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Israel-based developer Plarium might have started with a simple farming simulator, but after seven years of creating MMO strategy games, the company has become known for putting out quality war games of the genre.
One of the strategy games developer's more notable titles, Throne: Kingdom of War, encapsulates what Plarium strives for with each game as the player is tasked with building a town, creating a military base and then going to war. It's a basic concept but one that's been praised by MMO Reviews for its simplicity, giving it a spot toward the top of the list of mobile strategy games. Throne was also given a specific mention for its graphics which were considered unparalleled.
While Plarium does continue this formula of build, train, battle, each game receives a mechanical or aesthetic design tweak that distinguishes it from the rest. Terminator Genisys: Future War, the most recent addition to the developer's portfolio, might offer largely the same gameplay elements, but it changed the setting in which the game takes place as we see the more futuristic, dystopian world of the Terminator series - a long way off from the medieval world of Throne. Future War also lets players choose a side in the conflict. While it only affects the look of the player's base and the types of units they can recruit, the change is large enough to show the developer is making small steps to improve and evolve their formula with each title. After all, there are so many different ways to play a strategy game when you think about it and Plarium stated they are well aware of that fact. It's just nice that they can showcase that understanding as they grow.
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But for as much change as we see, one corenerstone for Plarium always seems to be there: supporting a community. We can look at the seafaring Pirates: Tides of Fortune, the 300-inspired Sparta: War of Empires or any of the developer's titles and every time being able to work with or against others is the central focus - the true sign of a modern mobile game. It's no wonder either considering how important being able to support a community is for so many mobile games.
It's in this merging of players to accomplish a bigger goal that Plarium seems to create a game around and a big reason so many flock to the developer. If we look back at Vikings, for example, we can see that each kingdom in the game holds about 45,000 players and by the end of 2016 there were more than 270 kingdoms. That's just one game. Support of this magnitude goes out to so many of their titles, but Plarium keeps putting a variety of titles to grab players with varying tastes. From Vikings, knights and pirates to Terminator robots and even characters from Alien vs. Predator, Plarium is constantly making sure to give plenty of options to the players looking to get together with other like-minded strategists.
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While their games certainly aren't for everyone and some of the tasks demanded of you might seem redundant, on-the-go strategy lovers should certainly keep their eyes out for the next creation coming from Plarium. If the past two years are anything to go off of (Plarium released three games in both 2016 and 2015) we should at the very least see one more title out of the strategy games company before the end of the year. With all the hype surrounding Game of Thrones, maybe we'll see the bloody HBO show get the mobile treatment before too long.
