"I spotted a review on Gamespot regarding this game which gave it quite a good rating, and the following day saw it in the shops, and £10 less than retail price! That immediately made me think that this was probably not a game to buy... any new release that's reduced as soon as it's on the shelves isn't a good sign, but in this case my gut feeling was wrong, The Guild is a great game, and here's why

The idea of the game is to set yourself up with a career, whether it be a trader, blacksmith, priest or even a thief (there are about a dozen choices in all) and to go through life buying raw materials, manufacturing goods and selling the end results to make profit. Once this has been done, the money made can be ploughed back into the business, upgrading your place of work, or maybe your own personal house if you so wish! as the money increases, along with your skill, you can branch out and even start completely different businesses, it's all up to you and what you decide

There is also a political agenda to the game. Everyone in the city lives their lives and has the opportunity to run for a multitude of different "government" jobs besides their own business, such as Informer, Spy, Town Watch (guard) and going up to anything like Deacon, Tax Collector, even Mayor in time!

Of course to get these jobs, you have to fight your way through the crowd of others applying for the same job, so dirty tricks, thrashings, even kidnapping isn't too underhand! Especially to your rivals! But you can be the target of the same things yourself so beware!

Obviously health back in the 1400's isn't what it is now, so your life span isn't going to be 80 - 100 years old, you'll be lucky to hit mid 40's, but if you marry and have a child, as long as he or she is 12 or older, you'll continue the game as your offspring - no offspring, game over!

The game is completely open ended... you decide how you start off, what path you take and how you want to play the game. You can even pick what kind of objective you're aiming for, be it wealth, advancement or whatever.

Graphically the game is quite pretty, and the games music and sound effects do the job. there has only been one graphical glitch I've seen, a flickering menu, and that rights itself after a few minutes, and combat isn't so brilliant, as it's very basic, but again it does the job and can be completely avoided if you wish

I would recommend The Guild to anyone wanting to play a game with lastability, and would happily rate it around 85% out of 100% Go out and buy! :-)" - Dark Paladin

"JOwood had better stay of it !..
He heheheee kidding..
Cool Outstanding , more occupations please!
and robber can be selected in there (starting of the game)" - amost_blue