Windows

Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile

Description

In this historic city-building game by the designers of Pharaoh, set in the ancient Egypt, the focus is on the people who live in the cities. Every character behaves like an intelligent human, with their own wishes and needs. You, as a pharaoh, cannot control them directly, but instead you have to create the conditions that allow them to move up in society. You will need to manage natural resources as well as your people. By building specific structures, you can let your people learn different skills (to become soldiers, farmers, shopkeepers, nobles, priests, craftsmen...). If you are successful, you can construct pyramids, obelisks and monuments to commemorate your own glory.

Expanding power is achieved by conquering neighbouring nations or through diplomacy and trade. This improves your prestige, resulting in more educated workers or advanced structures. Building a mighty empire usually takes many generations of pharaohs of the same dynasty.

The game is played through a full campaign or individually selectable scenarios. A 3D engine (from Empire Earth) with zooming options is used and an editor to create your own maps, scenarios and campaigns has been included.

Alternate Titles

• "不朽之都：尼罗河的儿女" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "Immortal Cities: Los niños del Nilo" -- Spanish title
• "Immortal Cities: Les enfants du Nil" -- French title
• "Immortal Cities: Kinder des Nils" -- German title
• "Immortal Cities: I figli del Nilo" -- Italian title

Part of the Following Groups

• City building games
• Egyptian setting

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User Reviews

Put Tropico, Pharaoh, and The Sims in a blender. Mix on high speed for 45 seconds. Serve chilled.

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The Press Says

GamesFire	Feb 23, 2005	83 out of 100	83
IC-Games	Feb 17, 2005	83 out of 100	83
Yahoo! Games	Dec 07, 2004		80
G4 TV: X-Play	Feb 03, 2005		80
GameZone	Jan 18, 2005	7.8 out of 10	78
GameSpot	Nov 11, 2004	7.6 out of 10	76
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Feb 03, 2005	75 out of 100	75
Game Chronicles	Dec 20, 2004	7.3 out of 10	73
Jeuxvideo.com	Feb 03, 2005	14 out of 20	70
Eurogamer	Feb 04, 2005	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

If you pre-ordered the game at EB or GameStop, a limited strategy disc with "behind the scenes" content was given:

• 10 in-depth movies with commentary by key members of the development team
• Full Music Score written by composer Keith Zizza
• Art Gallery of never before seen concept art
• Exclusive Trailer
• Exclusive 2005 Desktop Calendar
• Exclusive Contest: Win a trip to the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas