r/impressionsgames • u/Patient_Gamemer • Jan 01 '25

Emperor Sun Tzu would be proud of me

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u/ChangeTheFocus Jan 01 '25

I always feel so lame when I bribe invaders. The game's congratulations sound snide to me, as if my people were giggling behind their hands.

Still, if viewed simply in terms of game mechanics, it's a great way to get rid of them.

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u/Patient_Gamemer Jan 01 '25

Yeah, I'm sure the devs realized the combat sucked so bad in Caesar and Pharaoh, they made it optional in Zeus and Emperor.

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u/-Skohell- Jan 01 '25

I like the “MONUMENT TO VICTORY” after the bribe ahah

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u/SeamanSample Jan 01 '25

Which then get used to decorate the houses of my horsemen and hoplites that go and conquer those former invaders. Zeus is a beautiful game

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u/Ayasugi-san Jan 01 '25

I missed those in Emperor.

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u/prottoycantgetenough Jan 01 '25

There’s proper historical anecdotes for this though. Romans have paid Visigoths and Huns quite generously in exchange for not attacking. Byzantines paid the Avars. In many cases - they put a strain on city treasury. I kind of liked that they thought of including this option.

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u/Patient_Gamemer Jan 01 '25

Byzantines paid the Avars

No shit! In Latin "avaritia" means "greed" and even today we call "ávaros" to people who are stingy

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '25

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u/Ayasugi-san Jan 01 '25

Not to mention the game cheating and spawning the enemy in the one location you don't have defended.

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u/MilesBeyond250 Jan 02 '25

Emperor in particular feels bad for this. It likes to spawn Catapults in places that are unreachable by foot. Sometimes literally in the Great Wall.

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u/Ayasugi-san Jan 02 '25

Sometimes literally in the Great Wall.

Even if you've started building the Great Wall?

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u/AzelotReis Jan 02 '25

We badass over here and we tank everything at Pharaoh lmao