<s>
Deadlock	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shrine	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Cyberlore	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Accolade	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
25	O
,	O
1998	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Deadlock	B-Application
:	I-Application
Planetary	I-Application
Conquest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deadlock	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shrine	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
features	O
turn-based	O
gameplay	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
a	O
planet	O
map	O
that	O
ranges	O
from	O
around	O
1	O
to	O
9000	O
tiles	O
,	O
each	O
presenting	O
a	O
region	O
,	O
or	O
area	O
of	O
building	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
strategy	O
games	O
,	O
Deadlock	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shrine	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
uses	O
natural	O
resources	O
and	O
credits	B-General_Concept
to	O
pay	O
for	O
new	O
units	O
and	O
buildings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
interface	O
,	O
Deadlock	B-Application
II	I-Application
uses	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
graphics	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deadlock	B-Application
II	I-Application
can	O
be	O
construed	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
deluxe	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
proper	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deadlock	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shrine	I-Application
Wars	I-Application
features	O
seven	O
alien	O
species	O
each	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
strengths	O
and	O
weaknesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
racial	O
abilities	O
are	O
not	O
as	O
pronounced	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
in	O
other	O
strategy	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Warcraft	B-Application
but	O
can	O
still	O
greatly	O
affect	O
the	O
way	O
in	O
which	O
each	O
species	O
is	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ChCh-t	O
are	O
a	O
species	O
of	O
insect-beings	O
resembling	O
mantises	O
and	O
scorpions	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
a	O
hive	B-General_Concept
mind	I-General_Concept
with	O
most	O
activity	O
revolving	O
around	O
the	O
queen	O
of	O
each	O
individual	O
hive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tarth	B-Application
have	O
evolved	O
on	O
Korga	O
,	O
a	O
world	O
extremely	O
hostile	O
to	O
organic	O
life	O
,	O
only	O
one	O
third	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
Jupiter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modern	O
Tarth	B-Application
society	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Guh	O
,	O
who	O
started	O
his	O
life	O
a	O
warrior	O
,	O
and	O
finished	O
it	O
an	O
astronomer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
centuries	O
later	O
,	O
Tarth	B-Application
mastered	O
space	O
travel	O
and	O
created	O
a	O
colony	O
on	O
Tunt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
titanic	O
statue	O
of	O
Guh	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
capital	O
of	O
the	O
Tarth	B-Application
empire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tarth	B-Application
infantry	O
,	O
artillery	O
,	O
and	O
defense	O
fortifications	O
all	O
have	O
attack	O
bonuses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
Tarth	B-Application
farms	O
produce	O
high	O
amounts	O
of	O
food	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tarth	B-Application
scouts	O
make	O
poor	O
spies	O
and	O
are	O
often	O
caught	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
ability	O
to	O
produce	O
food	O
is	O
second	O
only	O
to	O
the	O
Tarth	B-Application
,	O
but	O
their	O
production	O
of	O
other	O
resources	O
is	O
the	O
highest	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
average	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
