Emperor of the Fading Suns
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Developer(s) | Holistic Design |
Publisher(s) | SegaSoft |
Platforms | Microsoft Windows |
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Genre(s) | Turn-based strategy, 4X |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Emperor of the Fading Suns is a science fiction "grand-scale" space strategy computer game made by Holistic Design in 1996. This game was based on Holistic's in-house role playing game Fading Suns. The game had a wide array of units and a complex back-story but was rushed to market and released with numerous severe flaws and several features underdeveloped. In patched form, it survives as a popular abandonware title with numerous unofficial, fan-made mods.[citation needed]
Gameplay
The game is played on a galactic map and specific planet maps. Planet maps use a hexa-grid system for movement. Individual units and buildings take up a single grid space. Several menus handle diplomacy, chat, and documentation. In the game, the player controls a feudal lord of a noble house amongst the ruins of a galactic empire. The player must battle other noble houses and rally enough support to be crowned Emperor of the galaxy. The player can start as one of five houses; each has its own advantages and disadvantages. During game setup, the player can customize their house, taking some negative traits such as insanity in exchange for more positive traits, like having all the player's units start out better trained. Each house starts on its respective home planet, and houses starting on temperate planets have an early-game advantage over houses that start on frozen or jungle planets. There are several non-player groups in the game, including the Symbiots, Vau, the Guild, and the Church. In total, there are forty-three planets that can be explored, colonized, and fought over.[citation needed]
See also
- Final Frontier scenario of Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
External links
- Official Webpage (archived in 1998)
- Emperor of the Fading Suns at MobyGames
- Pages using vgrelease with named parameters
- Articles with unsourced statements from September 2015
- Articles with unsourced statements from November 2012
- 1997 video games
- Turn-based strategy video games
- Computer wargames
- 4X video games
- Holistic Design games
- North America-exclusive video games
- Multiplayer and single-player video games