OT: Do Not Buy Alert

[Dobian]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
Aha! Here you've hit on my pet peeve. We have 'simulations' and we have 'strategy games' and there's not much cross-over. Do any of those 'ruler' series feature actual opponents?

No opponsents in these games - just the occasional invader. But the strategy is in making the city function, attracting new citizens, and growing. Underproduce a certain food item, for example, and your housing starts to devolve. What about the Stronghold series? I haven't played it, but it appears to have a nice balance between building and conquest. I've also heard that Stonghold: Crusader is beter than the original.