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One interesting feature about Royal Envoy is that it is not centred around winning and losing, but is a game more or less allowing the player to just relax and build up their empire. Royal Envoy always keeps you busy with things to do. You simply find open lots, build structures on them, upgrade them, and build again. Workers take care of building and creating materials while taxers take care of collecting revenue to keep your empire running.
Although houses are the games basic bread and butter, the player has access to a multitude of buildings, each with a specific purpose. Sawmills, for example, produce wood for construction. Bridges help gain access to otherwise unreachable areas, while markets provide you with full-blow trading facilities. Banks can improve your empire's cash-flow, while home upgrades can not only increase tax revenue but improve their durability as well. All work and no play makes an empire without flair, however, so you should also build gardens and flower beds to keep the general population happy.
Royal Envoy has side missions as well. You can pay off bandits to keep them from trashing your developments. You can also send workers on treasure-digging adventures. New things are always being introduced as the game progresses, helping prevent it from getting boring
The game may sound boring at first but each new level steps up the pace significantly.
It is easy for the game to get overwhelming for the unexpected. Your advisor, Cedric, is priceless when it comes to in-game advice to help prevent this from happening to you. Help icons and status bars keep you informed of where your works are at and what you need to be doing at the moment.
If you finish your level's mission before the timer is up then you win gold stars which help you earn a trophy for each island you complete. This timer can be ruthlessly unforgiving at times, often requiring the player to re-try the level several times before getting it right. Unlike other games, you do not automatically lose the level when the timer expires. You can continue playing and even finish the mission. The only problem is that you just don't win any trophies.
Whereas some empire-building games contain elements like military force building and battles against computer and human opponents, Royal Envoy focuses predominantly only building and time management, making it appealing towards young people and casual gamers who really aren't interested in bloodshed and destruction.
Royal Envoy is suitable for all audiences It is available for online browser play and Windows/Mac OS platforms.
