Posted on: December 13, 2022
MacArthur1880
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The last great City Building game
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is the last installment of the original tetralogy (quadrilogy? idk...) of the four great city building games, laid down by Impressive Games' Caesar III and evolved further in Pharaoh (+ Cleopatra) and Zeus (+ Poseidon). Some would also include the first two Caesar games, but I insist that those two were different from Caesar III, which gave a push to the three other games afterwards. For those unfamiliar with this genre: the game revolves around building a city set in Ancient Chinese epochs, on an isometric map, by putting rectangular-shaped buildings connected via roads. The player is given a task to fulfill, which is based upon populating their city with people, providing for their needs via production of food and goods, and then engaging in diplomacy, trade and warfare - all within a limited amount of time. Furthermore, there are campaign goals, like building monuments and stocking goods. The game features such unique elements as Feng Shui (auspicious city design), blessings by divinities of four religions of ancient China in exchange for goods offerings, and collecting exotic animals for your palace. To enjoy the game properly, I recommend looking for and installing a high-resolution widescreen mod or playing the game in a window. Aside from these graphics restrictions, there are hardly any issues. Minor features, like beautiful soundtrack and detailed 2D graphics only add to the game's value. Hence I give this game 5/5
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