Rules of Engagement 23.5" disk
One of the most replayable games of all time, Rules of Engagement 2is a strategic starship combat that could be integrated with tactical-level Breach 3. The interface, although logical, is dauntingly detailed. Those who take the time to scale the steep learning curve, however, will find their patience well rewarded with deep and challenging gameplay. Its sequel is an updated version that is even better than the original, with a campaign builder and integrates with strategic-level Breach 3. . Angus Manwaring wrote an excellent review of the Amiga version: " It does seem to be more of an updated version of Ro E than an entirely new game, so if you have the chance of getting both, you're almost certainly better off just buying Ro E2. The second game is definitely a lot bigger weighing in at over 7 megs whereas the first game was less than 3. It's also nice to see that they've organised everything into proper directories on your hard drive rather than just dumping the lot into a single directory. So it's an updated version of the first game with all the bells and whistles that should have existed earlier but didn't? Well, not really no. In Ro E, there was atleast a scene setting intro and some (admittedly rather dodgy) title music. Nothing here, bar a couple of title screens. I wonder if these things were lost in the conversion from the P C version. Before you can do anything you'll need to go into the separate Builder program and generate a character for yourself. Having done that you can enter the game proper and go about a training mission or two. As with Ro E, there does seem to be rather a lack of background sounds, I know they don't actually change the gameplay, but they can really add to the atmosphere. Perhaps the most obvious difference between the first and second of the Ro E games is the control method.
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