Europa 1400

The Guild (also Europe 1400) is a computer game of the game developer 4HEAD Studios for PC systems. Messing it is the successor of the Fugger II

The Guild

The guild was published in 2002 and is an infra medieval economy simulation. The game runs, as well as his successor, in laps, which are, however, limited itself over time. It is so different from its predecessor playful no turn-based game in the true sense, as the player is always under some time pressure.

The game is set in Germany in the 15th and 16th century. In one of the cities of Augsburg, Berlin, Dresden, Hanover and Cologne, the player should form a powerful dynasty and gain political influence. Goal is at the end of the game to be considered as the most powerful citizens of the city.

The player can each generation can learn a new profession. Also available are various skilled trades (eg, blacksmith, carpenter ), commercial professions (traders, moneylenders ), but also the professions of the thief, robber, guardsmen and preacher.

For generations, it has to compete against rival dynasties. Both sides can thereby resort to accusations, threatening letters, pamphlets, sabotage and other means.

Due to the game goal, the game is divided into several parts: First, the player must coordinate daily operations, such as managing their own businesses. On the other hand, the player also has to settle family law matters. These include, for example, Courtship and promoting the development of children. But the political activities are important. Offices at city and state levels can be achieved.

The entertainment by bards and dice games is discussed. The entire world is represented in 3D graphics and runs in real-time.

In 2003, an add-on was released with the name jugglers, tombs and guns. It extends the main game at the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg and three professions, the tailor's, the juggler and the cemetery keeper. In addition, the policy was extended to the realm level. The offices Emperor and the Pope can not be obtained.

In terms of multiplayer, the game was immature. Numerous bug prevented to easily play over the Internet. A few months after the release of the add -ons for the support by JoWood has been set.

The Guild 2

The sequel to the game was released in September 2006 and is characterized mainly by the increased importance of the private life of the individual figures. This is more addressed to the figure, and their deeds. The motto, which advertises the game is " handle and pull the consequences."

Additionally, the game over its predecessor include a wider variety of occupations, a larger game world, more detailed graphics and an improved Artificial Intelligence.

There is also the add -on The Guild 2: Pirates of the Hanseatic League (version number 2.0). In this game there are innovations such as a hospital and a fishery. Also new actions found their way into the add -on. On August 31, 2007 The Guild 2 Gold appeared, which includes the main game and the add -on. All previous titles in the series, so The Guild and The Guild 2 with the respective add- ons have been put on the market under the name of The Guild Universe in July 2008.

On 25 July 2008 appeared The Guild 2 - The Royal Edition. This contains, besides the main game The Guild 2 and the add -on Pirates of the Hanseatic new maps and the patch 2.1.

The retail version was with many errors (especially game crashes and broken savegames ) loaded that have not yet been fully resolved with the then 1.2 patch for the main game. In August 2008, the final 1.4 patch was released for the main game, which has fixed in addition to new features such as guild houses, almost two years after the publication, serious bugs. The final patch 2.2 for "The Guild 2 - Pirates of the Hanseatic League ," " The Guild 2 - Gold Edition ", the " The Guild 2" version of "The Guild - Universe Edition " and " The Guild 2 - King Edition " was released on 7. May 2010.

The game is also available as a download version that is compatible with the latest patches.

A stand-alone expansion to The Guild 2 called The Guild 2 - Venice hit stores on October 10, 2008. This includes the city of Venice, a completely new style of building and some minor improvements. Fans responded to this add-on with harsh criticism, since they, in addition to new errors, among other things, the new buildings and textures not pledged. Moreover, the absence of an ( existing in The Guild 2 ) multiplayer mode in Venice was a further point of criticism.

The Guild 2 - Renaissance

A team of German The Guild community made ​​it their mission towards raising The Guild 2 closer to the guild. The result was the fan add-on The Guild 2 - Back to the Roots (English: Back to the roots ). It expanded the game among other things, two new professions, the Necromancer and the Geldleihers as well as 43 new products and various actions that contribute not least the atmosphere of the game. The success was with over 200,000 downloads and 164,000 copies on DVD ( print magazines ) very powerful. Therefore this team back to the roots 2 wanted to develop. In December 2008 it was announced that the official name of the Fan- addons The Guild 2 - crafts, pomp & should be called lazy spell. On 1 June 2009, it was announced that The Guild 2 - crafts, pomp & monkey business with the fan add-on The Guild 2 - should merge rise of the Patrician, which was developed especially for the recently founded RUNEFORGE Game Studios. This new fan add-on should The Guild 2 - Renaissance hot and should be released in Fall / Winter 2009. This date has been postponed to mid-2010.

On 10 May 2010 was on the press servers by JoWooD the release of " The Guild 2 - Renaissance " announced as an official stand-alone add-on. The RUNEFORGE team announced enormous appreciation of the addons in that now the source code and some special developer tools are available. JoWooD announced the release for July 27, 2010. This date was also observed. Thus appeared "The Guild 2 - Renaissance " on 27 July 2010, but has already been purchased in one transaction just before the release.

However, the game "The Guild 2 - Renaissance " is quite a lot of errors ( bugs) afflicted. Therefore, they brought yet on the release day patch 4.1 out who corrects gross errors. However, some errors are still included, and should be corrected with the other patch 4.2. The patch also adds additional content to the Renaissance.

Currently the patch is 4.15, and the beta version 4.17b ( 16 January 2011), also there is a fan patch.

1400

Published in 2009 Gameforge browser game Europe 1400, based on the game series. The game was, however, shut down on September 24, 2012 due to declining numbers of players.

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