Imperialism II: The Age of Exploration

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Description

Imperialism II: The Age of Exploration is the sequel to the world conquest game in which you control an Old World power between 1500-1850, trying to exploit the New World to support your dominance of the superpowers.

The game breaks off from traditional conquest games by making political and economic pieces of the game much more important for overall victory. In addition, instead of merely trying to take over everything, you'll find yourself manipulating other nations, and abusing those lesser than you, including colonial lands. Imperialism tries, with moderate success, to historically represent the period, from units to strategic mentality.

The game is entirely turn-based and features a separate tactical battle screen, where careful use of your units, ranging from cavalry to artillery, is essential. It can be played on a historic Old World setting (the New World is always random), or completely random worlds, and the campaign support single or multi-player functionality.

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Alternate Titles

• "Imperialismus II: Die Eroberer" -- German title
• "Imperialism II: Era das Explorações" -- Brazilian title

Part of the Following Groups

• Games with randomly generated environments
• Genre: Grand strategy
• Imperialism series

User Reviews

A challenging game with amazing depth	Windows	Janet Quick (3)
If you're a strategy gamer, you must own this game	Windows	Jim Newland (60)

Critic Reviews

PC Gameworld	Windows	1999	85 out of 100	85
Power Play	Windows	Apr, 1999	84 out of 100	84
IGN	Macintosh	Jun 07, 2002	8.4 out of 10	84
IGN	Windows	Apr 09, 1999	8.4 out of 10	84
The Good Old Days (Staff Reviews only)	Windows	Oct 31, 2009	5 out of 6	83
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Jun, 1999		80
Electric Games	Windows	1999		80
PC Action (Germany)	Windows	Apr, 1999	77 out of 100	77
Power Unlimited	Windows	May, 1999	7.6 out of 10	76
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Apr, 1999	68 out of 100	68

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
4X instead of grand strategy group?	10	vedder (58105) May 28, 2013

Trivia

Extras

Specially marked boxes contained two free bonuses - 12 month subscription to "Computer Games Strategy Plus" Magazine and multimedia CD-ROM Explorers of the New World from Softkey.

Related Web Sites

• Imperialism II: The Age of Exploration (official website)