By Quintin Smith on April 12th, 2011 at 12:31 pm.
Our sterling coverage of Patrician IV: Risk of a Dynasty continues! Yes, as of today the first expansion pack for Patrician IV has arrived on Steam (or you can get it here on Gamersgate), bringing a load of revisions, six new scenarios and a few new features to the historical trading simulator. With Rise of a Dynasty you’ll be able to trade via roads as well as seas, and buy up parts of entire regions. You greedy bastards! Did you ask for that as a new feature? Yes, you, at the keyboard? No? Fine.
I’ve embedded a Patrician IV tutorial video after the jump, so you can take a look at the game and see if it’s for you.
Uh-oh. I was doing OK until he pointed out that both the supply and price of salt in the town were good, which caused a capitalistic impulse to go ricocheting around my body, shouting “BUY! BUY!”
I may have to give this game a closer look.
12/04/2011 at 12:53 DSDan says:
The video says “The uploader has not made this video available in your country [USA].”
12/04/2011 at 12:56 Javier-de-Ass says:
came out last friday on gamersgate
12/04/2011 at 13:08 Quintin Smith says:
It sure did!
12/04/2011 at 13:22 Sarlix says:
Apparently it came out last Friday.
12/04/2011 at 13:24 Quintin Smith says:
So I hear.
*loads single bullet into a revolver, spins chamber*
12/04/2011 at 13:24 Koozer says:
It’s out on Steam too.
12/04/2011 at 13:26 Quintin Smith says:
Steam, you say?
*points gun at head*
12/04/2011 at 13:27 SanguineAngel says:
I heard it came out on steam this very day!
12/04/2011 at 13:28 stahlwerk says:
I’d first like to see some gameplay footage, maybe with a voice over explaining how to play it.
12/04/2011 at 13:29 SanguineAngel says:
you, stahlwerk, are living in a dream world. A land of pure fantasy!
12/04/2011 at 14:11 Ergates_Antius says:
Looks quite interesting, but I think it would be improved if it had some sort of trading aspect to it.
12/04/2011 at 14:00 Olero says:
Rumor has it salt is on sale in Lubeck, but you didn’t hear it from me
12/04/2011 at 14:14 Hentzau says:
I endorse tutorials done in the style of Open University science programs that you’d catch at 3 in the morning on BBC 2 back in the 90s.
12/04/2011 at 14:15 Josh04 says:
I am willing to trade 46 wines to the person with the most bricks in their hold at Gdansk on the 30th of May.
12/04/2011 at 14:37 Nameless1 says:
I have only one question: is it better or even equal the third, gameplay-wise?
12/04/2011 at 17:45 Nimic says:
I actually bought this. That is, the game, not the expansion. Played it a bit, found it mildly entertaining. Maybe I’ll get this too.
13/04/2011 at 04:37 lothinator says:
The video is blocked to the United States??? WOT?
13/04/2011 at 06:42 kipue says:
OOOOoooh the irony!
Waily waily!
I am connecting from china (Youtube blocked) through a VPN passing through San Francisco…
The first frame of the video looks good though!
Fun times :)
13/04/2011 at 12:20 adonf says:
So Lubeck is famous for its salt, hammers and marijuana?