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Prince of Qin is an action Role-Playing Gamedeveloped by Object Software Limited and published Strategy First, released in 2002 for Windows. This is a single-player and multiplayer game.

This game received mixed reviews from the gaming press; some criticized its too simple gameplay, and other praised its interesting and fascinating storyline; the visuals and the graphics are also extremely good and well-detailed and will completely immerse you.

A quite similar game was released earlier entitled Seal of Evil that was also an extremely interesting game.

The game takes place in a real historical setting during the last years of the Qin Dynastyin China 2,200 years ago starring Prince Fusuwhom unlike in real history did not commit suicide. You will encounter numerous historical incidents and characters during that time before the creation of Han Dynasty. Your main aim is to find a way to have access to the throne.

Prince of Qin balances team-fighting, with up to five heroes per team, with various strategies and tactics. You will be challenged by many enemies in more than 100 unique scenes accurately depicting society and architecture as it existed at the time.

The game s novel features include multi-scenario and multi-ending systems, randomly created weapons, items and enemies, an equipment creating system and a sophisticated fighting system rooted in the ancient philosophy of the Five Elements (earth, fire, metal, water, and wood).

The game features several classes of warrior that you can choose to form your team. They are the Paladin class, with several characters (who have their own abilities and background stories); they are good in attacking and are equipped with some exclusive skills. They have attack and defend power.

Thus they can not only attack very fiercely in battles but they can also cause a lot of disruption in the enemy area. Their skills of weapon making and repairing are very significant to a team s success.

The Muscleman class; the musclemen are strong in physical stature, and are good at near body attacks. At the same time they can protect their side from a magic attack or a long-range attack. While fighting, they can hurtle into the enemy s battle array to attract their attention, and thereby create opportunities for the others on their side.

Raising fierce beasts and fierce fighting are the two main technical abilities of Musclemen. Moreover, only Musclemen are able to use those heavy weapons required to be used with both hands.

The wizard class; the wizard are weak in defense, have low defense power and they are not good in near-body attack, so they may be killed in a combat situation if careful attention is not paid.

But at the same time the technical ability that Wizards have may make up for their lack of physical attacking power.

The witch class, the witches mostly come from the underdeveloped area in the south. They are experts in all kinds of herbs and poison. Similar to Wizards, they are weak in defense power and they are unable to conduct near body attacks on the enemy. Attacking and Making curses are the two main skills of witches, a very important role in the game.

You will also meet many non-playable characters within the game that are important for the story.

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