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Rise through the merchant ranks using your increasing fame and wealth to shape towns from small villages to glorious capitals during the middle ages Thrive based on your ability to prosper in a realistic supply and demand driven economy Balance competing interests, trade routes, political turmoil, disease, weather, piracy and greedy royalty to maximise your wealth reputation Construct buildings and hire workers, stimulating demand for common and more exotic goods Fortify your convoys to hold off pirate attacks or hunt them down in realistic sea battles
Product Description
Originally released in 1992 for the Amiga and Atari ST, the Patrician brand has sold over 2 million units worldwide, and has earned the respect of strategy gamers the world over. Patrician IV will build upon the already solid reputation of its predecessors with a whole new art style combined with a redesigned and newcomer-friendly trading simulation engine.In Patrician IV , the player takes on the role of a young merchant in the area of the Baltic and North Sea during the late Middle Age, the zenith of the Hanseatic League and its naval trading empire.StStarting from meagre beginnings as a small stall trader, players must use every skill at their disposal to rise through the more merchant ranks and become the most powerful merchant in Europe. The authentic supply and demand-based trading system allows players to grow their business and head out to the high seas to form trading routes with other Hanseatic cities negotiating better prices for the buying and selling of goods
Manufacturer's Description
In the game, you play a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League of traders and merchants was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to become the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Alderman, leader of the trading league. Start by trading common goods, then build up your own production and establish a merchant fleet to expand your trading empire and gain more political influence as you conquer new towns.
However, a Hanse merchant's life can also have its dark side. During your rise to power you must hold your ground against fierce rivals, whom you have to overcome by any means - be it economic competition, price wars or "other" underhanded tactics such as sabotage. Will you even engage in piracy to get what you want?
Patrician IV Gold Edition also brings a host of improvements and features first introduced by the critically acclaimed expansion Rise of a Dynasty. Operate your business in cooperative multiplayer mode, discover new land-based trade routes while grappling with territorial rulers and protecting your wagon convoys from errant highwaymen.
Features:
- Combines the full edition of Patrician IV and the official expansion Rise of a Dynasty into one great game
- Realistically modeled trade system with trade routes between 40 cities on the coast and the mainland
- Become a leading merchant in heartland cities and establish an extensive road network to expand your trade routes
- All towns are displayed in impressive and detailed 3D
- Intelligent rivals, dynamic weather and seasons influence gameplay
- Manage your trading empire with three of your friends via LAN or Internet in a cooperative multiplayer mode
- Become a big time landowner and buy parts of the regional territories to expand your influence and power
- Be elected mayor of your home town or even Alderman of the Hanseatic League and gain new rights and responsibilities.
- Construct your own merchant fleet from historical ship models and research new ship types
- Arm your fleet with convoy ships and fight in impressive naval battles against pirates and rivals
