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Diplomacy Demo

[Oct 27, 2005, 12:25 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

A demo for Diplomacy is now available, offering the chance to sample the new computer adaptation of the classic board game. The 94 MB turn-based strategy demo is available on Boomtown (registration required), FileFront, FileNuts, Gamer's Hell, VGPro, and Worthplaying.

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Oct 27, 2005, 18:41

Geese

Agreed. There's a lot to read, but that's good if you've never played Diplomacy. However, I would suspect most people interested in this *have* played it. The interface seems very nice so far (I've only been through about 20% of the tutorial, and that took almost 15-20 minutes. The playing surface looks nice, very boardgame like, with some nice touches like a generic ripple effect for water and the units have shadows that ever so slightly move from side to side to keep the board from looking too static) I wonder though about the AI, since apparently there's no way to actually play against it in the demo.

Proabably a moot point as Diplomacy really needs to be played with humans (it has multiplayer), as the negotiation is just as important (if not moreso) than the tactics.




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