However, a Hanse merchant's life can also have its dark side. During your rise to power you must hold your ground against fierce rivals, whom you have to overcome by any means - be it economic competition, price wars or "other" underhanded tactics such as sabotage. Will you even engage in piracy to get what you want?
Patrician IV Gold Edition also brings a host of improvements and features first introduced by the critically acclaimed expansion Rise of a Dynasty. Operate your business in cooperative multiplayer mode, discover new land-based trade routes while grappling with territorial rulers and protecting your wagon convoys from errant highwaymen.
Patrician IV Gold Edition Features:
- Combines the full edition of Patrician IV and the official expansion Rise of a Dynasty into one great game
- Realistically modeled trade system with trade routes between 40 cities on the coast and the mainland
- Become a leading merchant in heartland cities and establish an extensive road network to expand your trade routes
- All towns are displayed in impressive and detailed 3D
- Intelligent rivals, dynamic weather and seasons influence gameplay
- Manage your trading empire with three of your friends via LAN or Internet in a cooperative multiplayer mode
- Become a big time landowner and buy parts of the regional territories to expand your influence and power
- Be elected mayor of your home town or even Alderman of the Hanseatic League and gain new rights and responsibilities.
- Construct your own merchant fleet from historical ship models and research new ship types
- Arm your fleet with convoy ships and fight in impressive naval battles against pirates and rivals
