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As much as Brad wants you to think so, SK did not invent the "asymmetrical 4x game". Yes, BRAD, we know that the "bad guy" isn't playing the same game you are. Two things that man is not good at are behaving appropriately around female employees and selling his ideas without sounding like a marketing guy.
For those unfamiliar, Sorcerer King takes place, essentially, after a lost game of Fallen Enchantress. The SK himself rules the land, because he won. You and your rivals are just weaklings he allows to exist in the world while he goes about his business of becoming a god. So, in a sense, it's standard 4x fare, as you start with a city, build units, build more cities, etc, etc, except you're not fighting your rival factions as much as you are trying to all get along while you focus on the task of bringing down the Big Bad.
That's good stuff, but since AI War has been around a while, it's not terribly revolutionary.
What IS, though, is this: The Sorcerer King isn't, technically, your enemy. You're in touch with him from the start, and you can be as friendly with him as you want. He'll even help you out, to a point, although helping you out also helps him out, so it's a balancing act.
That one simple twist, the Ultimate Bad Guy who isn't just a two-dimensional face of evil adds a richness to the experience which would be lost if he was just "the mean guy you have to fight at the end." I mean, he IS the mean guy you have to fight at the end, but it's made far more interesting by the choice to allow cooperation, right from the beginning.
Thank you. I'll hang up and listen.
Love your show.
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Here is the most brilliant thing about SK. by pinback 07/17/2015, 7:02am PDT 
So it's a ripoff of Lords of Magic, then? NT by Mischief Maker 07/17/2015, 9:08am PDT
Why are you so aggressive when pinback posts about why he likes a game? NT by Mysterio Lollerson 07/17/2015, 9:41am PDT
I did not read it that way... by Oom Shnibble 07/17/2015, 11:49am PDT
This is just MM engaging in debate. Stop being a little bitch. NT by serial malcontent 07/17/2015, 1:16pm PDT
okay, okay NT by Mysterio Lollerson 07/17/2015, 2:22pm PDT
Tone policing? On Caltrops? NT by Entropy Stew 07/18/2015, 12:27am PDT
His unfounded enthusiasm always sounds too much like a press release to me. NT by MM 07/18/2015, 5:24am PDT
I'm really enthusiastic. I have no foundation other than that. NT by pinback 07/18/2015, 7:14pm PDT
I don't remember Lords of Magic having that feature. Care to help me out? NT by serial malcontent 07/17/2015, 1:15pm PDT
Re: I don't remember Lords of Magic having that feature. Care to help me out? by MM 07/18/2015, 5:21am PDT
Well, then I guess it is a lot like that. So if you liked that, you'll like thi NT by pinback 07/18/2015, 6:52am PDT
I also don't remember Lords of Magic making this feature the entire point by serial malcontent 07/18/2015, 11:07am PDT
I... I don't know. Not familiar. Yes? NT by pinback 07/17/2015, 2:19pm PDT
Re: So it's a ripoff of Lords of Magic, then? by laudablepuss 07/18/2015, 7:31am PDT
Sounds like US-China relations by Entropy Stew 07/18/2015, 1:08pm PDT
Here is the other best thing about SK... by pinback 07/18/2015, 5:42pm PDT
The quest dialogue reminds me of Divinity: Dragon Commander. Or VtM: Bloodlines. by serial malcontent 07/20/2015, 12:42pm PDT
Here are things you may not like about SK. by pinback 07/19/2015, 12:18pm PDT
would have been nice to see this in your first post. at least we got it eventual NT by serial malcontent 07/20/2015, 12:40pm PDT
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