Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Frontier

I have recently come across an amazing game called Frontier. Frontier is made by Armor Games. Frontier is a strategy based game that includes money, war, and starting a war against another town. When you first start Frontier you are a lonely traveling merchant, set on making money. As you start the game you start in a town, each town containing resources. To travel you have to go to the Travel tab, and here is where the fun starts, the prices of resources are almost all different in each town, which is how you merchant these "resources" and bring in an income. As you travel between towns you make a journey towards the next town, which displays a side-scrolling type animation, while traveling you will encounter boxes (Usually containing items or money), the enforcers (Police force), helpless people (You get the choice to help him or rob him), buccaneers (Bad guys), and the harmless merchantmen. Along with all the resources you get, there are some that are illegal of course, these items usually come with a bigger profit then normal, the only problem with this is the enforcers will be after you, when you come to an enforcer(s) you will either have the option to battle (fight), flee, or have him search you (in which they will take away your illegal goods, if you have them of course). When you come across a party of buccaneers they will show no mercy, either you can fight them, flee (Usually unsuccessful), or surrender (in which you give up some of your precious resources, usually making you lose money). When you come across a group of merchantmen they are harmless, and usually you will just pass them by. And of course, when you arrive outside of the town, you can choose to take the town for your own (Battle the town), in which requires a bigger crew. Through the game you will go through different towns each containing people who you can hire to work for you, as long as you have a vehicle that can sustain another person. Another tricky part about the game is joining a guild (Optional), you can either join the Enforcers or the buccaneers, when you join the enforcers you will no longer have to worry about the illegal goods problem, but the buccaneers will be heavy on your tail, and if you join the buccaneer guild, you wont have to worry about the buccaneers but the enforcers will be on your tail even more. As you acquire money you can purchase upgraded vehicles, weapons, armor, and people. This game takes a bit to get the hang of, but once you do, you wont be able to stop until you are the richest man in all of Frontier.

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