow. Then he would sit and watch the autumn sunlight fall across the room.
Since his death, I've seen a number of Alzheimer's patients in their homes and in care, and I've grown to recognise that look; the quiet regard. They aren't seeing what we see. They watch some personal reverie, and in it, rise above their sickness, are perhaps untouched by its humiliations and losses. But there is no such place for those who feed, wash, turn and continue to chat with the one-sided monologue of cheery commonplaces. The lists of names and destinations, the harking back to perhaps ignite some last, glowing memory, to connect once more, however briefly, with a shared life.
When he was very close to the end, I took my daughter to see her grandfather in hospital. She was upset, not just by the passing of her granddad but by a closer fear: "I don't want to see you like that, Dad."
There was, and is, no guarantee. As we continue to survive other once-fatal conditions, to live longer, so dementia claims more of us. And while we may wish for the kindly, instant death of the calamitous stroke, the speeding aneurism, or the firm embrace of a cardiac arrest, to depart in our sleep or, like my grandfather, watching the nine o'clock news, increasing numbers of us will drift away, one ripped-up photograph at a time.
An Alzheimer's carer must face a wave of ancient fear. More than the illness itself, we dread its imposition on our family, the guilt, the expense, the damnable pity, the waste of other, active lives that should have better, more productive things to achieve, the leeching of fun and laughter. And we fear above all its imposition on our memory, the further irony that this is, after all, how we will be remembered.
In particular, over the years of my dad's illness, I had the constant worry that my abiding image of him would be with Alzheimer's. The final, penurious cruelty is that it would wipe all the other memories of him away, that I would only think of him as an ancient, rheumy-eyed, gentleman.
But now, as the years pass I still think of him often, and it is in all the ways I knew him: picking me up from school, smoking his pipe, in his skinny safari jackets in the 60s, his shock of white hair in middle age, telling me stuff, showing me things, mostly just sitting in his armchair writing on a clipboard, surrounded by books.
And I also remember the Alzheimer's, I haven't been rid of that. But now it's not with anger or resentment. The illness gave us a long time to make our farewells. There was nothing left unsaid between us, and that is a boon not allowed by the sudden coronary or the number nine bus.
There were no more rows or arguments that had punctuated the earlier part of our lives. The fights of fathers and sons were done. What we did have in the end, to share, was food.
It was ever the leitmotiv of our family. My brother was a chef, I wrote about it, and Daddy loved to eat. When finally he had no idea who I was, when, as Shakespeare has it, he was sans sight, sans teeth, sans everything, I would visit with a tub of chocolate ice cream, his lifetime joy, and we would sit together in silence, eating. That, now, is one of my dearest remembrances. Food is ever the great simile and metaphor, the binding of us, the evocation of the past, the fuel of the future.
As I write this, on my desk is a picture of my Dad and me. Of all the photographs I could have chosen, it is a very late one. He has that pensive, distant look of dementia. We're sitting in the park, my arm through his. I'm looking off into the distance. He's inverted into the past, me into the future. It's a maudlin and precious image.
There is nothing good to say about Alzheimer's, but there there will never cease to be marvellous things to say and remember of those who suffer it.
A.A. Gill is an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society, one of the charities chosen for The Times Christmas Appeal. The first £30,000 of donations will be matched by Tesco
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Why, why?
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Frasers Hospitality Opens United Arab Emirates Property
First Luxury Serviced Residences for Inner-City Dubai.
June 29, 2010 3:20 by Rasha Reslan
Dubai, June 2010:- Frasers Hospitality Pte Ltd has introduced a new level of luxury to extended-stay accommodation in the United Arab Emirates with the opening of Fraser Suites Dubai.
Fraser's first property in the UAE, Fraser Suites Dubai is located on the city's prestigious Sheikh Zayed Road and occupies the top 23 levels of the 45-storey Sidra Tower, a stunning new mixed-use development featuring commercial office suites and high end retail outlets.
The property's 180 suites and penthouses command sweeping views across the city including iconic landmarks such at the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, the amazing Palm Jumeirah and kilometers of golden sand beaches lining the Arabian Sea.
"The introduction of world-class, luxury serviced residences complements Dubai's positioning as a global leader in many other areas of the hospitality industry," said Mr Choe Peng Sum, Chief Executive Officer, Frasers Hospitality Pte Ltd.
"As more and more international brands establish a presence in the Emirate, they are seeking the level of Gold-Standard service and accommodation that are integral offerings of the Fraser Suites brand," he said.
Despite the challenges of the global financial crisis, Dubai continues to maintain its position as a vibrant centre of trade and commerce with a forecast GDP growth of 2.5 percent in 2010, and more than 70 percent of its GDP contribution attributed to the non-oil sector.
The Emirate continues to attract expatriates, who represent more than 80 percent of the total population. According to the most recent figures, Dubai recorded a growth in population to 1.77 million in 2009, up by more than seven percent over the previous year.
"Dubai's status as an international business hub is well-established and its business friendly environment ensures that it will continue to attract high levels of investment," added Mr Choe.
"From a strategic perspective for Fraser, establishing a presence here was a natural progression in our strategy to become a key player in the UAE," he said.
Fraser Suites Dubai features light filled open plan living spaces and provides full kitchen and laundry facilities, large balconies, work desks, luxurious bedding, marble bathrooms with exclusive Peter Thomas Roth amenities and daily housekeeping services.
A round-the-clock reception and concierge attends to every guest need and the in-house Aqua Cafe offers a full international buffet breakfast and a wide variety of dishes with an emphasis on freshness and flavor throughout the day.
Fraser Suites Dubai's business facilities include a business centre, boardroom and meeting facilities, perfect for small events for six to 30 people.
Family oriented services and facilities include a 25-metre outdoor swimming pool, children's wading pool and sundeck, tennis court, squash court, 24-hour gymnasium, aerobics room and Fraser Kid's Club.
And Fraser Suites Dubai is also ideally located as a base for leisure travellers, commented Mr David Brown, General Manager of Fraser Suites Dubai, "while Fraser clientele internationally has predominately been corporate family or business-traveller based, our ideal location near some of Dubai's most popular leisure destinations such as the Mall of the Emirates, Dubai Marina and Emirates Golf Club, make us an excellent and convenient alternative for short leisure stays, especially with those travelling with large families."
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The true-life story of the murderous Papin sisters gets a restrained retelling in this thoughtful and disturbing period drama from director Jean-Pierre Denis
In the annals of true crime, the infamous Papin sisters' double murder in 1930s Lyon has always remained an enigma. Why was it that these two seemingly shy young maids viciously attacked and killed their employer and her daughter? To his credit, director Jean-Pierre Denis' Murderous Maids (Les Blessures Assassines) doesn't try to find a definitive answer to that question, choosing instead to show how ordinary circumstances could fuel such extra-ordinary behaviour. The result is a subtle, but deeply disturbing drama, that's all the more powerful for not tying up every loose end.
Since the outcome of the story is never in any doubt (even if you hadn't heard of the Papin case, the title's a giveaway), Denis takes his time with the narrative, trapping us, like the characters, within the strict confines of the world of service that these two girls are forced into by their greedy mother. As Christine, Sylvie Testud (The Château, La Captive) gives a stunning performance that captures the inward rage of a girl pushed to the brink of her sanity by incest, adolescent sexual desire and the overwhelming awareness of her second-class status. Imbuing her character with an emotional range that prevents her from becoming one-dimensionally immoral, Testud teases out Christine's gradual disintegration over the course of the film.
The result is a drama that evokes the despair of these two immature girls as the hopeless tedium of their lives bears down upon them. But what's so tragic is that not even Christine's final moment of violence can save them. Acting without foresight, their murderous explosion only serves to bring the walls in closer around them. Perhaps that's why the aftermath - in which their sanity is finally wrenched from them - is so utterly distressing.
Constructing this story with sensitive slowness, Denis keeps the sensational aspects surrounding these incestuous lesbian sisters in check, letting a fantastic performance from Testud carry the movie.
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