Nebuchadnezzar (video game)

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

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]

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

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	73/100[10]

Review scores

Publication	Score
4Players	80/100[11]
GameStar	70/100[12][10]
PC Gamer (US)	64/100[5]
PC Games (DE)	7/10[13]
CD-Action	7/10[10]
Gamepressure	7.0/10[3]
Vortex	8/10[14]

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

PC Gamer summarized: "Nebuchadnezzar isn't lacking for class, but needs to dial up the fun factor."[5] 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."[2] Eurogamer praised the historical accuracy but described the campaign missions as repetitive.[15]

At the 2021 Czech Game of the Year Awards, Nebuchadnezzar won the Best Technological Solution award.[16][17]

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. Hauser, Reiner (15 February 2021). "Nebuchadnezzar hat im Test ein für Aufbauspiele ungewöhnliches Problem". GameStar (in German). Webedia. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. Nepos Games (13 December 2022). "Czech Game of the Year Winner". Steam. Valve Corporation. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

External links

• Official website