Review Submitted By: Matt Hall
Author Status: Player and staff member
Started on Federation II: December 25, 2003
Submission Date: Mar 21, 2005
TMC Listing: Federation II
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Matt Hall]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
Text-Based games can seem rather repetitive. Kill an ogre, use a
spell, and fight to get to the top. While these games are good fun,
luckily gamers have other options.
Federation 2 is one of those other options. Rather than fight beast,
players advance ranks through economics, and a variety of different
task. Players start off flying amongst planets hauling cargo for a
Inter-Galactic Corporation, later promoting to courier work. They then
get sent to the Futures Market, followed by starting founding their
own company and managing a series of factories. Later on, players will
be able to advance to the point where they can own, and custom design,
their own planet.
Federation 2 is an original Space-themed trading game. This game does
not borrow it’s theme from a movie or book. Federation II is a place
where you can create your destiny, economic and social. Being a space
themed game you would assume that many players would choose to play a
Star Wars or Star Trek themed character. While welcome, that isn’t
always the case. Over the history of Federation many different types
of characters have played the game, from Vampires to various Felines,
and also a troop Space Pirates. Be whoever you want to be, it just
adds to the richness of this community.
When you’re tired of working up the ranks, visit one of the many bars
and socialize with new friends, or explore space and the beautiful
planets with stories and puzzles worth figuring out. Game Staff also
offer nightly events like Fed Word Scramble, Fedpardy, and Guess My
Secret. Later down the line when Space Combat is programmed into the
game, nightly fighting events will likely take place. (This game is
economic based, fighting is never required for promotion, it’s just
for fun.)
While this game is a text-based game, the designer has built and
offers a graphical front-end. Players can now submit aviators, have a
visual map, and save their score and a player list in sidebars. The
front-end is not required to enjoy or participate in the game however,
just an added benefit making the game more friendly to players not use
to Text-Based games.
Best part about Federation II? It’s a professional quality game run
by a professional company and the cost is NOTHING. You heard me,
NOTHING, Federation II is free! I’ve been playing for years, and will
continue to, I hope you join us.
