Merchant Prince II

Merchant Prince II
Developer(s)	Holistic Design
Publisher(s)	Take-Two Interactive
Platform(s)	Windows
Release date(s)	May 3,2001
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Merchant Prince II is a 2001 turn-based strategy game of economic, political, and military conquest. The game is developed by Holistic's and published by Take-Two Interactive.^[1]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	57/100[2]
Review scores
Publication	Score
1UP.com	D-[3]
IGN	7.3/10 (US)[4]

Merchant Prince II was panned by critics. 1Up called the game "a less misleading Classic Gaming label" saying "Mainstream consumers pulled in by the fascinating topic are—once again— going to feel ripped off, confused, dumb, and jaded toward turn-based strategy games"^[3]

References

1. ^ Walker, Trey. "Take-Two announces Merchant Prince II". Gamespot. http://asia.gamespot.com/news/take-two-announces-merchant-prince-ii-2681451. Retrieved November 16, 2011. 
2. ^ "Merchant Prince II". Metacritics. http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/merchant-prince-ii/critic-reviews. Retrieved November 16, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Merchant Prince 2". 1up. http://www.1up.com/reviews/merchant-prince-2. Retrieved November 16, 2011. 
4. ^ "Merchant Prince II PC". IGN. http://pc.ign.com/objects/015/015998.html. Retrieved November 16, 2011.