In my home country of the USA, it was released by SSI as Serf City: Life is Feudal, which I've never heard of somehow. The Settlers was released in 1993 for Amiga and later in 1994 it was ported to MSDOS. Their first big success was the turn-based strategy game Battle Isle in 1991, which spawned sequels all the way up to 2013. Like many European developers, a lot of their early games were developed for the Amiga system and later ported to MSDOS. Many of their games have a very 'European' feel to them, which makes sense because Blue Byte was formed in 1998 in M ülheim, Germany by Thomas Hertzler and Lothar Schmitt.

Let's dive in to The Settlers 2 Gold Edition!īlue Byte Studio is a developer and publisher that have made some great, and very unique, games. Prior to starting this post, I played through the first mission of the campaign to get a general feel for the game so I wouldn't be a complete mess starting out, but otherwise I have no experience with the game and I'll be going essentially blind. There was 10th Anniversary edition released in 2006 that is a full 3D remake, so if anyone wants to play an more modern version of the The Settlers 2, that would be the way to go. I'll be playing the GOG.com Gold Edition version without any other mods or changes. The original Settlers 2 was released in 1996 and the Gold Edition, released a year later, added a new campaign, over a hundred custom maps, and a bunch of gameplay and graphics improvements. The original was released in 1993 and sequels were released fairly regularly, the most recent of which was in 2016 (renamed to a new IP). I'm surprised I never got around to playing a Settlers game as the series has been quite popular. I've never played any of the Settlers games, but I am a fan of similar modern games such as the Tropico series, the Anno series, and the Sim City games, so this seems like the kind of game I should love. The Settlers 2 Gold Edition is a real-time strategy game with elements of city building and management.

Date: 1996 (1997 for Gold Edition release)

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