Celtic Kings: The Punic Wars

This product is also called Nemesis of the Roman Empire in North America.

Background

The three Punic wars were fought by Rome and Carthage between 264 BC and 146 BC, and include the famous campaigns of Hannibal and Scipio Africanus. The wars marked a change in the Roman military from a highly organized killing machine to the dogged geurilla tactics employed by her enemies. Can Rome endure this revolution?

Gameplay

Utilizing the same style of gaming that made Celtic Kings: Rage of War so unique, The Punic Wars effortlessly combines RTS and RPG gaming for a truly refreshing game experience. Fight epic battle while also focusing on heroes and their individual influences on the tides of war.

Features

Two new nations: the Carthaginians and the Iberians, complete with their own historical units (War Elephants, Libyan Infantry, Numidian riders, Slingers, Mountaineers, three new catapult models) and buildings. The handling of every nation is completely different.

A single-player campaign featuring the campaign of Hannibal Barca (Sagunto battle, the crossing of the Alps, Cannas battle)

A single-player campaign featuring the development of the Roman Republic during the Punic wars (the invasion of Sicily, the conquest of Hispania, the destruction of Carthage)

Completely new terrains, now including desert

New custom maps

New music and more than 100 new sound effects

Players can choose their race while playing on custom maps and the game modifies the map to fit the stronghold they've chosen

New unit specials including regeneration (units heal faster and eat more food), bleeding attack (in addition to its normal attack the unit takes 10% off the enemy health), rage (the unit increases its damage spending its own health) and full armor (reduces the damage from all attacks).

New ways to obtain resources and new upgrades including additional options for the Gaul and Roman nations.

Dozens of additions to the CK engine: automatic training of warriors, capturing of supply mules, aimed arrow shooting from towers and more.

Hardware Requirements

Minimal requirements:
IBM PC or 100% compatible
MS Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
A 400 MHz Pentium II processor
128MB of system memory
Video board capable of displaying 1024x768 with thousands of colours
4x or faster CD-ROM
DirectX 8.1 or newer

Recommended requirements
IBM PC or 100% compatible
MS Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
A 600 MHz Pentium II processor
196MB of system memory
Video board capable of displaying 1024x768 with thousands of colours

International release dates:
Europe: May 21, 04

Official URL

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