Like Zeus: Master of Olympus, the player is unable to select any of the missions individually, even after completion (largely because the same city is often used in multiple missions), and is required to make saves of missions if they wish to repeat them later.ĭuring some campaign missions, the player will be expected to build a variety of monuments to complete the mission.

Unlike previous games, the player is not required to complete any dynasty in order and may elect to play any dynasty they wish, although the dynasties get harder and novice players may find the Song-Jin Dynasty campaign to be extremely difficult if they have not completed the basic tutorial missions of the Xia dynasty. The game starts during the prehistoric Xia Dynasty and leads the player through most of the major dynasties, up to the construction of Zhongdu during the Jin Dynasty – the city that would become the present-day Beijing. As such, similarities between the games can be seen, which include the separation of housing into Common Housing and Elite Housing, more varied mission goals and separate trading posts. Like most of the previous games in the series, Emperor follows the historical route of an ancient civilisation: in this case, it follows the ancient history of China, the only civilisation known to be continuous and never conquered and converted to another civilisation's ideologies.Įmperor builds upon the game engine designed for Zeus: Master of Olympus.

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