Probably one of the most boring games you'll ever come across, but the most exciting as well. You can choose to be America, Canadian, or Spanish. The end result is you running away from your father country (Britain, France, and Spain) and taking over land all the way to the west coast. Indians will either help you out, or hurt you randomly; you can also choose to take supplies forcefully from them. In the individual villages that you make, you can choose a specialist to work a certain job, or you can create a specialist (either from the father country, or from an Indian tribe who specializes in that particular activity).
Probably one of the most boring games you'll ever come across, but the most exciting as well. You can choose to be America, Canadian, or Spanish. The end result is you running away from your father country (Britain, France, and Spain) and taking over land all the way to the west coast. Indians will either help you out, or hurt you randomly; you can also choose to take supplies forcefully from them. In the individual villages that you make, you can choose a specialist to work a certain job, or you can create a specialist (either from the father country, or from an Indian tribe who specializes in that particular activity).
The game can go into many different directions. It’s tough to make relations with the tribes
and/or the other European counter parts. The government changes your taxes quite a bit and continuously raises them until you lash out (Boston tea party type of idea) and begin the revolution against your father country, or mother land, which ever you prefer. I recommend making (or at least trying to) friends with everyone. That of course goes along with the fact that you're probably new at this game. If you're a veteran then you'll probably be able to handle this game a lot better than I ever could, or will.
Just keep in mind that you'll need a lot of farmers in this game, the more people you have in a town, the more food you'll be spending just to keep them alive (even though I'm sure people in India wouldn't need to eat that much). While you play though, you'll realize that if this game were made more recently (or someone re-made it) then this game would be around 100 times better. The game that screams at you when you're playing colonization would definitely have to be the entire Civilization series by Sid Meier. The concepts of each game are almost completely different, but the thought behind the unit movement, relationships, expansion, domination, and even a slight hint of the technology. The main reason I really enjoyed this game, was because it was so entertaining to me, I enjoy strategies.
All in all, it's a pretty good game if you're into it. It would be worth your time.
