Merchant Prince II is a 2001 turn-based strategy game of economic, political, and military conquest. The game is developed by Holistic and published by Take-Two Interactive.[1]
Reception
Merchant Prince II received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] So little was added to gameplay that it was properly a rerelease rather than a sequel, and the changes to the graphics were considered uglier, with a zoomed-in and less user-friendly interface. ("End turn", for instance, was represented by an unlabeled wine glass.)[11] It was largely panned by critics[6][4] and even the positive review by IGN called it a "cheap reissue" and pardoned it only because of the difficulty of finding the original DOS games.[8] Computer Gaming World opened its review, "Merchant Prince 2 is the kind of title that gives strategy gaming a bad name," and concluded with, "Mainstream consumers pulled in by the fascinating topic are—once again—going to feel ripped off, confused, dumb, and jaded toward turn-based strategy games."[4] Kent Conrad found the implementation of the research tree "half-baked" and ended his review with "There is a good game hiding inside of Merchant Prince II, and that game is Machiavelli: The Prince. Get that instead."[12]
References
- ↑ Walker, Trey (February 1, 2001). "Take-Two announces Merchant Prince II". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- 1 2 "Merchant Prince II for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ↑ Smith, Ted. "Merchant Prince II - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 17, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- 1 2 3 Jones, George (September 2001). "Merchant Prince 2" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 206. Ziff Davis. p. 97.
- ↑ Grey, Bruce (May 10, 2001). "Merchant Prince II Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- 1 2 Abner, William (May 19, 2001). "Merchant Prince II". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 17, 2005. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ↑ Da bomb mom (June 6, 2001). "Merchant Prince II - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on June 17, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- 1 2 Butts, Steve (May 7, 2001). "Merchant Prince II". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ↑ "Merchant Prince II". PC Gamer. Future US. 2001.
- ↑ "PC Review: Merchant Prince II". PC Zone. Future plc. 2001.
- ↑ Horowitz, Josh (August 11, 2001). "Merchant Prince 2". The Adrenaline Vault. NewWorld.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2003.
- ↑ Conrad, Kent (June 25, 2002). "Merchant Prince II". Exploded Goat. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015.