SuperPower 2

by Dreamcatcher

Product Features

• Real-World Data: largest database ever assembled for a computer game, using real-world CIA and US Naval Intelligence data.
• 32 Person Multiplayer: play as any one of 193 countries recognized by the United Nations.
• Political, Economic and Military Gameplay: The unique gameplay from the original SuperPower has been expanded and more fully realized.
• Create Your Own Mods: using the in-box toolkit, easily create scenarios and trade them over the internet.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002D6A4K
• Item Weight: 7 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 8, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,652 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

SuperPower 2 is the only global geopolitical simulation game which allows players to control entire countries. Players control countries in 3 major areas: political, economic and military, but this time, in a beautiful real-time 3D environment. Players build up their own countries and increase their influence in the broader world while competing against sophisticated A.I. Along the way, gamers make use of economic sanctions, political alliances, and military actions to wage their battles. SuperPower 2 offers the ability to fine-tune each country's performance, from creating or breaking treaties, to making tactical decisions in particular military conflicts.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good idea but poorly realized, November 29, 2004

By 

Plinio "AC" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SuperPower 2 (CD-ROM)

Super Power 2 is a well built geo political simulation. The player can choose which country to control and guide it from a political, economical and military point of view. It is either possible to play a game without a specific objective or to choose predifined scenarios with a goal, for example guide Turkey to meet the economical requirement to join the European Union. However, I don't recomand this game for the following three reasons:

1) although the simulation is interesting it is not very involving

2) the graphics are extremely poor

3) the game, after a while, is affected by bugs that make it impossible to go on playing and even to save the game.

32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A weak effort, November 2, 2004

By 

G. Linden "linden" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SuperPower 2 (CD-ROM)

I was hoping for something like the classic Balance of Power or a strong geopolitical simulation like Hearts of Iron, but this isn't it. Gameplay is weak, with just a number of sliders you move around in some vain attempt to optimize the system. But you aren't given enough information about how the system works in the game or the manuals to make this interesting. It's not that the game is hard -- you can easily get your country in a stable and successful state -- but it's not very interesting. The military parts of the simulation are no better.

Even with the latest patches, the game has stability and graphic issues. I also came across several misspellings in dialogs and descriptions, not a serious issue, but it does detract from the overall experience.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars After patch 1.3, couldn't even run the game, July 18, 2005

By 

Cody Peterson (Mount Vernon, IA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SuperPower 2 (CD-ROM)

At first, this game was "alright", and I must admit that I enjoyed the prospect of leading the world into global nuclear war. However, aside from single handedly conquering the world using "unorthodox" dipolmacy and rising China to the most powerful country in the world, this game is not very interesting. In other words: after about an hour, you're ready for something else. Aside from the lack of things to do in this game, it constantly crashes, and every patch brings a new, interesting set of glitches. At patch 1.3, everytime I tried to run the game, it would ask me to restart to "complete the installation", and I did this several times. I upgraded to patch 1.4, and I had the same problem, so I threw the game away (literally).

Basically, do not buy this game. Don't be tempted by the idea of "controlling an entire nation", because by "control", they mean "change a few values, illegalize a few religions/political parties, and that's about it", and by "realism", they mean "tax the people at 100% because they won't mind". If this is a "realistic geo-political simulator", then we are all doomed. Do not buy this game.