Nebuchadnezzar (video game)

Nebuchadnezzar is a city-building game developed and published by Nepos Games for Windows and Linux on December 3, 2020. The game takes place in Ancient Mesopotamia. The game has been compared to Impressions Games' City Building series, especially the fourth entry, Pharaoh.[2][3][4]

Nebuchadnezzar
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Developer(s)Nepos Games
Publisher(s)Nepos Games
Platform(s)Windows, Linux
ReleaseFebruary 17, 2021[1]
Genre(s)City-building
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

The game's campaign tasks the player with building some of the cities in ancient Mesopotamia like Ur, Nineveh, and Babylon.[5]

Release

Nebuchadnezzar was announced on November 2, 2019, for release in 2020.[6] On November 19, 2020, the game was delayed to February 17, 2021.[7] A DLC campaign, The Adventures of Sargon, was released on February 7, 2023.[8][9]

Reception

Nebuchadnezzar received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.[10]

Rick Lane of PC Gamer summarized: "I like a lot of what Nebuchadnezzar does, from its wonderful presentation to its highly dynamic city simulation. But the core systems are currently too stern and austere compared to the payoff of successfully building your city. Similar games like Anno 1800 and Dyson Sphere Program offer grander, more spectacular rewards with fewer frustrations. Nebuchadnezzar isn't lacking for class, but needs to dial up the fun factor."[5]

Nate Crowley of Rock Paper Shotgun criticized the lack of content: "There are temples, but there's no religion. There's no entertainment. No war. No disease. No taxes, even. Admittedly, there's no fire or crime either, and I do not miss the requirement to spam otherwise purposeless buildings in order to prevent constant, petty disasters. But overall, it makes you even more glad you've got your monuments to customise, because other than that, it's just warehouse planning all the way down."[2]

Matt Wales of Eurogamer described the campaign: "Then there's the inherent repetition of each campaign mission, requiring players to cover the same old steps plus a bit more each time to reach their goal. For me though, that's part of the charm, and I've struggled to wrench myself free of Nebuchadnezzar's soothingly familiar cycles and logistical tinkering this week, happily losing hours to its gentle rhythm of expansion."[14]

At the 2021 Czech Game of the Year Awards, Nebuchadnezzar won the Best Technological Solution award.[15][16]

References
  1. "Nebuchadnezzar is Finally Here!". Steam. Valve Corporation. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. Crowley, Nate (25 February 2021). "Nebuchadnezzar is two thirds of an outstanding historical city builder". Rock Paper Shotgun. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. Pawlikowski, Matthias (18 February 2021). "Nebuchadnezzar Review - Unremarkable Trip to the Past". Gamepressure. Gry-Online. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. Brown, Fraser (11 February 2021). "Nebuchadnezzar is a throwback to my favourite city builders of 1000 BC and 1999 AD". PC Gamer. Future plc. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. Lane, Rick (17 February 2021). "Nebuchadnezzar review". PC Gamer. Future plc. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. Brown, Fraser (5 November 2019). "Nebuchadnezzar channels classic city builders like Pharaoh and Zeus". PC Gamer. Future plc. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  7. Brown, Fraser (19 November 2020). "Nebuchadnezzar is an Impressions-style city builder coming next year". PC Gamer. Future plc. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  8. Kleszyk, Kamil (8 February 2023). "Nebuchadnezzar, Pharaoh on Steroids, Received Sizable Addition". Gamepressure. Gry-Online. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  9. Nepos Games (7 February 2023). "Nebuchadnezzar Update 1.4 and The Adventures of Sargon DLC Out Now!". Steam. Valve Corporation. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  10. "Nebuchadnezzar for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  11. Cramer, Eike (19 March 2021). "Test: Nebuchadnezzar". 4Players (in German). Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  12. Dammes, Matthias (18 February 2021). "Nebuchadnezzar im Test: Solide Aufbaustrategie auf Basis klassischer Spielkonzepte". PC Games (in German). Computec Media GmbH. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  13. Krajča, Tomáš (1 February 2021). "Nebuchadnezzar - Budování měst a monumentů Mezopotámie v české strategii je poctou hrám jako Pharaoh". Vortex (in Czech). Vortex Media. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  14. Wales, Matt (26 February 2021). "What we've been playing". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  15. Sulková, Kristýna (6 December 2022). "Cenu Česká hra roku 2021 získala Svoboda 1945". Vortex (in Czech). Vortex Media. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  16. Nepos Games (13 December 2022). "Czech Game of the Year Winner". Steam. Valve Corporation. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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