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American Conquest: New Random Map Details!
Usually, the most played feature in Cossacks: European Wars and Cossacks: The Art of War is clearly the random map generator. It allows players to easily play against their opponents, whether it be a computer opponent or even a human opponent over multiplayer
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“Compared to Cossacks, several new landscape types, start options, victory conditions and possibility to select one of the 4 climatic zones will appear.”
Pepsi, GSC
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gaming. Therefore, random maps are one of the most important features of any RTS games: they bring a new unexpected challenge to the player every time the new random map is generated and they encourage the player to learn new strategies. With this said, the player must maintain an army over vast, varied landscapes and he/she must control and guard economic vantage-points while at the same time build up defenses and expand the territory. The economy must be managed, armies must be watched over and controlled responsibly, defenses should be built wisely, exploration of new land is vital, and the enemy must be found and then destroyed.
GSC has promised to enhance the random maps in the upcoming American Conquest. Unlike the random maps offered by Cossacks, players will actually experience several new landscape types with the inclusion of mountains, rivers, and even waterfalls! Photorealistic textures will even add more to the eye-popping detail and, on top of all of this, the player will have the ability choose from one of four climate zones! There will also be more start options and victory conditions, like the ability to choose where the game will take place and begin.
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Question: Can you tell us about the random map generator? What options are there? [Asked By KnightRobby]
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Answer: “The random map generation principle remains the same. You will have a possibility to select a type of locale, where the game will take place, quantity of resources on map, starting game options, victory conditions and climatic zone. Compared to Cossacks, several new landscape types, start options, victory conditions and possibility to select one of the 4 climatic zones will appear. An array of new elements will be introduced - mountains, waterfalls, rivers etc. Maps will get much more beautiful, as we use photorealistic textures and up to 8 textures can be applied to any map area.”
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Answered By: ‘Pepsi,' GSC Game World
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The random map function will basically stay the same and many original features will probably be adopted from American Conquest's predecessors, Cossacks: European Wars and the expansion Cossacks: The Art of War. With the inclusion of the many new features, players will be able to choose from many different selections, giving them unlimited combinations of different settings. Random maps are usually the main foundation of any RTS game and GSC is definitely building a stable foundation with their upcoming American Conquest.
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The Article You Just Read is written by Ryan Thomas
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Thank You For Reading! Special Thanks to Pepsi and Oleg from GSC.
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Special Thanks to everyone at www.gsc-game.com forums and our forums, as well as Pepsi and Oleg from GSC.
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