The possibility an interview with Benedikt Grindel - producer had settler worlds with Blue byte to supply. Which we would not like naturally to withhold you. And now much fun during the reading. 

Settler worlds: Would you introduce yourself please with a sentence?

Benedikt Grindel: Briefly and scarcely:
Date of birth: 6. March 1969
Residence: Duesseldorf
With Blue byte since: April 2001

Settler worlds: What did you employ so far in the video game Business?

Benedikt Grindel: Since 1998 with Ubisoft, first in marketing (Product management, Group management, Group marketing Director), starting from 2000 at the subsidiary company Ludiwap (late Ludigames, today Gameloft) as Business development manager
Since April 2001 as producers with the Ubisoft daughter Blue byte

Settler worlds: Which task do you take over with the “settler 6” - project?

Benedikt Grindel: Producer with Blue byte

Settler worlds: Will the settlers 6 resume the ways of the fifth part or their predecessor (the outstanding 2 part)?

Benedikt Grindel: Naturally we looked at ourselves all completely exactly the past settler titles and asked us, what made the individual parts so successful and wherein the core components that the settler row to lie. Those are with security the roads from the settlers 2, in addition, the economy and the transport of goods, the easy accesibility from the settlers: DEdK and much different one.

With the settlers 6 we want to develop the best „the settlers “at all, quasi „the Essenz “of all past settler titles united in a play. In the core of the settler plays thereby the settlers themselves are located. They form the heart of the play and their buildings, work and their trade are located in the center of the settlers 6. Everything, of the organization of a city over the diplomatic FE storage of a city or the fight, is developed around the settlers. We remain always faithful for this concept.

Settler worlds: Which peoples will be playable?

Benedikt Grindel: There are a playable people and numerous NPC peoples, with whom I can interact on the maps.

Settler worlds: Will it give a “large” campaign?

Benedikt Grindel: For the player a campaign with 16 maps waits. On these it will have had itself to put different heroes at the disposal and to the challenges of four climate zones.

Settler worlds: Does one become again, how in the second part, road systems must establish (which was very beautiful and to which restaurant economics gave a perfect upswing) or rather as in fifth on wars, story & on economics to build less to be able itself?

Benedikt Grindel: The economy is located into „the settlers 6 “clearly in the center. There are substantially more resources and goods than in the fifth part. An effective and durable economy will permit me to build large and resistant cities. Fights also take place in this world - and that more successfully to be, the stronger economy one has.

Differently than in the second part the economy of „the settlers 6 will function “also without roads, but with roads I have a large advantage as a player: The city gets a structure and the settlers moves clearly faster.

And, it will give again a background history and a hero.

Settler worlds: To which main figures and heroes can the player look forward?

Benedikt Grindel: As a king (or queen) are available a set of knights. Everyone this knight has own special talents, which the player can use and who the play happening to affect.

Two examples:
Lord Marcus is a knight, who was in former times even a simple settler.
Lady Alandra is a young, courageous heroine, who has talents in the welfare art.

Settler worlds: What can you say to the campaign of settler 6?

Benedikt Grindel: The settlers 6-Kampagne adult is become as those of the previous parts. The player is located already in the rule of a province and tries its rule range first over the island to expand and later then since the whole play world. This world is a kind labyrinth of succession states of a Imperiums in ruins and the settlers needs a strong ruler, who can give them the security and security of the legendary past again.

However also adversary stands in the way. Thus Wikinger try to make bandits and desert robbers difficult the life of the player. The largest adversary works however from the hiding. This enemy is dangerous, and not only due to his military strength. We do not want to betray more here yet.

Settler worlds: Which climate zones and seasons will it give exactly now to the settlers to 6?

Benedikt Grindel: The raue north is characterised through particularly long and hard winters as well as short summers. Here it applies to deal really very mindfully with the raw materials and to use the rich wild and fish occurrences!

In the middle degrees of latitude a region follows, in which the seasons are quite balanced. In the winter it, the summers snows is warm and relative to drying.

Further south the summers will last hot and longer. In the winter no snow falls. Thus one comes more easily by the winter, but caution: That has its price. There are not fruitful soils any longer as plentifully as further in the north. The player should well considering, where he builds farms!

The hottest region is whole in the south. In the quilting and desert landscapes the mercilessly burning sun is a challenge, since it makes agriculture and cattle breeding possible at the few rivers or oases only.

Settler worlds: Will new units, buildings and/or other things be available?

Benedikt Grindel: The eingefleischte settler player will regain 6 various buildings from the predecessors also into the settlers, like for example the Holzfäller, the baker's shop or the castle, who similar functions as in earlier parts the main house fulfills.

But it will give also some new buildings: A weber, a Kerzenmacher, a beekeeper - we have many surprises for the player!

Settler worlds: Will it due to the promised, much detailed diagram to be very hardware hungry?

Benedikt Grindel: Yes and no. Also with an older computer one will be able to play the settlers 6 well and liquid. Who has however a current computer, for it with many additional details and effects in the diagram one recompences. 

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