And if you've never played the first game, you might as well start with this version, since it's the better all around game. If you owned the prior games, you'll love the sequel.

Capitalism 2 preserves the core of the original Capitalism gameplay intact, eliminates and simplifies some of the major bugaboos of the earlier games, and overall presents a superior and far more entertaining product. Those are some really substandard, off the shelf character models.īut all that's essentially irrelevant to the main question: is the sequel better, worse or about the same as the original? Well no worries there. And as far as the character art goes, I could probably make those heads too if I owned a copy of Poser. These graphics aren't state of the art - even for an isometric-based strategy game, it's a little behind the curve, a little closer to SimCity 2000 than Railroad Tycoon 2. At first blush, it's hard to tell what if any purpose any of this graphical glitz serves.Īnd actually calling it glitz might be a bit of a reach. Also there's this new dynamic city view that shows little people and cars moving around, even some slack-jawed yokels wandering aimlessly back and forth through your stores. The interface is a bit busy, and it takes some time to learn where all the new buttons are. When I first loaded Cap 2, I have to admit being slightly put off by the graphics and interface of the new game.

But now Enlight has resurfaced with a new publishing partner, UbiSoft, and a new version of its game, Capitalism 2. So for a while there, it didn't seem like a revamp of this business sim would be in the works. Unfortunately Interactive Magic fell apart a few years ago, while Enlight Software has been busy with its Seven Kingdoms games. And it's not just gamers who agree, Capitalism has been used in business schools as a teaching aid, and as you can see its web page is littered with academic testimonials. I'd certainly agree, I've kept and enjoyed my copy for more than five years - it makes a fun game out of what for me is a very dry subject.

Capitalism, along with its enhancement Capitalism Plus, has long been regarded by most critics as the best computer game series about the business world ever published. First published in 1995 or thereabouts, the Capitalism series was created by Enlight Software, a Hong Kong-based computer game developer, and published in the U.S. The one exception has always been Capitalism.

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