In Urban Empire you take control of a mayoral dynasty and lead your city and people through 200 years of history. Establish infrastructures, plan city districts, debate political decisions at the town council, bribe or blackmail your opponents, empower the democratic rights of your people or ignore them and reign supremely by yourself – the decision is yours!
Beginning in the 1820s, establish your city through five different eras, each with its own threats and opportunities. Master the challenges of the centuries, face political struggles, experience world-changing events and pioneering inventions, and create your own unique Urban Empire!
Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneering a new breed of strategy game that combines city builder features with political scheming and adds profound social and historical events into the mix, creating a whole new gameplay experience where players must employ strategic planning and political savvy to successfully grow their cities in their role as Mayor.
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City Ruler, not City Builder: Urban Empire offers a unique combination of classic city building and political management gameplay. Take on the role of a mayor, be a political mastermind and prove your skills by prevailing against opposing parties and guiding your city through technological evolutions and ideological revolutions.
Choose from 4 ruling families with 5 characters each, like the equal rights and social justice advocates the Kilgannons, or the Sant’Elias, who focus on scientific progress and the pursuit of knowledge.
Create and manage city districts on a large scale and fulfil your citizens’ needs – such as happiness, safety, and public services.
Introduce new ideas and technologies, like the electric tram, antibiotics or video games and use your power to convince the city council of your political agenda.
Up to 800 dynamic events represent the twists and turns of urban life: make and influence decisions on issues such as women’s rights, the hippie movement, and child labor.
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Found a nod towards the Tropico franchise already - devs must be fans of Haemimont!
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On another note - Autosave doesn't seem to be working despite being enabled in the settings menu.
I ran across a bug where the research completion window popped up at the same time as I was adjusting a district. This resulted in me not being able to close the window (the mouse would "click through" on to the district hidden by the window instead) and having to alt-f4 without being able to manually save. Lost my first hour or so of progress.
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After playing through it twice, I noticed something that started to bother me more and more. Something that really made no sense...
Almost all of the "Social Progress" laws have no negative stat hits associated with them. Things like Women's Rights, LGBT stuff, Labor Laws - they all easily pass because you only get positives from passing them. No social unrest generated as was the case historically.
The only "negative" stat I saw one had was that banning child labor gave the Elite class -50 income or some shit like that. And even still, the benefits far outweighed said negative.
Either the developers were scared of the SJW's, or they were just lazy and wanted to keep shit super simple. Probably a little of both, methinks.
It was a cool game, but plays very samey every time, with some real nonsensical and simplistic shit thrown in there in terms of the RCI / utilities / road capacity etc. No replay value IMO.
I can never be free, because the shackles I wear can't be touched or be seen.
i9-9900k, MSI MPG-Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon, 32GB DDR4 @ 3000, eVGA GTX 1080 DT, Samsung 970 EVO Plus nVME 1TB
In the game, we pick a family and then play a new member of this family in each new era.
In the last era, the character I played was a gay dude banging Snowden.
Just thought you guys should know that's in the game. (A previous family member also tried to resurrect dead animals in his basement)
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