Imperialism II: Age of Exploration
About: The New World lies open before you, ripe for the taking. You must skillfully parlay discovery into riches and gather enough power to dominate Europe’s political landscape. Combining elements of resource…
Imperialism II: Age of Exploration is a strategy developed by Frog City Software, released 1 April 1999 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Imperialism II: Age of Exploration is
Imperialism II: Age of Exploration is a strategy game developed by Frog City Software and released in 1999. It was published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
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About: The New World lies open before you, ripe for the taking. You must skillfully parlay discovery into riches and gather enough power to dominate Europe’s political landscape. Combining elements of resource management, economic trade, exploration, diplomatic wheeling-and-dealing, and military conquest, Imperialism 2: The Age of Exploration challenges you to leverage New World wealth into Old World dominance. To achieve world domination, you would be wise to employ a web of intricate strategies and plans within plans. If diplomacy is the order of the day, dispatch envoys to nurture critical trade agreements and treaties while deploying spies to sabotage your enemies. If you grow tired of…
How it plays
Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Imperialism II: Age of Exploration holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Imperialism II: Age of Exploration launched on 1 April 1999, within three weeks of RollerCoaster Tycoon, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy and EverQuest. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: RollerCoaster Tycoon, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy, EverQuest.
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