Cultures
Before Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, the Vikings set out on their own journey of discovery and possible looting and pillaging. Having accidentally stumbled upon the Americas, they began…
Cultures is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Funatics Development, released 25 July 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Cultures is
Cultures is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Funatics Development and released in 2001. It was published by Jowood Soft. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Before Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, the Vikings set out on their own journey of discovery and possible looting and pillaging. Having accidentally stumbled upon the Americas, they began their remarkable adventure in a new and unfamiliar land. Welcome to Cultures, where you can actively shape the destiny of your people as they struggle to gain a foothold on unfamiliar shores. Success hinges on your ability to balance achieving your goals with the needs and desires of your clan. It is up to you to nurture and guide your people: determine their names, occupations, marital partners, and, eventually, the gender of their children. The happiness of your settlers is paramount…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Cultures holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 63% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Cultures launched on 25 July 2001, within three weeks of Final Fantasy X, Max Payne, Golden Sun and Mario Kart: Super Circuit. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy X, Max Payne, Golden Sun, Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
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