Spartan - PC

Spartan focuses on one of the most influential civilisations in the history of mankind - the Ancient Greeks, and allows players to choose from 100 nations to lead to victory, including Sparta, renowned for its total dedication to the art of war and that produced the ultimate fighting machine of the ancient world - the Spartan Hoplite; probably most famous for the courageous last stand of 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480BC


Features:

• Over 100 historically researched nations, each with a varying number of settlements and cities



• Hundreds of buildings and city improvements, utilising nine different resources such as Gold, Marble, Copper and Grain



• Heroic leaders to inspire soldiers and lead armies in the field.



• Philosophers and scientists able to research dozens of different technologies.



• Over 40 different troop types across 10 ethnic and cultural groups



• The option to fight interactive battles on a 3D map.



• Cities that can be besieged to weaken them before an assault and catapults that hurl Greek Fire at the armies as they attack



• A fully rendered and authentically accurate campaign map of ancient Greece around 400BC



• A new multiplayer option which incorporates an unique AAM (always active multiplayer) feature for two players over LAN or GameSpy



• Spies and diplomats that can broker trade deals, non-aggression pacts, alliances and undertake covert operations.



• Naval movement, battles and amphibious invasions.



• Roman, Persian or barbarian invaders.



• A reactive stock market that allows players to trade resources.

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