This shaves
considerable time off the game, as many of the biggest secrets at some point involve spending hours wandering around the
map chaining 99 enemies in a row to ensure a specific item is obtained.
Wars between the factions take place on huge
maps where it can take armies 10 or 15 minutes to march to the enemy base, and a single game can take hours to complete, as some of the late game technology takes
considerable resources and
time to build.