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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:27 +0000

Age of Empires II features historical campaigns based on a novel storyline that spans a vast period between the 5th and 16th centuries. This definitive edition was released in 2019 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the original video game released in 1999, making some corrections and technologically improving an already excellent base.
Historically the game features the campaigns of 18 civilisations, starting in the Middle Ages after the fall of the Western Roman Empire and running through to the European Renaissance of the 16th century. The goal is therefore to strategically manage resources to build a vast empire and overcome other enemy factions.
The campaigns take a historical look at the lives and triumphs of different key figures from our past, such as William Wallace, Joan of Arc, Saladin and Genghis Khan, among others. As for the factions, this year’s factions are divided into Western European, Central European, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern factions, each with their own unique units and historically known warriors.

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Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:27 +0000

This instalment of the Age of Empires saga focuses on 14 of the most powerful civilisations in Europe, the Americas and Asia, spanning a historical period from the 16th to the 19th centuries. In this definitive edition, the graphics and music have been remastered, including all the expansions released to date and other never-before-seen content. The civilisations available include Spain, England, France, Portugal, Russia, Germany and many others.
The game’s setting focuses on the era of European colonisation of the Americas, with the Old World nations facing off against the newly developing powers. New in comparison to the previous game, each civilisation has a detailed 3D metropolis, and troop progression is added through role-playing elements. In addition, with the new content already added, it allows the option of playing independence revolutions to rise up against the colonising civilisation.

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Age of Empires IV

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:27 +0000

Age of Empires returns 16 years later to demonstrate why it is one of the most recognised sagas in historical strategy. On this occasion it combines the management that brought it so much success in its time with other innovative tools that facilitate the entry of both the new player to the strategy genre, thanks to the complete integrated tutorials, and the veteran who is looking for a challenge to match and who can handle more complex game mechanics and combat techniques.
Historically, this time it seeks to recreate the great battles that led to the building of our world as we know it. Through 8 civilisations, passing through England, China, France or the Sultanate of Delhi, we will face four great campaigns: the Norman conquest of England, the Hundred Years’ War, the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the history of the Mongol Empire. All these elements centre the game from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance of the 16th century.

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Port Royale 3

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:22 +0000

In Port Royale 3 the mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and Holland struggle to dominate the colonies scattered throughout the Caribbean in the 17th century. It is against this backdrop that the player must make his place among the great historical personalities through his skills as a merchant or directly through military combat. The 60 port cities and 16 historical types of ships, such as galleons and frigates, remain in the game.
For the first time in the prolific Port Royale saga and as the most important novelty compared to its predecessors, the game has a multiplayer mode for 4 players in local network or via internet, allying or competing to found the most relevant trading company in the Caribbean. Moreover, through the complex trading system implemented in the game, it will be the actions taken that regulate the supply and demand of both the transport of goods and the manufactured craft industry itself, deciding the price of the different goods.

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Port Royale 4

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:22 +0000

Joining the colonial forces of Spain, France, England and the Netherlands, you must learn to manage a small settlement into a major trading city in the 16th and 17th century Caribbean. New in this fourth instalment of the franchise is the increased management and trade between the different islands, mediating large trade routes to meet the growing needs of each city. This time, everything is represented in a unique scenario in which everything takes place in real time, dispensing with the typical rooms typical of this saga. In addition, turn-based strategy also makes its debut in the saga, as this is how the naval battles take place and opens the door to a new military strategy.
Also new this time is the chronological expansion backwards in time, not only focusing on the 17th century, as there are four campaigns -one for each of the previously mentioned colonial powers-, each one is developed at the time when each of them dominated the Caribbean. Another substantial change is that introduced in urbanism and city planning, since poor management – locating housing adjacent to industry – or poor planning of basic services can lead to major problems such as plagues, social unrest and even mass emigration, which has a direct impact on the productivity and performance of the controlled nation.

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Patrician IV

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Patrician IV puts the player in the role of a Northern European merchant in the late Middle Ages, living through the splendour of the Hanseatic League as it moves into the Modern Age. The main objective is to become the most prosperous merchant and leader of the trading league, and to this end, maintaining good diplomatic relations with the nobles of the various counties represented on the game map is of great importance.
The game starts by trading with common goods manufactured by the player himself and distributed using a small merchant fleet. From here the goal is to grow at a faster rate than other ports and historical families, using contrasting strategies such as price wars between supply and demand. All of this takes place while dealing with disease, famine and enemy sieges placed with a notable historical basis.

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Reigns

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:22 +0000

Reigns is a videogame marked by its accessibility to all audiences, inviting the player to occupy the throne of a medieval monarch in his transition to the Modern Age, making relevant decisions about certain events that take place in his territory. Through a simple but innovative mechanic, decisions are resolved by sliding left or right according to whether the player seeks to accept the game’s proposal, or whether they want to opt for a more personal way of imposing authority in the kingdom.
The system is based on continuous requests from advisors, villagers and even enemies, which must be answered in order to keep the family dynasty in control of the throne for several generations. The most relevant events present in the game are based on historical and social contexts that occurred in real life, and you can continue the story as we know it, or try to progress through time with more personal and far-fetched choices. The solutions to these unforeseen events can either improve the quality of life of the society or lead to a popular revolt if they do not agree, as it is ultimately the subjects who are in control.

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Reigns: Her Majesty

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:22 +0000

Reigns: Her Majesty puts the player in the role of controlling a monarchical dynasty from the Middle Ages to cultural modernity. This second instalment of the saga continues to focus on accessibility for all audiences, maintaining the decision system by swiping left or right according to the choice we want to make regarding the events, mainly historical, that are taking place.
As the game progresses, there comes a moment in which the cultural renaissance radically transforms society with new knowledge and intrinsic pretensions of these new subjects. For this occasion, in addition, a series of challenges have been introduced to be met during each reign -achieving a certain amount of progress in harvests, legislating dowries homogeneously, expanding the city to a certain limit…-, which, if achieved, will provide exclusive tools for the next reign. The main objective is still to stay on the throne for several generations, experiencing history as it happened, or innovating towards other more or less beneficial situations, always under our choices.

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Cossacks: Art of War

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Cossacks: Art of War is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that allows you to relive the European history of the 17th and 18th centuries. By controlling the different factions that fought in these conflicts, you can train their armies, build their characteristic infrastructures and wisely manage resources in order to achieve victory. In addition, the role of naval battles has been enhanced, emphasising the importance of dominating the seas to counter the military might of other countries.
The different armies and the history of the countries are represented in great historical detail, allowing you to learn about the campaigns and the different units that each contender had when facing each other on the battlefield. The units that can be controlled during the game range from King Frederick II of Prussia to the Algerian pirates of the Mediterranean, with each campaign covering several missions throughout these two centuries of European warfare.

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Cossacks: European Wars

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Cossacks: European Wars is a historical real-time strategy (RTS) game based on events in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. Controlling up to 16 nations (such as Algeria, Austria, England, France, Saxony, Venice, etc.), the player must discover the unique characteristics of each one, strengthening key areas such as economy, technological development or military advantage, while dealing with the weaknesses of the different nations, such as the difficulties of nature they had to face in their countries or the weakness of certain social structures.
All in all, in this instalment of the renowned Cossacks saga, England stands out for its powerful navy, Austria has the most renowned cavalry of the age and France is heading towards the final blow to social cohesion of the last few centuries. In addition, this time there are real-time battles of up to 8,000 units, city sieges, guerrilla warfare and great naval battles between enemy powers.

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