Travian is a brower-based strategy game, which you can play for free, or get a luxury version with added tools for a very modest fee. But unlike other games which hold your attention intensively for a short period of time, Travian belongs to a category of games you could call passive web gaming. It only needs your attention for a minute or two, whether its once or twice per day, for a period of weeks or months.
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I like Gameforge as much as the next guy. Browser games like Ogame and Ikariam prove they’re a factor in the browser game area, but some of their games are just not as good. Gladiatus is one of them. Gladiatus is a browser game in which you take the role of a gladiator in roman times. With such features as an arena in which you can beat everybody and the dangers of the wilderness, it certainly has a certain level of adventure.
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Ikariam is a game that has an ancient flavor coating to it, but at its core, it is a micro-managing game of city expansion, alliances, residents you must keep happy, and resource managing, all in a multiplayer world. When you create a new account, you’ll be started out with one city with a population of about 40 (I don’t remember the exact number). You’ll want to start building buildings that will make your population happier, but don’t forget to protect it as well!
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When I first heard of eRepublik, I was curious. It claimed to be a browser-politics-SecondLife mix. It did not sound bad. I went to the site to register and instead found this…
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Ikariam is a free online realtime strategy game released in 2008 by Gameforge AG. The concept behind Ikariam is much like Sid Meier’s well-known Civilization games, where players command a small village and construct buildings such as Barracks, Ports, and Taverns to create a larger city, and palaces which are constructed to allow for the expansion of a small empire. Unlike other online browser games, Ikariam has a greater emphasis on trade and diplomacy but does also feature combat. It is impossible for a colony to be completely captured by another player, but it can still be pillaged, controlled, or blockaded. (wiki)
[/Personal-Experience] Ikariam is still in beta (maybe alpha?), it’s still missing a lot of content and it has numerous bugs, yet it still has very solid gameplay. Build times and research times in Ikariam are quite lengthy and trading rather then combat is emphasized, hence it’s a very good game if you like games that are a bit more casual and you don’t like having to check your browser every hour.
Travian was originally a German browser-based game developed by Travian Games GmbH. The game’s developers drew roughly from Classical antiquity and particularly from the Roman Empire to create a predominantly militaristic real-time strategy. Read more… »
