Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom 2002
Developed by BreakAway Games, Impressions Games
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Fantasy
Emperor: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom is a game about politics, trade, and city design in ancient China. In Emperor, players progress through 3000 years of Chinese history, facing ever-changing economic, military, and diplomatic challenges as each Chinese dynasty waxes and wanes.
Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategyFantasyHistoricalchinamythologyreal-timemanagementancient chinaeconomycity buildercommercedead multiplayerPC (Microsoft Windows)
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Character
Plot-driven, cool, earnest and grave.
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- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- BreakAway Games, Impressions Games
- Publisher
- Sierra Entertainment
- Released
- September 9, 2002
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 27 ratings.
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Both plot-driven, earnest, cool.
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Series · Both earnest, grave, epic.
Series · Both earnest, classical in form, grave.
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