Gloriana (a.k.a. Elisabeth I)
The gameplay in Gloriana will be familiar to anyone who has played a historical trading games, e.g. Ascarons own The Patrician (set in Germany) or Machiavelli The Prince (set in Renaissance Italy). The difference here is that Gloriana is set in 16th century England, and the designers successfully used this fact to set the game apart from other similar titles. Gloriana offers many generic features of a trading games such as trading commodities between different ports (using the timeless buy low, sell high concept), and buying different kinds of ships. But the game also offers many other options that are true to that era. For example, you can choose to live the life of a pirate, or bid for luxury items in city-wide auctions held for merchants. The graphics are cartoony, but attractive, and the underlying economic model is robust and reasonably realistic.
Overall, Gloriana is one of the best but least known economic simulations ever made. If you like The Patrician or other trading games, you will definitely enjoy this underdog. It is fun, entertaining, and historically accurate enough to please historians everywhere. Two thumbs up, way up!
Average Rating: | 7.63 [150 votes] |
Genre: | Strategy |
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Developer: | Ascaron |
Publisher: | Ascaron |
Year: | 1996 |
Software Copyright: | Ascaron |
Theme: | Historical, Business |
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More Info: | Mobygames | The Web |
System Requirements: | DOS |
If you like this game, try: | Machiavelli The Prince, Sea Legends |
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Technical Notes: | CD-rip version; remove the line "@HBDINTRO" in GLORIANA.BAT if the game freezes your computer |
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