The game I’m reviewing today is called Hex Empire, sponsored by Minigames. The game is a basic strategy game, easy to master, but has a sense of difficulty.
The game starts with a random map supposedly created by complicated arithmetic equations. There are 4 different countries/states you can choose from to start your conquest for world domination. When you find the map to your liking and the country to your liking you start the game. You start with a few units in your home base and move around the map by clicking on your units and then on the given area to move them. The unit display is as follows: Number of people in the unit you have selected over the morale/bonus number. These bonuses can be achieved by moving to certain points on the map. For example if you move to a city (regular point) you get a people bonus which increases the number of people you have in the unit you moved to the city, another bonus is a morale bonus which can be achieved by capturing a port (icon similar to a port) or by using the “Give a speech” bonus which increases the morale of all units around the map to a large extent, but can only be used once. As you move around the map, you’re up against computer players, who can face different difficulties depending on your skill level. When you move your unit to other player’s units, then they will “fight” and the computer will decide who wins, depending on the number of units and morale, and whoever wins will get out alive. The option of the game is to conquer the rest of the world.
Another strategy for this is to be able to have a peace pact with another computer, which usually only happens towards the beginning of the game as long as you haven’t come into conflict with that player. To defeat another country/state, you must move your units to their main state and defeat the units in the main state to achieve victory and take control of all ports and cities in the country/state you have conquered. The game’s only downside is the occasional little glitch, and worst of all, there’s no multiplayer. A game like this just cries out for online multiplayer. Although the game does not have multiplayer, it is definitely addictive, strategic and fun.