Reviews

• gamedeal user

  May 10, 2014

  The Supreme Ruler series is one of the best grand strategy games you can find on Steam. I started out with Supreme Ruler 2020 and played the hell out of it before and even after the Gold version came to Steam. With Supreme Ruler 1936 you not only get a better optimezed engine that can handle even more units and events than the previous one, but you get a time period that is extremely interesting to play in the Grand strategy scenario. While the game might not look like much (graphics wise), it makes up for it with its superb and in-depth gameplay. You are the ruler of a nation, you take all the important decisions and even command your troops into battle as you take the territory of your enemy bit by bit. What I like about this game compared to other Grand Strategy games is that while it is hex based, the style in which your units or the enemy units capture a territory is shown in a more interactive way making it feel like your actions truly have a great impact on the world. The tech tree is also something to be amazed of, each tech you unlock as you progress through the years has a significant impact on the game and how you play the game and if you are able to survive the onslaught of enemies. The economy is also complex and at times quite hard to manage, luckily the difficulty level can be adjusted to give new players an easier start on managing their resources. The buildings you can construct to help your economy range from simple wood managing complex to uranium mines. The economy also plays an important role on your armies, without petroleum your units will not move, without ammunition they will not fire, without construction materials you will not be able to build new structures and without food your population and army reservers will die. The game is a must own to all Grand Strategy players, the game not only offers a singleplayer campaign and different skirmish / scenarios to play but also a multiplayer mode where you can fight with other players that control their own nations in real time.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 30, 2014

  If you like Hearts of Iron, Europa universalis, Victoria games You will probably like Supreme Ruler 1936 too. The game has some annoying bugs/features but overall it is worth the money. 9/10
• gamedeal user

  Oct 3, 2014

  They've been releasing the 'Supreme Ruler' title ever since 1983 and the original Z-80/DOS version. That version is the only one they've ever finished. SR 1936 here was 'fully released and finished' just a couple months ago (summer 2014) and in many peoples opinions is far from finished. Not to worry though, they've already got SR Ultimate on Early Release.. this'll be about the 5th iteration of the title and just as unlikely to be actually a finished game as the others.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 19, 2014

  The game isvery unique and very in-depth however there are just a few things i can't deal with while playing it. - Tons of bugs and crashes; be prepared. - Few updates. They made this game and updated it a little and now they are working on supreme ruler *ULTIMATE* which they ask another 30$ for. So don't expect shit to change unless you buy the new game which may or may not carry all the bugs and crashes with it. - Ai is dumb. If you like to micro some parts of your country and let the ai do the rest you will get screwed. Expecially if your ai control your military. They will suicide ships and shit. - Diplomacy is really bad. Ai will spam you the same trade offer multiple times even though you decline it. Also, trading is unfair. - The speed meter thing is really bad. If you get like a year into the game the fastest speed lags and becomes really slow. Give it a few more years and it'll slow down to be unplayable. Even with a really good computer don't expect anything different. - Going back to the ai being dumb, don't expect them to be challanging. I can't recommend this game because it feels like an early access game. Also I feel jipped that they released this game gave it a few shitty updates then went off to make another game. I also own Supreme ruler 2020 and I do not recommend that either. If you go off to buy the ultimate version expect it to be unfinished and buggy too.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 10, 2014

  First off, i've been playing Supreme Ruler games since 2020, and all Supreme ruler games are TIME CONSUMING if you have that "Dominate the world" mindset. I'll get right to the pros and cons of the game Pros ____ - VERY strategic, at times, actually difficult. (I think thats a good thing.) - Military research tree has a lot of units - Economic system is semi complex and polished out. (Nothing new if you've played the other SR games, though.) - More options in Diplomacy tabs. - Axis and Allied powers that CAN be shifted (Example: Russia became axis rather than ally, I succeeded in becoming an allied power in the game as Japan) Cons ____ - Clunky UI - Lots of bugs - If you don't have oil you are useless. (I have to spend about 5-6 months trading majority of my cash money on oil and get a HUGE stockpile (16 mil barrels or so.) just before i decide to go to war. - Game AI is STUPID. You need to handle everything yourself, which can make you feel overwhelmed - Your troops run out of fuel very easily, making them USELESS. - Dont expect updates for this game. - other countries always spam trade requests that usually suck for you. usually. - Some countries are absolutely useless. - Some Graphic cards make this game unplayable (Example :NVIDIA GEFORCE) they havent been able to play in 2020, though i havent tested this in SR 1936, but i would expect the results to be the same so if you have a Geforce do some research first. ALL IN ALL 6.5/10
• gamedeal user

  May 6, 2015

  I have many hundreds of hours into SR 2020 from before the time of Steam. I have bought 2 of the newer versions of Supreme Ruler on Steam... Cold War and 1936. Both of which seem to be unfinished versions of the same game they continue to re release every few years with a new and improved version. Ultimate being the newest version. Is the game bad? No... but it will leave you with a bitter taste in your mouth when you realize the limitations of the game and the seemingly lack of desire of the devs to actually make the game work like it should. If you have never played a Supreme Ruler game then the newest version might not be too bad of an investment... but dont be bitter when they decide to make Super Ultimate version and leave your copy unfinished and unsatisfying.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 22, 2015

  What els can I say? You can invade the world as the nazis, colonize Europe and manage to actually beat the USSR. You can beat the Americans to the nuclear bomb, be the first into space, make the internet and land on mars! You can also mod the game and have a modern world or a fictional one. {THIS IS THE SHORT REVIEW} {NOW TIME FOR THE BIG REVIEW} The AI has been improved A LOT compared to the 2020 AI and Cold War AI. Still has the bugs and Frame Rate problems, but eh, it's a good game. The military system is good and your ministers tend to send random units to Siberia, where they will stay there for the rest of the game, unsupplied. But if get far enough with tech and get some decent supply planes, then bobs your uncle. But the unit would be a T-26 and useless. The supply system isn't that great, I prefer the 2020 one. I don't have 2020 in my steam games, because I bought it off Amazon. U=Y put over 500 hours into 2020 and I loved the supply system. The supply system in 2020 was really... well, just put a few supply depots around the country and build some roads and most of your country will be supplied really well. It's a different story in 1936, it doesn't spread as well as it did in 2020. (EDIT) I came to realise that they devs made this decision for a reason, because in WW2 the infrastructure of the world wasn't the best and this means you can get supply everywhere. I think this is okay and i support it, because in reality the Nazis had a massive problem with supply in the USSR. (EDIT) Every game has their cons, even a game like this that I play a lot. The tutorial isn't really helpful, it's complicated, doesn't really explain much and just a mind boggle really. It's like they translated the tutorial from Russian to German to Arabic and then back to German and then English. So I suggest watching people play the game or you can just go exploring the game yourself. The game feels like it's not finished and the AI still isn't amazing. Battlegoat are trying tho and I hope they spend a few years on making the new Supreme Ruler so they can really improve the AI and improve the FPS and reduce the lag. (And I like the graphics the way they are) The economic system is meh, but I hate it when the ministers try lowering the taxes on the resources to 0%, so you have lock them out of it and when you lock a minister from the resources, you lock them from trading. Yes, you can trade on the world market manually, but you have to keep an eye on the prices too see if they go down or up. And oil in this game, the production of oil is so small. You have to literally spam oil derricks until you get arthritis so you can be self-sufficent in petrol. Even with all the bugs this game has, it's still fun and good. Deserves more attention for it to be a great game. I already got 4 people into the game they got more people into the game.The game is good for wasting time, playing with friends and Role Playing. I suggest getting modes for it, because it can get boring playing the same scenario. I rate this game a 7/10 Please share the Supreme Ruler series with your friends and guide them to be world dominators so they can teach others.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 4, 2016

  This game is unfinished, and because they've made a new game they've stopped updating this unfinished game, I feel somewhat cheated because they announced that they were making Ultimate shortly after they released 1936, and so 36 remains buggy and sadly it suffers because of it, but it's still pretty fun, especially if you get mods. Dont buy this, buy ultimate, maybe it's better.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 11, 2016

  Ruined by the combat mechanic or lack of. An otherwise good game is simply ruined by the combat. There's no strategy involved, simply drag a box around your units and order them to attack somewhere. Every video posted is simply drag a box around everything and attack some country. The series is in a bad need of a combat overhall, some hierarchy structure is needed and I'd suggest unit cards similiar to hearts of iron using either icon or nato symbols. Can't recommend the game until the combat is overhauled, which I doubt we will see as BG keeps trying to milk the cow doing the same thing game after game. It's a shame because supreme ruler (all of them) could have been so much more if it only had more strategical combat.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 11, 2017

  The ability to micro manage your economy can sometimes be tedious but it can be fun as well. Playing as the USA means you also have to worry about making the people happy enough to vote for you at election time, otherwise, you can pull a coup and play as a dictator with total control. Military control, for a global-wide conflict can be difficult and winning the game can be impossible. Since the game can be open ended, be ready to rule the world if you take the 'Total Victory' option. I've played hundreds of hours - despite what the tag at the top of this says - and the most annoying thing is when China steamrolls the world. They couldn't hardly feed their own people in 1936 but the AI is given god-like powers and somehow is able to defeat Japan, the Soviet Union, and all of the Axis before 1940, while you can only watch because if you get involved, the game slaps you down with economic sanctions and ruins you. I could go on but I would also say you should play this game if you have lots of time to kill.