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Revision as of 17:13, 25 March 2014 by Razr Nation (talk | contribs) (getting as much out of eurogamer review to prepare this section.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Video game| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 |
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| Release | 'Microsoft Windows'Xbox Live |
| Genre(s) | Strategy game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Ancient Trader is a nautical turn-based strategy video game developed by Fourkidsgames. It was released in 2010 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360.
A sequel, Fortune Winds: Ancient Trader, was developed by Legendo Entertainment, and released in 2012 for Microsoft Windows.
Gameplay
Development
"a simple, easy entry strategy game suitable for all ages, which originally came to life as a board-game design."
"Artist Petr Vcelka, one of just six names listed in the credits, has taken inspiration from 16th- and 17th-century cartography - most obviously, Abraham Ortelius and his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (the first modern atlas) - and crafted some beautiful, imaginative and exceptionally detailed art across the game's ageing, weathered maps."
Release
Reception
Edge included Antient Trader in its 2010 list of the Best 20 Indie Games available in the Xbox Live Marketplace. The magazine aknowledged that the game was "ambitious, devious and surprisingly hard to fault."
Lorenzo Fantoni from Eurogamer Italy gave the game a score of 8 out of 10. He elaborated that "the final result is a quite simple title, which will last long enough to make you feel happy of having invested your money in this indie title."
Indie Game Reviewer commented that Ancient Trader "deserves a look, as it definitely makes for a great, quick, casual distraction."
Eurogamer's Chris Schilling gave the game a score of 8 out of 10. He commented that although Antient Trader was not as comprehensive and expansive as other Xblox Live titles such as Risk: Factions, it deserved "the opportunity to do business with the big boys rather than risk getting washed away with the shovelware tide." Schilling also expressed concern that "a game so elegant and accomplished should have to be dredged up from the depths of Indie Games."
Sequel
References
- IGN Staff (3 August 2010). "Beautiful Looking Indie-Game Released on PC and Xbox 360". IGN. J2 Global. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ Schilling, Chris (9 August 2010). "Ancient Trader". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- Edge Staff (16 November 2010). "Best 20 Indie Games". Edge. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
- Fantoni, Lorenzo (10 August 2010). "Ancient Trader". Eurogamer (in Italian). Italy: Gamer Network. p. 2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- "Ancient Trader – It's the simple things in life". Indie Game Reviewer. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2014.