Martial Kingdoms

Martial Kingdoms
Developer(s) T-Time Technology Co., Ltd.
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)
    Genre(s) Strategy
    Mode(s) Single player

    Martial Kingdoms (simplified Chinese: 天下霸图; traditional Chinese: 天下霸圖; pinyin: Tiān Xià Bà Tú) is a Chinese single-player wuxia strategy video game developed by Taiwan's T-Time Technology Co., Ltd. The game was released in 2003.[1] It has a sequel, Martial Kingdoms 2, which was released in 2007.[1]

    Gameplay

    The player chooses one from 13 martial arts sects to play as, and must conquer the other sects to rule the wulin (martial artists' community) and win the game. At the start of the game, each sect controls at least one duo (or base) out of 20 main ones, all located on a map of China. A sect is conquered when it loses all its bases or when its leader is killed.

    There are different ways for a sect to increase its strength and power:

    The player can manage the sect members and arrange their daily schedules to determine how much time each member spends on a certain task (e.g. collecting resources, making items, training) and what skill the member will be learning.

    Plot

    The game is set in the Ming dynasty during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. The emperor is deceived by the treacherous chancellor Yan Song, and he fears that the wulin (martial artists' community) may pose a threat to him. He sends the Jinyiwei (secret police) to stir up conflict among the various sects in the hope that they will destroy each other.

    There are four storylines that the player can choose from. In each storyline, the number of bases occupied by each sect at the beginning is different and some sects appear only in certain storylines. In addition, the player has the option of creating a new sect if he/she does not wish to play as any of the 12 default sects.

    The 20 bases are:

    The 12 default sects featured in the game are:

    Name Storylines Main base Specialties in martial arts / others
    Demonic Cult
    魔教     		1, 2, 3, 4 Dian Lake Palm, finger, sword and spear styles
    Beggars' Sect
    丐幫     		1, 2, 3, 4 Yingtian Prefecture Palm and staff styles
    Shaolin Monastery
    少林寺     		1, 2, 3, 4 Mount Song Fist, staff, palm and finger styles
    Wudang Sect
    武當派     		1, 2, 3, 4 Wudang Mountains Sword, palm and fist styles
    Emei Sect
    峨嵋派     		1, 2 Mount Emei Sword, palm, finger and kick styles
    Mount Hua Sect
    華山派     		1, 2, 3 Mount Hua,
    Mount Heng (only in storyline 3)     		Sword and palm styles
    Mount Wu Sect
    巫山派     		1, 2 Wu Mountains Saber, kick, sword and staff styles; poison-based secret weapon attacks
    Dongting Sect
    洞庭幫     		2, 3 Dongting Lake Staff styles; qinggong
    Taiyi Cult
    太乙教     		1, 2, 3 Huangshan Saber, sword and staff styles
    Baoxiang Monastery
    寶相寺     		1, 2, 3 Mount Tiantai Finger styles
    Heroes' Gate
    英雄門     		2, 3, 4 Qilian Mountains Spear, saber, sword and fist styles
    Shennong Sect
    神農幫     		1, 2, 3 Changbai Mountains Saber styles; production of medicine and antidotes

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 (Chinese) Products page of T-Time website

    External links

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