Gaming News - April 2004
Paris, France (April 8, 2004) - Monte Cristo Games today announced
that Medieval Lords: Build, Defend, Expand will ship in fall 2004.
From Monte Cristo Games:
Medieval Lords takes aspiring city governors to the middle ages, combining
rich city-building challenges with evolving military forces to defend against
relentless attacks from neighboring enemies. A first for the genre, Medieval
Lords features a full 3D engine that enables innovative new gameplay elements.
"Anyone who has ever played a city-building game will instantly recognize
that Medieval Lords: is a completely unique experience," said Jérôme Gastaldi,
managing director of Monte Cristo Games. "In addition to classic city management
elements, city-building fans will build powerful armies to defend cities using
real-time strategy gameplay elements. At this stage, the gameplay is already
incredibly fun and challenging. We can’t wait to share the experience with other
gamers."
Medieval Lords brings city builders inside the walls of richly-detailed
cities during the Middle Ages. Through the course of ten scenarios, the player
is challenged to manage finances, population, and food resources to succeed.
Featuring a full 3D engine – a first for the city building genre – players can
manage cities in the traditional god’s view and then zoom in to walk the fields
and wander the streets as if they were experiencing their handiwork in person.
In another first for the genre, players can build the city without the
constraints of the traditional orthogonal grid – they simply place structures
wherever they want on the map.
While managing cities, players will face an innovative new challenge –
attacks from a variety of over twenty hostile forces ranging from simple outlaws
to legendary Vikings and invading armies from neighboring cities. Once enemies
are defeated, players can expand their territory on the adversaries’ terrain.
“Not only do players face losing elections if they poorly manage their cities,”
said Jean-Christophe Marquis, chairman of Monte Cristo Games, “They risk losing
an entire city to attackers if defenses are not maintained. The unique combat
elements add a whole new dimension to the city building.
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