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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 3.0 hrs on record
Posted: 7 Oct, 2022 @ 1:32pm
Updated: 7 Oct, 2022 @ 2:47pm

China: Mao's legacy is a political simulation game with great potential. The background is the end of Mao Zedong's reign during the Cold War, and the player will play as Hua Guofeng, the official successor of Mao Zedong and a moderate within the Chinese Communist Party(CCP). After that, large and small historical events occur over time, and the player must make political and policy decisions about each event. Depending on your choice, you can follow Maoism as it is, become a moderate-conservative, or follow Deng Xiaoping's pragmatic line(Reform and Opening-up). There are many other games and mods set in the Cold War era, but the reasons why I played this game are as follows.
1. The focus is more on domestic POLITICS , not geopolitical WARGAMES.
2. Therefore, we can play with more attention to domestic POLITICS (a careful description of factions within the party and their relationship, national ideology, economic policy, etc.) than just war or diplomacy.
3. This is to understand how China(PRC) is seen in Kremlingames, a Russian indie game company that mainly illuminates the communist country, as I live in a country that has capitalism and Western democracy as national ideology.

In fact, it is up to the player to decide what to do with the legacy Mao Zedong left after his death (the Great Leap Forward Movement and the Cultural Revolution).
▷ Will you inherit or overcome?
▷ Whether it is possible to reform while maintaining power through balance and checks between factions within the party
▷ Is this in accordance with the will of the people?
▷ Whether successful diplomacy can be achieved despite these complex domestic situations (interventionism vs isolationism)
And so on..
The game takes into account these complex variables and induces gameplay, which is almost perfectly implemented.
In this respect, Mao's legacy is a perfect political simulation game with enormous potential.

But there are also some drawbacks.(CONS)
1. Somewhat limited choices and limited results
2. Too simple economic and diplomatic system
3. The storytelling-type game configuration prevents players from playing a leading role in game.
4. Lack of game Content
Etc.. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that China: Mao's legacy is a great game.
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