For one thing, some resources sell for much more than others, because they are more important. While that might be a simple criteria for victory, you soon find that this game requires some sophistication in strategy. To win at Offworld Trading Company, you need to buy out all your opponents’ companies and make them subsidiaries of your own. Much like my beloved Civ 5, it seemed like I had just started Offworld Trading Company and I realized it had been an hour already. The race to develop your base, set up mines and extraction points on the Martian landscape, and expand your territory (“stake claims”) follows familiar RTS territory you quickly settle into a pattern of “you need this before you can build that, then this unlocks which allows you to level up your Headquarters, so you can mine these other things” the gameplay of Offworld Trading Company will feel intuitive and natural to RTS players and getting into the game is quick and easy. You get it by mining resources and selling surplus quantities on the market. Cash is used to buy other players’ stocks, manipulate things on the Black Market, and other actions. Oh, it’s still an intense Darwinian fight for survival, but here your weapon is cold hard cash. In Offworld Trading Company, there are not tanks, planes or missiles – but that doesn’t mean it’s not a war. So to be clear: I did not play the game much yet myself but I am always an informed buyer so I read and watch a lot about it before buying.To win at Civilization, Starcraft or most RTS’s, you need a strong military. Hopefully it helps you deciding whether or not to buy the game. So this is kind of what I read about the game, and based on that information I decided to buy the game. Therefore, making different decisions along the way will lead to a different game, hence, replayability. However, the campaign will take a bit longer and I think there is still some replay value in the campaign because you have to make certain decisisions in it which last for the entire campaign. So it is not like building up a very large base. As I read on these forums, the game is hard to master and I think it will be difficult to beat the higher difficulty levels.įinally, the skirmish games each do not take much time (I think between 20 and 40 minutes or so). However, simple mechanics do not imply that the game itself is easy. Also, I read that learning the mechanics of the game is not that difficult so if you want a game which takes a lot of time to learn then you shouldn't buy it either I think.
However, if you want a campaign focused on story etc.
I expect to get enough hours out of the game in this way. The challenge for me is mainly to learn the game and then to improve so that I can (hopefully) beat the strongest AI. For me that is enough, I do not need a story. I think it will take me some time to beat the higher difficulty levels. At higher difficulty levels the AI gets bonuses.
I read that the AI can be very challenging in this game and even at the level where the AI does not get bonuses, it is already challenging. I did a lot of research by reading topics, watching youtube video's, so even though I did not have much time to play it yet, I already know about some things about this game. Yesterday I decided to buy the game after doubting about it a while. For me Single Player is also the most important, because I do not really like multiplayer.
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