Ikariam Online Game
I started Ikariam.com a couple of months ago. It is a role playing type game where you build cities and try to manage them to keep all your people happy. You can also attack other cites in hope of expanding your wealth and material.
The idea is to build and keep building your cities and increase in levels. The game has wood (building material), grapes (to make wine), marble ( needed to build buildings), and crystal (to increase your learning and increase your academies).
You can own multiple cities on different Islands. Each Island has its own resource of the three above expect wood. Wood is available on all Islands. If everyone on the Island donates wood, the resources increase and you can get more for your city. Wine is served in the tavern and keeps your people happy. If you run out of wine, the people get angry and start leaving your city. The higher level you build each building, the more material you need.
This game started out as a lot of fun. It offers forums to interact with other players. You can also form alliances and make treaties with other players. You can buy and sell resources and even trade resources. As you get higher, the need for resources are so high and it takes longer and longer time to build a new level of buildings. If you are gone from the game for a few days, you become inactive. If you remain inactive, you will be deleted from the game.
I was excited when I first started this game. It was fun and entertaining. However, as I built bigger and bigger cities, the time to build and expand became longer and longer and I became bored. I recently quit playing and notified one of my allies that he could rob my city without any resistance from me.
Overall, the game is fun for the short term but if you are looking for a long term game, it gets too boring to keep playing. I would recommend looking for a game with a little more action and fun to it.
Posted on June 15th, 2008 by Tom under Online Games.
