The settlers 7

The settlers 7
Studio	Blue byte
Publisher	Ubisoft
Erstveröffent- lichung	March 25, 2010
platform	Windows , macOS
Game engine	Vision engine
genre	Economic simulation
Game mode	Single player , multiplayer
control	Keyboard , mouse
system advantages preconditions	Pentium IV 2.0 GHz CPU (Intel Core 2 Duo recommended) 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended) 256 MB graphics card (512 MB Shader 2.0 recommended) 8 GB free hard disk DirectX 9.0c or higher 8 × DVD / CD-ROM drive Windows XP / Vista, macOS 10.6.2
medium	DVD-ROM
language	German
copy protection	Ubisoft Game Launcher ( DRM ): The game initially required a permanent internet connection, but now you can also play it in Uplay offline mode.
Age rating	USK PEGI

The Settlers 7 is a postgraduate real-time strategy of the settlers series from 2010. Publisher is Ubisoft it was developed by Blue Byte .

Gameplay

The gameplay of The Settlers 7 follows the principle of the first parts of the series. The focus is no longer as in the previously published The Settlers - Rise of a Kingdom on Struggle, but more on the economy. This is again more interlinked, more complex and also more cumbersome. Mainly because raw materials are again transported by carriers between two waypoints in a connected network of paths. Settlers and military units cannot be moved freely on the map by the player.

In The Settlers 7 you have the opportunity to win the game in three different ways, either you concentrate on the area of ​​trade, science or the military. If the player chooses military combat, he must defeat his opponent in the classic sense by taking his territories or his castle. If he has chosen science, he must research various technologies through clergy. If he wants to win by trading goods, he must develop trade relationships with traders on a large map. Victory is no longer mainly achieved by conquering, but by being the first to achieve a certain number of victory points. You can also focus on several areas individually.

The artificial intelligence has been improved, twelve different AI profiles are available in the game. The comic-like graphics use the more recent graphics engine Vision Engine 7.0 . The online multiplayer mode is also new. Players can play against each other or cooperate with one another. Other game modes are the skirmishes as classic endless games that can be adjusted by the player in advance, and the campaign. This contains 12 scenarios and revolves around the fictional kingdom of Tandria.

Development history

The Settlers 7 was announced in a press release on September 22, 2009 by Ubisoft and Blue Byte. The game was released on March 25, 2010 for Windows and MAC . In addition to the standard version, a limited edition was released that included a figure (15-16 cm high), a map of the game world, a poster, plant seeds and the soundtrack.

The Settlers 7: Gold Edition was released on February 24, 2011 . This version of the game contains three additional packages that were previously only available for download as well as The Settlers III .

Soundtrack

The title music "Hero Within" and "Ever After" was sung and produced by the British-Latvian singer Kariina Gretere. The rest of the soundtrack was composed by the German company Dynamedion .

reception

Together with Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin's Creed II, Settlers 7 was one of the first Ubisoft games to use a newly developed copy protection system that required a permanent online connection even for single player games. Easter 2010, shortly after the game was released, like a few weeks earlier with Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin's Creed 2, there were disconnections and prolonged failures of the Ubisoft servers, so that numerous customers could not play the purchased game.

Another controversial feature of this copy protection process is the impossibility of reselling the game, as the terms and conditions prohibit the transfer of the account and the buyer therefore has no opportunity to play the game because the code has been used up. Since 2013 the game can also be played offline.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Online Services Platform - Questions and Answers: Frequently asked questions about Ubisoft's Online Services Platform for PC , accessed on February 6, 2010
2. ↑ The Settlers 7 Gold Edition
3. ↑ Kariina Gretere composer . Retrieved January 16, 2012.
4. ↑ Ubisoft's new copy protection: The Settlers 7 causes problems in Australia [PCG top article March 2010 ]
5. ↑ The Settlers 7: Server failure spoils Easter for buyers
6. ↑ siedler-games.de/forum
7. ↑ forums-de.ubi.com