Gameloft's 'The Settlers' Already Released
posted November 7th, 2009 12:53 AM EST by arn in $4.99, Strategy, iPhone games, iPod touch games
Gameloft's iPhone adaptation of The Settlers has already appeared in the App Store. The $4.99 real time strategy simulation game started out as an Amiga game back in 1993 and has since evolved through multiple iterations.
You’ve arrived in a wondrous place populated by Romans, Vikings and Mayans competing or cooperating to reach a variety of goals. These goals include occupying land, ensuring the supply of raw materials, or simply trying to create the most beautiful settlement. There is more than one path which leads to success – you can engage in trade, forge alliances, or lead your army into battle.
Gameplay is described by Gameloft:
- Gather resources and build a lively and bustling town in an ancient world. Your decisions and skill in managing and protecting your settlement will determine its fate.
- The strength of your units depends on how effectively you have built up your settlement and paid attention to the economic relationships within it.
- Three nations to govern: Conquer new territories, defeat rival armies, and establish an empire with your warriors that encompasses lands and continents.
- A huge number of parameters to manage: Dozens of building’s types, settlements, soldiers, raw materials, and much more.
- An accessible game for everybody, thanks to extensive tutorial missions and multi-touch gameplay, ideal for strategy games.
Early impressions are starting to trickle into the discussion thread on our forums with some positive first impressions. One forum member mrbass posted an extensive gallery of screenshots of the gameplay and tutorial screens. We'll provide a more in depth look of the game in time.
App Store Link: The Settlers, $4.99
That was fast…
Definitely! I was anticipating it a little later from that recent post here, I didn't expect it to be here yet.
I love this game but theres this one part i cant get passed when we're suppose to "train 8 Pioneers- these specialists can expand the borders of our settlement and establish new colonies." I've taken those 'pioneers' with the shovels and dragged them allover the borders and they keep wanting to go back to the Vehical Hall. its been bothering me for days cause I cant figure out what to do? please help mee!!!
I need help on this aswell, sum1 pls help
Agreed, please post any reviews… I might have to buy this one this or next month!
Love the idea, but I've got two quick questions for early adopters:
Is it compatible with 1G iPod Touches?
and
Is there a "free play" or skirmish mode with selectable parameters and difficulty levels?
I was really overjoyed at the release of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and I'm glad to see more developers releasing strategy games and not being afraid of reasonable pricing.
No played long enough to give a final judgment but my initial take is very positive. Gameplay is smooth on my 3G (unlike C&C: Red Alert) and the graphics are lush and colorful. The interface is intuitive and works smoothly. The tutorial also makes quick sense of what might otherwise be overwhelming options for first time Settlers players.
I just love this game. They basically brought The Settlers known from PC to iPhone. And they did that very well! I'm into Settlers universe for once again. It feels that good!
I can confirm this not the crappy DS port. This game is just great.
However, it IS missing a freeplay / skirmish mode.
omg… will I resist…?
I want it T_T
The consensus on the forums is that this version is nothing like the Settlers most people know and love (I or II).
I bought it, and I'm TRYING to enjoy it, but I don't know. As far as I'm concerned this is NOT The Settlers. Ubisoft dropped the ball with these new versions.
This looks very much like The Settlers 3. Number 3 being my favourite game out of the Settlers Series, this will be a instant buy as soon as i get home, i suppose. Is there anybody out there having played Settler 3 who can confirm that the iPhone port not only looks likte Settlers 3 but also plays alike?
It actually appears to be a port of #4. I wasn't familiar with either 3 or 4, but I'm thoroughly enjoying this game. I like how some of the annoying restrictions from the original two have been done away with. Great little game that is definitely worth 5 bucks.
Why isn't there FREESTAGE
Does this game have the same "cuteness factor" as The Settlers 1? I really, really enjoyed that game, all the sounds and music and sights … it was very immersive.
Sweet..
I think i will vuy this, cuz the price is resobable.. So i buy this instead of c&c…
But i also want the Catan game….
Man its hard to choose…. :p
i almost miss when it was long time between good and big games… Now there is big games all the time:p
Great game.
Unfortunately I can't figure out, how to conquer a village… my soldiers only attack SOME towers (that seems to destroy enemy-buildings nearby). Anyone? much appreciated.
I've exactly the same problem. Stuck on mission 3 of the romans. My soldiers only attack some of the enemy towers, not all.
I cant get the catapult to attack the enemy, too.
I think, i need a manual of this game or it's a bug.
just use the soldiers with the sword, not the whole army … they will attack the towers in the richt way …. if u zoom in u can see a little sword on top of the towers … thats how i could find out
cheers
Ah, thx
This works.
Yeah, I'm also stuck on mission 3 of the Romans, but my problem is with the Pioneers, for some reason they can't stand prosperity! they don't want to explore new lands, they always come back to their original spot as if they were mutinous and humbled for what they already have. Has this ever happened to somebody?
or is it a bug of some sorts?
I had same problem, it was caused by where I put the water workshop the beginning, I had it by the sea not by river, no water means everything else came to a halt. Just check every single building is working and producing before you move on. If the settlers ain't moving sonethings wrong. In thiscase there was no wood being produced to make Cart which you put the pioneers in, goodluck!
Yeah, those 8 pioneers are giving also me some headache and it sure feels like a bug in the game. I have tried that several times and it's always the same: right when you have completed your order for 8 pioneers, screen kind of flickers and then you can only move those pioneers around, but nothing really allows you to proceed with the mission. Hopefully they will fix this asap as the game sure feels promising.
Stuck on this part as well. I got my pioneers to expand a small portion of the border here and there, but nothing else has happened. I'm totally stuck. Who'd of thought we would ever need a walkthrough for a cell phone game?!? ( but if you were to run across a walkthrough for the settlers, please post a link here for me! LOL )
Oh, I got it! I had my waterworkers shack next to the coast and not the river. For whatever reason that kept my people from being able to get water. I restarted the mission and moved my waterworkers shack and viola! Now I'm many missions past that one and REALLY loving the game!
Jamie,
thanks for the tip, it sure did work. Just can't understand how you did figure that out as it's not too obvious