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Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom vs Widelands

A side-by-side look at Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom and Widelands. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom

Games

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is a city-building game set in ancient China, developed by BreakAway Games and published by Sierra Entertainment in 2002. Players take on the role of an imperial official tasked with building thriving cities through zoning spaces, managing resources, and keeping citizens happy.

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Widelands

Widelands

Games

Widelands is an open source, real-time strategy game similar to The Settlers 2. It features singleplayer campaigns, multiplayer support, randomly generated maps and more. The goal is to build up an economy by harvesting resources and training soldiers to conquer opposing factions.

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