Merchant Prince II
Merchant Prince II is a 2001 turn-based strategy game of economic, political, and military conquest. The game is developed by Holistic and published by Take-Two Interactive.[1]
Reception
Merchant Prince II was received with disappointment or outright hostility. So little was added to gameplay that it was properly a rerelease rather than a sequel, and the changes to the graphics were considered uglier, with a zoomed-in and less user-friendly interface. ("End turn", for instance, was represented by an unlabeled wine glass.)[7] It was largely panned by critics[5][4] and even the positive review by Imagine Games Network called it a "cheap reissue" and pardoned it only because of the difficulty of finding the original DOS games.[6] CGW opened its review "Merchant Prince 2 is the kind of title that gives strategy gaming a bad name",[4] and 1Up said, "Mainstream consumers pulled in by the fascinating topic are—once again—going to feel ripped off, confused, dumb, and jaded toward turn-based strategy games".[3] Kent Conrad found the implementation of the research tree "half-baked" and ended his review with "There is a good game hiding inside of Merchant Prince II, and that game is Machiavelli: The Prince. Get that instead.[8]
References
- ↑ Walker, Trey. "Take-Two announces Merchant Prince II". Gamespot. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ↑ "Merchant Prince II". Metacritics. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- 1 2 "Merchant Prince 2". 1up. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- 1 2 3 Jones, George, "Merchant Prince 2", Computer Gaming World, No. 206 (PDF), p. 97 .
- 1 2 Abner, William. "Reviews: Merchant Prince 2". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 6 February 2004. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- 1 2 Butts, Steve (7 May 2011). "Merchant Prince II PC". IGN. Archived from the original on 8 February 2002. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ↑ Horowitz, Josh (August 2001), "Merchant Prince 2", The Adrenaline Vault .
- ↑ Conrad, Kent (June 2002), "Merchant Prince II", Exploded Goat .
