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A Great New flavor in space conbat!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: July 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There are a number of "space combat sims" out there, but none can match the thrill you get when your legion of spacecraft fire the last shot that will obliterate the only thing keeping you and your fleet of twenty ships from entering the system in which your enemy's bases are orbiting their home planets.

Yes its that thrilling and that was all in the demo! ...)

The full game comes with THREE COMPLEATLY different races with their own arsenal of ships.

I'v played the demo version for two weeks and now plan on getting the full game. In the Demo version you can play with one race: the terrians (A.K.A. Humans) with all of their crafts unlocked.

Don't denie yourself hours of fun! Try the demo, see if you like it (You'll be hooked!) ...
And if you like it as much as I did come back and get the whole enchilada!

Better than you'd think

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Superb graphics. Clean AI. Truly exciting battles. Creative strategies. And, i had no problem with this on my own system. I even have windows xp and i got this to run very easily. Don't knock this game because some guy knows so little about his own computer that instead of trouble-shooting, he goes out and gets another one and even IT wont run the program. I thik this game was and still is underrated. Massive levels with a pretty cool multiplayer setup (8 players on my lan!) The background (space, mostly) is BEAUTIFUL. Runs on a moderate system. Athlon 900 / 1 gig ram(pc 133)/ geforce 4 4800 (128 ddr) / soundblaster audigy 2 / 12x dvd+rw drive / 24x cd-rom drive There is a little rough language, which is where the fifth star went. There's little need for that in a great game like this. It takes away from it, really. It just feels forced.

AWESOME! ...blizzard beware =)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

first RTS to truly challenge starcraft for the throne of the space RTS! What i really love are multiple maps and supply routes, this two aspects alone make any game unique and extremely satisfing. The three races are truly diversified and lead to different gameplay even if trying to achieve the same goals: there is really nothing that i could think of to improve this game! (well actually decommissioning ships to regain commpoints would be nice..)

Nvidia users beware

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game that caught my eye. I bought it, installed it, ran it, saw the opening video, and the game crashed. A little thing no one mentions is that the game does not work with certain Nvidia cards. I myself have an Nvidia GoForce Fx Go5200. Apparently there is a downloadable patch to correct this issue but no matter where I downloaded it from, the game still failed to work for me.

It wasn't until after much hassel and tweaking (including lowering my hardware acceleration to almost none) that I was able to get the game to run. Even then it did not run properly. The pixels were very low so the detail was low as well.

Despite the graphics problems, once I was able to play the game I was instantly addicted. I especialy love the "multi system gameplay" brought about by the use of wormholes. As you can tell, the game mimics Starcraft to the point where it almost seems ridiculous. The only real differences are the game is based on a galactic scale, you may have to deal with several systems at once, meaning you better be pretty good at multi-tasking, and the 3D graphics.

Overall, unless you have an Nvidia graphics card, BUY THIS GAME!!!

Maybe worth $30-but not more

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: September 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

For anyone who likes real-time strategy this game will keep you amused for a while. But it lacks any new innovations which will keep someone hooked for more than once through the game. If you have played Homeworld then this will be a let down. Homeworld gives expectations for real-time strategy that Conquest can't deliever. If you have the money its not a complete waste.

This game is EXCELLENT!!! Buy it! Now!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Really folks, this game has tons of potential, but hardly anyone has ever heard of it. My friend got it as a birthday present, and I played it, and loved it. So I bought it. The races seem to have been ripped off from starcraft however. You can play as the Humans, the Mantis (zerg) or the Celaeron (protoss). However the campaign and gameplay is completely unique. Instead of just building on one planet, you build platforms orbiting planets. Each map consists of a certain number of systems, connected by wormholes. It's a very unique concept, and it's implemented perfectly. The only thing missing from this excellent game is a map editor. This certainly detracts from replayability, but there is a good random map gameplay (similar to age of empires/kings) and there is multiplayer support. But hey, at $..., this is a bargain! Get this game! If you like RTS, you will like this!!

One of the BEST RTS games of the year!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: August 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

What else can RTS fans want?? The game packs awesome graphics, icredible AI, easy to use interface, large tech-trees, a load of units, and many more. I could go on all day. I never spent 3 hours on a game before, but Conquest:Frontier Wars did it! Get it now!!

Fun yes, different yes, difficult...perhaps too much so

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: August 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I found this game to be somewhat overwhelming at least in the skirmish mode. The time you get to build your defenses seems much too short; especially in comparison to that of your opponents who have so much as a fleet assembled ready to stomp you flat. Overall it is a good game...but the swift enemy fleet buildup and the feeling of 'doomed from the start' get depressing after a time.

Conquest Vs. Age of Empires 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Conquest is Age of Empires in space. The best, the only real space strategy game!!

Random Map equals long term enjoyment

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are very good. The customization options are varied and allow you to play the game over and over without it being too repetitive. The option to play other races with slightly different technology trees encourages you to stop playing as a "Terran" once you've mastered them. While the diplomacy interface is a little weak when compared to say CivilizationII and the fleet commanders aren't animated all in all you won't be disappointed with this game. I highly recommend it.

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