Evony: Difference between revisions

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=== ''Readers are encouraged to avoid this game'' '''entirely.''' ''It is a spyware program in disguise.'' ===

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=== This game provides examples of: ===

* [[Allegedly Free Game]]: Like most games of its type, but taken [[Up to Eleven]].

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* [[Follow the Leader]]:

** A game called ''Caesary'', which is ''Evony'' [[In Space|IN ANCIENT ROME!]]

*** It even follows through on the [[Blatant Lies|Blatant]] [[Lady Not Appearing in This Game|Misleading]] [[Sex Sells]] [[Contemptible Cover|Contemptible Ad]] saying "One Click for a [[A Party Also Known As an Orgy|Roman Orgy]]! Click Now!"

*** It even follows through on the [[Blatant Lies|Blatant]] [[Lady Not Appearing in This Game|Misleading]] [[Sex Sells]] [[Contemptible Cover|Contemptible Ad]] saying "One Click for a [[A Party - Also Known As an Orgy|Roman Orgy]]! Click Now!"

** There's actually a number of ''Evony'' knock-offs lying around, if you know where to look. ''Caesary'' is just one of the more popular (having shown up on Kongregate until a possible lawsuit), but they're all more-or-less the same... minus the spyware.

*** Caesary is now advertising on youtube. Prepare lawsuits!

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** Another popular knockoff is ''War2'', set in World War 2. There are several variants, ''The Stratagems'', ''Glory'' and ''Dawn of Nations''. ''The Stratagems'' has the quirk of censoring ''Evony's'' name out of its in-game chat for some reason.

** Several other games, such as ''Glory of Rome'', ''Galaxy Online'', ''Global Warfare'', ''Napoleonic Wars'' and ''Samurai Dynasty'' use the same basic engine and game concepts though set in different eras ranging from the Roman Empire to the far future.

** Battledawn is an interesting entry into the category... It also kind of unintentionally mocks the genre, as you can choose from 'fantasy, modern, or futuristic' eras to play in. Virtually nothing changes aside from reskins and resources used to build crap. Each era plays exactly the same despite the fact they should be markedly different, it feels as if one era was made first, then they saw the same-but-different entries mentioned above, and just decided, aw the hell with it, lets cram them all into a single game engine. The eras are completely separate but one can play in all 3 at once if they so wish which just makes it more obvious nothing is changed. Unlike the rest of this page, it 'ends' every month, with the goal being to be the one to research then push the [[Nuke Em|Big Red Button]] before anyone else.

** Battledawn is an interesting entry into the category... It also kind of unintentionally mocks the genre, as you can choose from 'fantasy, modern, or futuristic' eras to play in. Virtually nothing changes aside from reskins and resources used to build crap. Each era plays exactly the same despite the fact they should be markedly different, it feels as if one era was made first, then they saw the same-but-different entries mentioned above, and just decided, aw the hell with it, lets cram them all into a single game engine. The eras are completely separate but one can play in all 3 at once if they so wish which just makes it more obvious nothing is changed. Unlike the rest of this page, it 'ends' every month, with the goal being to be the one to research then push the [[Nuke'Em|Big Red Button]] before anyone else.

*** Interestingly Caesary does away with a lot of the less respectable elements of Evony's setup, along with having a pre-calced animated battle after the damage is done, WHICH ACTUALLY REFLECTS HOW THE CALC CAME ABOUT. No more thousands of hours spading invisible troops and theorizing on attack order, you can see how your unit attacks and in what order, then adjust specifically for that. Yeah, you still need to wait ages for things to build, and they still try to enforce payment, especially with the training time required for higher end troops, but they cut down a lot of the more GUI-unfriendly areas and refined/polished the areas that felt like beta holdovers. Also the time required to go anywhere is never more than an hour, and reinforcements can be sent to your allies once you realise they are under attack. It is the marked difference between a Chinese casino and a Vegas casino. Also it added some extra non-PVP things to do like gladiatorial arena battles. You can either grind up the tickets required by sacking the same npc area over and over, or you can take the lazy way and buy them. It is, in short, Evony with playtesting and bonafide community {guild at least} focus.

* [[Frivolous Lawsuit]]: More information [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/mar/31/evony-libel-case-bruce-everiss here]

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** And when your ads look like [http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/files/2009/07/504x_evony-ad-6-thumb.jpg this] ([[NSFW]]), when your actual game is a ''Civilization'' clone, there's something wrong.

* [[Slave Collar]]: For alliances. Shown above.

* [[Tactical Rock Paper Scissors]]: Though its a bit more complicated than just matching up units, other units support each other in odd ways due to the range stat.

* [[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Though its a bit more complicated than just matching up units, other units support each other in odd ways due to the range stat.

* [[Zerg Rush]]: Due to unbalanced countering, and bad AI, this is the preferred method.

** But never with cavalry, unless that's ALL you're sending. They are the dumbest cavalry ever coded and will set off every single trap in their way. The typical zerg rush with cavs entails sending a legion of footmen with some ballista backup, going to sleep, waking up, then firing off hundreds of thousands of horses.

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