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Republic: The Revolution

Republic: The Revolution is a computer game produced by Elixir Studios, founded by Demis Hassabis , a former programmer of Lionhead Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. It has since been released for…

60 1 August 2003

Republic: The Revolution is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Elixir Studios, released 1 August 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Republic: The Revolution is

Republic: The Revolution is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Elixir Studios and released in 2003. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is set in Novistrana, a fictional Soviet breakaway state highly reminiscent of other recently post-Soviet countries in the design of its buildings and the naming of its streets and suburbs. Game characters speak a fictional language reminiscent of Ukrainian or Russian. The population is largely white, and the country's churches are Eastern Orthodox. Novistrana is rife with political turmoil, with many differing political forces vying for power representing a range of ideologies. The ideologies of Novistranans are generally influenced by their class or career. Police brutality and political corruption are prevalent. Novistrana has its own national anthem, which is sung in a…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Republic: The Revolution holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Republic: The Revolution launched on 1 August 2003, within three weeks of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, F-Zero GX, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, F-Zero GX, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic.

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When did Republic: The Revolution come out?
Republic: The Revolution was released on 1 August 2003 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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