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Children of the Nile (PC) Like the trend in many games today, Children of the Nile is a full three dimensional game, which includes an extreme zoom in as well as a distant over view. The place where your city will rise includes the Nile of course, and on the banks, a few huts in which your future subjects are living in. There are also places on the map where you can find resources, including fruit, wheat fields, and other types of minerals and stone. The Nile is the life blood of Egypt, and on its banks is where your future farms will grow the crops that feed your people in the city.
The first thing that you need to do on your rise to greatness, is to build your personal palace. Your also need to have an idea of how you want to lay out your city. Unlike other city builders, this game has no money, instead it is bread. Many of the homes and buildings can be constructed and destroyed freely, at no cost to you. Getting people to live in them and use them is another matter al together. After the palace is built, you will notice it can only support a limited number of farms. Simple farmers have simple needs, and only a few shops need to be built to provide them things they want in their daily lives. If they can't find these items, they become upset and will move away, become vagrants, or they may even overthrow you! To get more farms you must have nobility. Each noble family can control a number of farms. The nobles will eventually want luxury items, so shops will have to be built. Jewelers, artisans, and sculptors are just a few. Just as farmers grow food, the artisans must gather resources, and produce their wares, and this takes time. For each new artisan it deducts one farmer, who must then be replaced by a villager. If nobody unemployed, you will have an empty business. If there are to many shops, you will have no farmers. You must find a balance.
There are a series of tutorials that are easy to use and well thought out. The interface actually adds to the game, as it uses Egyptian symbols for the game's functions. Sometimes your citizens will speak, and say amusing things. The three dimension engine is lively and colorful, and as you improve buildings in the game, they add mosaics and other touches. You really feel its a living city, and the game has a pleasant sound track that adds a lot to the gaming experience. |
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