Golden Age

Whoever is interested in Chinese history, particularly in the heyday of the great Tang Dynasty may find the game Golden Age interesting.

Golden Age is a browser real time strategy MMO that is set in ancient China around 625 AD, a turning point from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. Players will be driven into this vicissitude of dynasty change by destiny, embarking on the journey of adventure with half piece of a treasure map. Player-controlled avatars are not subject to the constraint of character classes. With free will fully granted in the game, players can probe into all three mainlines, namely combat, adventure and business.

Following the business storyline, players can give full play to their great business mind and dig up their first bucket of gold. Ways to make profits are avalanching in this game, such as pawning, auctioning, and monopolizing, etc. Among all the business opportunities, the most orthodox method is trading to earn money, slow yet stable. It is not a simple buying and selling; rather it involves an intricate mechanic. For instance, players may have to buy a certain goods from the yielding region and then turn to sell it to the areas with a shortage of such product; while in this process, freight may be taken into consideration in terms of vehicle types, capacity and expense, etc. Once players have cultivated certain economic strength, they could invest in industry, business or agriculture of a city or build their own factories.

As to the adventure part, this game introduces six adventure skills, which can be learned and upgraded through corresponding activities, including paying visits to men of letters, collecting food ingredients and ores, touring about the whole countries, seeking for treasure in relics, discovering new species and even excising the culinary art. All these activities are designed with different episodes of adventure, challenging and entertaining at once.

When it comes to the combat, optional fighting modes of five varied styles will not let players down. At present, there are four available intriguing solo subscriptions with specified geographic features covering cave, cliff, valley and tower, where players can enjoy fighting with monster bosses. Besides the solo, guild subscriptions of three types with different size limitations are also accessible. And arena mode can be further categorized into four kinds, all tinged with real competing activities in ancient China. Then there are also guild wars featuring capturing strategic passes and PK mode.

In addition to above three mainlines, there are also many auxiliary systems for players to entertain themselves. For instance, players may own their own homes, encounter famous figures in history and recruit them as generals, and apply for official titles when making great contribution to the nation. Tang Dynasty is a golden age in Chinese history, and in Golden Age players will witness its prosperity and be part of it too.