Review Submitted By: Tim Henning
Author Status: Player
Started on Federation II: 94or95 til 01 - Fed2Mar05
Submission Date: Aug 13, 2005
TMC Listing: Federation II
The following review is the opinion of the review's author [Tim Henning]
and in no way represents the opinions of this website or its staff.
Here's the scoop. and I figured I better make a few things clear
first after reading reviews and comments.
1. Fed 2 is free - although there are extras that can be bought they
are not necessary to play the game or get the full enjoyment out of
it. 2. I am not nor have ever been a staff member 3. This game
although easy to play is not based on killing for advancement - it is
very capitalistic and puts a fresh detailed in some areas approach to
ranks/levels etc. 4. This is a game to be enjoyed - amassing money to
put it to work for you can take time - a lot of time and thought was
put into this one and it shows. ----
If I were to explain this to a person who has never played on a mud
before: Fed II is a capitalistic game. You start out with some money
and the clothes on your back. Then take out a loan to buy a ship. Once
that is done you contract for jobs to pay of your loan. Promote via
contract hauling means twice to a sort of courier. This teaches a lay
of the land, but while doing this here you are saving money to trade,
buy low, sell high, etc. That in my opinion is where the real fun
begins.
A system of several different economies and several different market
exchanges make making money a blast. Once you think you've got the
hang of that take ftures contracts by the reign to make some dough -
try and amass enough money and set out an IPO. Now you're a CEO and
have a company with factories to attend to, raw materials to buy, etc.
Then you may decide you can spot a good company when you see it - try
investing in other players companies.
True - the game is not finished, but I do see it being actively
worked on and the staff does add other things to make the current game
playable. The manual and help system are extremely well written.
The social atmosphere of this game is excellent. Good Players, good
company, I do spend a lot of time here.
I do recommend - but not if all you want to do is race through ranks.
