German developer Related Designs returns to the new world for more real-time frontier strategy with America II. As in the original game, players take command of a people in North America during the 1800s. This sequel offers five playable races and each is distinct in the way it operates. For example, every group gathers food in a different way: Mexicans can domesticate animals, while the game's two Native American tribes hunt for their food; miners trade the whiskey they distil for more substantive comestibles, while settlers can grow their own crops. Different resources are gathered and used in different ways by each different faction, leading to challenging complexities and unusual alliances. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide