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Fun.... For A Bit I have to agree with most of the reviews in that this game is truly a masterpiece of real-time-strategy (RTS). I have played many of these types of games and I found that this game offers all of the features that I always thought would make the ultimate game in this genre. You start in the ancient age and work your way all the way up to modern times. That fact alone is amazing. It is very satisfying to watch your units upgrade through the ages, from cavalry to stealth bombers, from wooden war ships to aircraft carriers. Very cool! What gets me is the replay value of the game. I started off with the Conquer the World Campaign, which places you on a large risk type map and allows you to move armies around and invade countries with the ultimate goal of capturing the entire world. I picked the Germans and thus started with my capital in Berlin, Germany. The first few missions were fun. I captured some territory from the locals by forming raiding parties and sweeping through and destroying everything. No building and gathering resources in these missions. I was still having fun when I declared war on Greece and began to fight my first real battles. The default objective is that if you are invading a territory held by another country you have 90 minutes to capture the enemy capital. If you are being invaded you need to hold out for 90 minutes. Sounds fun. The only problem is every battle is set up the same way. How long to the expect me to keep fighting 90 minute battles that are complete replays of the last one. You start with one city and some troops and citizens, you build up your economy, and eventually you have the resources and army to defeat your enemy. That's it! Over and over! I did it about 10 times before I had enough. I must admit that I didn't try any of the other campaigns (I think there are 5 total such as Alexander The Great and The Cold War). I just couldn't force myself to put this game in, start gathering resources, and do the exact same thing I had done the time before. I'm sure I missed something by not playing these other campaigns, but I just couldn't force myself to play this over Call of Duty. And I am of the opinion that you should never have to force yourself to play a game to begin with. While there is some satisfaction in building up a large army and destroying your enemy it quickly gets overshadowed by the repetition of the game. If you are thinking of buying this game in the hopes of conquering the world and are not the type of person who enjoys completing the same monotonous task over and over then I would look elsewhere. While I can see why so many people enjoy this game, I wanted to present some reasons for why you may not.