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Patrician IV

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Patrician IV

Sep 1, 2010

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2.83 average rating based on 12 ratings

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Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league. You start bargaining with common goods, build up your own production and establish a merchant fleet. Later on, you will gain more and more political influence and even found new towns. However, a Hanse merchant's life can also have its dark sides. On your way … More
Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league. You start bargaining with common goods, build up your own production and establish a merchant fleet. Later on, you will gain more and more political influence and even found new towns. However, a Hanse merchant's life can also have its dark sides. On your way to power you have to hold your ground against fierce rivals, whom you have to fight with economic competition, price wars or impure means such as sabotage. Will you even engage in piracy? Less
Developers
Gaming Minds Studios
Publishers
Kalypso Media
Series
Patrician
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres
Simulator, Strategy
Themes
Business, Historical
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Release Dates
Sep 01, 2010 (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
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How Long Is Patrician IV?
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anarchistica
anarchistica gave Jan 27, 2022
anarchistica gave Jan 27, 2022
Shallow and clunky

Playtime: 2h27m (first part of the campaign)

Intro

Patrician IV is a trading game. A substantial amount of the gameplay consists of moving your ship somewhere, comparing at the prices of goods and selling/buying them. By levelling your wealth and local reputation you open up more options like building houses and factories.

The Good

  • It's very simple and casual.

The Bad

  • Missions aren't explained. "Deliver x goods quests" simple don't seem to work.
  • Missions are rare and uninteresting.
  • Reputation is extremely fickle and nonsensical.
  • No "auto pause in city" option, which should have been a default setting/option.
  • The mouse is extremely sensitive with no option to reduce this ingame - while all trading is done by dragging the mouse.
  • No option to automatically buy/sell all up to a certain price.
  • It's rather ugly, even for an older game by a small studio.
  • There's just not a lot to the game and the more interesting aspects take too long to get to.

The Ugly

  • They force you to use the Kalypso launcher, which requires you to make a Kalypso account.
  • The launcher doesn't work automatically, you have to click to log in and then to launch the game every time.

Conclusion …

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Playtime: 2h27m (first part of the campaign)

Intro

Patrician IV is a trading game. A substantial amount of the gameplay consists of moving your ship somewhere, comparing at the prices of goods and selling/buying them. By levelling your wealth and local reputation you open up more options like building houses and factories.

The Good

  • It's very simple and casual.

The Bad

  • Missions aren't explained. "Deliver x goods quests" simple don't seem to work.
  • Missions are rare and uninteresting.
  • Reputation is extremely fickle and nonsensical.
  • No "auto pause in city" option, which should have been a default setting/option.
  • The mouse is extremely sensitive with no option to reduce this ingame - while all trading is done by dragging the mouse.
  • No option to automatically buy/sell all up to a certain price.
  • It's rather ugly, even for an older game by a small studio.
  • There's just not a lot to the game and the more interesting aspects take too long to get to.

The Ugly

  • They force you to use the Kalypso launcher, which requires you to make a Kalypso account.
  • The launcher doesn't work automatically, you have to click to log in and then to launch the game every time.

Conclusion

Patrician IV is a shallow and clunky game that's basically X3 or Mount & Blade without proper combat. Most of the gameplay consists of clumsily dragging trading bars with the mouse and waiting for ships to arrive. It's all rather dull. The €15-20 price tag is a joke but i wouldn't even recommend it if it was free.

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