How does this compare to SR2020 ?

[Nukkxx]

I just got SR2020 and I didn't noticed this title ... maybe I made a mistake to buy SR2020 ? I guess this is the last version of the series? So I would appreciate if you coule tell me how does it compare and If i should have bought this ones instead ... Thanks.

[GIJoe597]

I posted this in your thread over on the 2020 side also;


"Hello, long time SR2020 player here, several thousand hours into it. SRU, is probably a better game for someone just entering the franchise, but I still like SR2020 better.

SR franchise (modern) started with SR2010, then 2020, SR: Cold War, SR: 1936, and now SR: Ultimate, which is a combination of all of them. WWII to 2020 and beyond.

Which ever one you play, you should get many, many, hours/days/years, of gaming enjoyment.

Regarding a dead forum, when SR2020 came out, over 8 years ago, it was not a Steam game, thank god. All of the typed conversations, AARs, ect is over on the developers webpage."

http://www.bgforums.com/forums/

[Major Lee Hung]

I don't think I can put it any better than GIJoe.

SRU is still supported and so you'll see new updates every now and then. SR2020 is where a lot of the community started off I think.

[BitterKlinger]

Originally posted by GIJoe597:

"Hello, long time SR2020 player here, several thousand hours into it. SRU, is probably a better game for someone just entering the franchise, but I still like SR2020 better.

Why is this? I dont have 2020.

[GIJoe597]

siddyf -

SRU has many improvements to GUI as well as game mechanics. One huge example of a "quality of life" improvement is how Garrisons are handled. To use an extreme example, if you have ever conquered China in SR2020 and then wanted to remove Garrisons it takes a long time, as you must click on each facility/hub and remove them manually.

We often joked that after China falls and we spend the next hour or so removing Garrisons we would take a break from the game to let our hand/wrist recover. In SRU you can now remove Garrisons from an entire Theater with one click on a button, or add them.

The Battle Zone feature is very good also as it allows people who prefer to leave their forces under ai control to fine tune what the ai does much more precisely than in previous versions.
Many tweaks/changes "under the hood".

There are many such things in SRU which probably make it a better overall game, especially for the Steam crowd.

If you like SR2020 I do believe you would enjoy SRU.

[luckz]

Originally posted by Pete Roll:

I just got SR2020 and I didn't noticed this title ... maybe I made a mistake to buy SR2020 ? I guess this is the last version of the series?

If you haven't played SR2020 much yet, you can surely get a Steam refund.

[BitterKlinger]

I need to clarify I do not have sr2020 i have sru, sr cw, etc. my question to joe was why he says he likes 2020 more than SRU. thats what he originally said.

[GIJoe597]

Apologies, I thought you were asking why I thought SRU was a better game.

I compared why Ithink SRU is a better game, especially for the Steam crowd. I simply prefer SR2020. There is no quantitive reason, it is a matter of preference.

Maybe because I am old, and I dislike change.. or maybe because I miss water or I like the fact that as Supreme Ruler I could set my own DEFCON...*shrugs*

[luckz]

Setting the DEFCON was fun.
What do you mean with you miss water?

[way2co0l_2003]

They removed the water resource and replaced it with ruber. It wasn't my favorite decision either, primarily because virtually 99% of the natural resource is found in one tiny portion of the world and it has some pretty severe effects on the rest of the world's economies. It's still possible to keep everything working properly, but it just adds a bit of an annoyance sometimes.

[GIJoe597]

In SR2020 Water was one of the resources that all countries required.. in SRU it has been replaced with Rubber, actually before SRU, maybe SR1936 was when it was changed.