About Super Power Fighting Simulator:
SuperPower 2 is an old 2004 global political/military/economic strategy game where you’re in charge of a nuclear superpower and you have to contest against other superpowers for global domination. A fun premise, but this game has aged like milk. While the visual appearance from the screenshots doesn’t look so bad, don’t let that deceive you. There’s no UI scaling, so text is unreadable. While widescreen gaming was surging to the forefront and the year before this came out, widescreen monitors were landing on Good for the price. Allows you to do a lot of political stuff most games don’t (eg. foreign aid, take people’s debt), but it all lacks a bit of depth with said options. It also is lacking in the aggressive options for the game (eg. no ultimateum and little way to America style invade and change the gov). This game is unique to the genre because it has an Evolutionary Human Emulator (EHE). This is the name given to the game’s AI. Each country in the game has it’s own unique AI system, which evolves the more you play the game. Each country has certain priorities and takes actions according to the perceived outcome of its actions. As you play, the EHE “learns” new behaviors, drawing connections between actions it didn’t know existed and updates previous connections. This EHE makes for very thrilling and unique situations the more you play. There is a dedicated community that has been keeping the game up to date for the last 12 years. Taking into account the community mods available: the game is set in 2015, practically every nation in the world has updated GDP, population, military values, treaties and diplomatic relations. Also with mods, you can now fight Hezbollah, Taliban, Daesh/Islamic State, etc. There’s also mods that set the world in WW2 or the Cold War, all these are also turned into multiplayer sessions. Play in multiplayer matches with your friends and conquer the world together. Or play peacefully and manipulate the world through proxy-wars, espionage, subterfuge, black market funding, economic exploitation and diplomatic cunning. Play in multiplayer matches with 20+ other world leaders and roleplay an international community as you wage cold wars, forge alliances and strive to develop into superpowers. In multiplayer matches, it is common for the host to set “rules” for the lobby to abide by, which keeps order and stability to the game world. When you have a good server with a good host, this game rivals that of any strategy multiplayer experience. If you’re into geography, history, politics or current events, you’ll love this game. Play in singleplayer sandbox mode: design your own military units, transform the economy of Malawi to have the largest share of fruits and vegetables in the world, become a monarchy and ally with the royal families of the Arab world, start a pan-African/Middle-East Alliance to counter the global North, create covert ops cells to steal military secrets from China, research nuclear weapons, deploy and launch your ballistic missile subs off the coast of India, declare war and conquer your neighbors, then trade conquered territory to your allies, give money to the poorest nations of the world and watch them develop into regional powers, build attack helicopters and put them up for sale, force Israel to annex the West Bank and then watch WW3 unfold. In terms of gameplay, you can set your own game speed. The pace really depends on you. The game technically never ends. So you can choose to get to year 2100 in two hours, or you can play for hours and only get to year 2030. The learning curve is not as hard as you might think. It’s way easier to learn than Europa Universalis or Dominions, if you ask me. It’s not nearly as buggy as it is made out to be. Judging by its low-scores on IGN and Gamespot, you’d think this game would be unplayable; it’s a complete exaggeration. The game is very much alive through its Steam and Gog communities. It also has fantastic modular support that allows many new features, such as changing your country’s name in-game. This game is actually one of the most powerful pieces of educational software available. If you’re an educator, I highly recommend this game to you. Supposedly, this game has been used by governmental agencies worldwide. If you’re a parent, buy this game for your children. I know of countless people who grew up with Civilization I & II or approached the game later in life and learned so much about history from it. This game has a very similar effect on people. Don’t know the population of Bangladesh? Not for long. When you play this game, you’ll learn quickly where all of the most populous countries are, who produces all of the world’s tobacco, as well as the difference between Bahrain and Brunei. It’s worth more than its price on Steam for just the reference/educational value alone. It’s like a digital encyclopedia.
