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 Imperialism II (PC)
Description: Developer: Focus Multimedia Ltd / Genre: Action & Adventure / The New World unfolds before you. Your objective is to ... more  Imperialism II (PC) ... skilfully parlay discovery into riches and amass enough power to dominate Europe's political landscape. Combining elements of resource management, economic trade, exploration, diplomatic manoeuvring and military conquest, this multi-faceted strategy game challenges you to leverage New World riches into Old World dominance. To achieve victory, you must employ a web of intricate strategies. When diplomacy is the order of the day, dispatch envoys to develop critical trade relations whilst secretly deploying spies to undermine your enemies. If diplomacy fails, build an invincible military machine with an unquenchable thirst for conquest. Skilfully manoeuvre your nation and don't forget: the object is to unite Europe under one flag.Newest Review: ... choose the Nation you want to rule, and it's location: either in a stylised 16th Century Europe, or a randomly generated map, ... more ... where landmasses and resources are scattered randomly.
The Nations on offer were all major powers of the time, and display stereotypical defaults in decision-making (unless disabled in the Options screen).
England: Naval Power, Sweden: Passive explorers, Holland: Aggressive Traders, Spain: Naval and Aggressive New World conquerors, Portugal: Explorers, keen to form Alliances, France: Arrogant expansionists.
You can visit a map and choose (Random map only) the location of your Capital city: you should aim to max...more |
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Imperialism II (PC): New World off the Port Bow Cap'n! (974 words)
by The Daz - written on 25.10.07 (Very useful, 107 readings)
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Imperialism II Set sail for Victory! Your fledgling Nation's hopes rest with your expert guidance and their fate hangs on your every decision. It is the Year 1500, and equipped with a few ships, some skilled civilians and a few measly coins, you must set forth and expand your Empire, feeding your people, defending your territory and advancing your cause for superiority. The original Imperialism was a fairly good game, with an emphasis on Old World (Europe) control, but somewhat limited graphics. This updated game from SSI (1999) brought forays into the New World (The Americas), advanced Diplomacy functions and better graphics. So ...
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