Venice is famous not only for its romantic images, a huge network of shipping channels and a terrible smell of rotting on the capital’s streets due to damp. Before the Venetian Republic with all the islands became part of Italy, it was the most important naval state of the Mediterranean, which flourished thanks to noble merchants and their extensive knowledge about profitable trade routes. By the middle of the 15th century, the Venetian markets were glorified throughout Europe, the money flowed at the river, the ships stood in traffic jams for unloading, and there was no end arriving for lofty things. A new project will be devoted to these times Rise of Venice From the studio Gaming Minds, which is known for its successful reincarnations of classical German economic strategies Patrician 4 and Port Royale 3.
Great merger
A disk with the famous Patrician 3 Neftsisis simulator is probably still lies on the shelf of most fans of various taicuns. And you can not talk about Port Royale 2 at all – about this distant relative Sid Meier’s Pirates! Almost everyone knows. Gaming Minds Studios Together with the publishing house Kalypso Media They made a successful bet on the revival of both games of the model of the early 2000s, replacing the isometric graphics with a completely three-dimensional one and having worked out the gameplay in such a way as to master the sea trade not only in the notorious hardcores.
Now immigrants from Gaming Minds We decided on a brave step on the thorough processing of the concept of both game series at once. Having mixed the quest component and sea battles Port Royale 3 with advanced trade and the harsh political system Patrician 4, the Germans created a universal economic strategy Rise of Venice, which should like absolutely all fans of RTS. It will offer a wide range of development routes both for adherents of cannon volleys, wanderings and risky adventures, and for political careerists, captivating the electorate and walking on the heads of their competitors.
IN Rise of Venice The player falls into one of the Mediterranean cities of the Renaissance. Whether it is a small province or the great walls of Rome, Constantinople, Genoa, Tripoli or Athens, we have to start our way with a small merchant. Build your own trading empire, gain power over the Mediterranean or earn the laurels of the illustrious pirate – the process of achieving the goal will become more complex, unpredictable and interesting thanks to very important innovations.
A different scale
Gaming Minds Studios finally united a strategic global map and city. In the first case, we controlled ships, created trade routes, studied the geography of demand and proposals. In the second – they built craft workshops, hired people on ships, traded and other things. IN Rise of Venice On the global map, we now bring any city closer and study it in details without any switching. With a maximum increase, each building is available for visiting. When removing the chamber, the corresponding micro -study menu is called. Now it is a single seamless world with unique provinces and capitals with unique features.
In total, the game presents 25 settlements in the vast territories of the Mediterranean. Here are the supporting points on the coast of Histry, and the trading passes of Dalmatia, the coasts of exotic Africa and the main intermediary of the Majestic East – Syria, with which the Venetian state traded from the subsidiary territories of the island of Crete are not forgotten. Represented in the game and water of the Black Sea. It is a pity that there is no way to find the east coast from the Genoese outpost of the MAP on the site of the ancient city of Gorgippia, now known as the Russian resort of Anapa. But the territories provided will be enough to spend a lot of time to master their markets.
At the moment Rise of Venice is at that stage of development, when the graphic component has not yet been given due attention. As a rule, cosmetic decoration in such projects is left for later. When the main elements of the upcoming game are already being tested, the efforts of designers are directed to improve existing graphics, more detailed details of the global card and add new objects. Therefore, by early screenshots, to judge the graphic component Rise of Venice too premature, but now we can say that Gaming Minds Studios I took a new quality bar.
However, before the series Patrician And Port Royale, Let them not stand out with a special luxury of visual support, it was difficult to refuse the general pleasant style and attention of the developers to the details. So, the territorial differences of the north and south will become even more contrast. In the winter in the northern regions there will be snow, and in the south, terrible storms will be considered. Periodically Rise of Venice will dumb the players with sudden cataclysms in the form of a plague, drought, earthquakes, forest fires and volcanic eruptions. All this will carry not only visual consequences, but also practical – the destruction of workshops or walls of cities can lead to an economic decline and outflow of settlers.
Everyone has their own path
Despite the fact that we are free to choose our own development chain, we will have to constantly face trade operations. Before taking the first step, it is necessary to study demand and demand in all nearby cities. For example, large capitals always need spices and spices, they consume wine and meat rapidly. But small settlements care more about raw materials for their own production and main consumer products. In addition, throughout the game, competitive merchant companies will open their offices everywhere and rebuild a new production network, which will certainly affect the overall balance of prices in the world market.
So, if you specialized in the transportation of wine, then the appearance of a large winemaker in the region will level your profits and force to let unprofitable assets under the hammer. As before, in Rise of Venice auction system is used to sell or purchase, for example, old ships. But you can go in the other way-to take money from the user for a certain period at a small percentage, re-profiled by the manufacturer of some rare goods and monopolize the market, substituting competitors in cities, turning for help to the pirates at sea and “blocked” the decision of the authorities in theirbenefit with bribes.
But at the same time it is important to take into account your territorial placement. You can never achieve a good crop on the desert lands of Tripoli. It will also be unprofitable to produce ropes away from hemp farms or to set up tools when there is almost no iron in warehouses. Each city has bonuses to one type of production and fines for others. It is important to study this information in detail before settling in one place or another. As soon as you feel the main directions of goods, you will immediately find yourself a warm place under the sun and begin to rake gold into your chests.
No end and edge
IN Patrician And Port Royale There has
never been a logical end. We were in every possible way entertained various quests, instructions of the Lords, the attacks of princes and pirates, temporary cataclysms, diseases in cities. But as soon as our trading company came to high profits, a new stage of the game began – political. All the millions accumulated could be put to bribes, marriage to the daughter of a wealthy merchant, the construction of important facilities, thanks to which we had a chance to move as high as possible along the career ladder, rush to high posts and even start building a new city.
Rise of Venice In this regard, it goes even further – we will be able to create our own dynasty. But, alas, not only the players are subject to family business – AI will also build their plans to seize the world with the help of relatives. At one point, a profitable batch for your virtual beautiful daughter will run to a competitive family, destroying all plans and driving your family into debt. Thus, the path to prosperity has become even more complicated, but interesting.
Relatives in Rise of Venice They can occupy a variety of positions in society. Each of them is a unique person with unique characteristics. Someone may turn out to be a wonderful captain, and you will definitely use such abilities to arrange a dangerous, but very profitable route. At the same time, some distant uncle, taking the place of the elders with real power, in the event of problems with the law, can affect the court decision in your favor. So now we, as if in a historical film, have to persuade our heirs for profitable marriages.
Political ambitions
It is not enough to occupy a high -ranking official – you also need to stay on this shaky chair. As soon as you get real power, there will be dissatisfied with your position. In particular, competing families will strive in every possible way to replay the elections in their favor. The election race will become another interesting element of gameplay Rise of Venice, And its result can radically change the entire game situation. And if the only dynasty begins to receive places in all major cities, then she will have a desire to create an entire empire. Then all competing merchants will turn into shopkeepers surviving their age. In this light, the promised multiplayer for 4 players is of particular value.
The more famous your name will be, the more often they will contact you with personal requests and instructions. To become a harbor to defend the city from an attack by pirates or, conversely, to help rulers in a raid on a pirate den can be more profitable than regularly satisfy the demand in individual cities. Someone may ask you to help arrange a holiday, transport a product or passenger, hire a relative to your ship and so on. There are now much more quests, and their implementation or failure will entail tangible consequences.
Placed the whole world player is even free to go to the pirates. Having lifted the black banner on the mast of his ships, the pirate captain attacks and robs ships of fat merchants. Rise of Venice I received several types of Suden (while they are not named and are in the stage of introduction to the game) with the possibility of equipping them with different types of weapons – ballists, catapults and guns. Wooden sailboats will be damaged from hits, burn from fires and sink from holes. At the same time, a pair of volleys under certain combustions of circumstances will cause the whole ship to surrender – then he will go into our property along with the goods and the team.
Boarding is the most profitable fishing for those pirates who want to get rich quickly. But you should not rely on fate – sooner or later the strongest flotillas will begin to hunt after the head of such a captain. And if the lords are known about the pirate base, then unexpected guests armed with guns will come immediately and in large quantities.
Brilliant balance
Probably the most noticeable difference Rise of Venice From classic series Patrician And Port Royale There will be a ranking system. So, at the very beginning of our trade campaign, we can only be purchased by certain types of goods. To gain access to the rest, it is necessary to gain some fame and establish connections. After that, we will move to the next rank and get several new opportunities. Such a system can cause disputes among adherents of the traditional Harkor style of the game, when we started the game along with all. But Rise of Venice condescending to beginners and those who have not touched the classic for a long time.
Also, a similar system allows you to keep the player within the framework of a single development vector and then at some of the stages give him complete freedom. Let’s hope that in Gaming Minds They will not take more decisive measures, otherwise the game will turn into a line -up trademan. In any case, the authors approached the economic balance with all seriously – they promise that if one of your ships is attacked by pirates and loses all the goods, then, after following the black flag on the global map, you can find and redeem the entire stolen party on blackmarket.
Economic system Rise of Venice Closed. All goods are converted within the framework of their own production and consumption. The salt obtained in quarries goes to the salting of fish, which becomes a good addition to banquets and dinners in large cities. Production chains here are not very long, but provided for each type of product. The more of them in the market, the lower the average price. However, with the onset of winter, grain, honey, beer and wine are in short supply. Cataclysms can destroy the workshops of key industries. In this situation, the cities that are distressing will be ready to give a very favorable price, if only to urgently make up for the lack of provisions and stop the outflow of the population.
Many players are already grateful now Gaming Minds Studios For the revival of PC exclusives with classic gameplay and pleasant updated graphics in the person of Patrician 4 and Port Royale 3. Announcement Rise of Venice and was completely a complete surprise. It is possible to say with full confidence that good times have come for restarting well -known old projects and creating perfectly honed remakes with new amazing ideas. We wish the developers of success on this difficult path and we will believe in the embodiment of the most daring “wisdom” of players in Rise of Venice.
