Hi guys, last week I started playing a game called Battle Dawn. It’s an online strategy game.
You play on a map of the world, when you start you can build your colony anywhere on earth. I built mine right over my home town of Nelspruit. The topography of the game is very good; it’s got all the lakes, mountains and desserts of the real world!
There are 4 resources in the game. Metals, oil, food and energy. Metals and oil are used to build things, food is used to feed your colony and increase its population and energy is used to perform special functions such as scans and message posts.
There are several buildings that you can build in your colony. Farms, irrigation and a factory center for food. There's a mine, refinery and core extractor to mine metals. More oil can be gain by building a well, refinery and an ill. Finally, energy can be increased by installing solar power or building a geothermal plant. You start with a command center that allows you to produce ground troops but you can also build a barracks, vehicle depot and tank factory to increase the effectiveness of your troops and build ground vehicles. There are two levels of workshop that can be built allowing you to upgrade your units’ weaponry. There is a UAV control as well as a spy center to control all your covert operations and finally a radar can be built and a satellite can be launched to help you keep an eye on proceedings! I also read on the forums that there are more buildings that become available once you develop further! Can’t wait!
The game is in real time and works in clicks, each click is an hour. When you begin you have protection from other people for a certain amount of time (clicks). After which you will have to fend for yourself! So you build up your colony and build an army to attack other colonies. You can also join alliances and fight in huge online battles, the choice is all up to you. For now I’m just busy building my base and trying to find a good alliance to join.
The game is great and I really recommend it. It’s a bit slow in the beginning but once you get going its tons of fun!
Basic strategy guide:
Not that I’m an expert
but if I started the game over I wouldn't worry with training units too soon. Start by building your colony while you are under protection and make sure you start with the buildings that increase production first, that way you will finish quicker. Also, join the strongest alliance you can find nearby you, they will help protect you when your protection runs out; unfortunately my colony is stuck in the middle of nowhere! When you attack, don’t use all your forces, if you can’t afford to leave 2/3 of your men at home then don’t go! And finally don’t forget to vote for extra metal, it really helps, especially in the beginning!If anyone joins please let me know so I can check out your colony and if you need help don’t hesitate to ask!
Here is the link:
http://www.battledawn.com
Hope you enjoyed my review and the game! Let me know what you guys think
And by the way, if you want to put me as your referrer my id is 1241
