Capitalism II

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Capitalism II
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Developer(s) Enlight
Publisher(s) Ubi Soft
Designer(s) Trevor Chan
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Release
  • NA: December 17, 2001 [1]
  • EU: February 15, 2002
Genre(s) Business simulation
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer
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Capitalism II in-game

Capitalism II is the sequel to the business simulation video game Capitalism . It was created by Enlight and published by Ubi Soft in 2001.

Contents

The player creates and controls a business empire. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world, including marketing, manufacturing, purchasing, importing and retailing. It has two new campaigns (Capitalist Campaign and Entrepreneur Campaign) plus an in-depth tutorial.

The gameplay is very similar to the original version. One noticeable difference from the original Capitalism is that there are fewer products derived from agricultural resources.

Capitalism II will run on modern versions of Microsoft Windows whereas the previous versions would not.

Capitalism II has also been ported to Mac OS X by Virtual Programming.

A new expanded version of Capitalism II, called Capitalism Lab, was released on December 14, 2012. [2] Capitalism Lab has many new features, improvements and a new concept of challenge games. [3]

Subsequently, the following DLCs have been released for Capitalism Lab: Subsidiary DLC in 2014, [4] City Economic Simulation DLC [5] in 2016, Digital Age DLC in 2018, [6] and Banking and Finance DLC [7] in 2020.

Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [8]

References

  1. "Capitalism II goes gold". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  2. "Capitalism Lab has been officially released!". Capitalism II and Capitalism Lab Forum. Enlight Software. December 14, 2012. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  3. "Capitalism Lab – Taking Business Simulation to a New Frontier". Archived from the original on 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  4. "Subsidiary DLC".
  5. "City Economic Simulation DLC". Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  6. "Digital Age DLC". Archived from the original on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  7. "Banking and Finance DLC". Archived from the original on 2020-10-18. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  8. 1 2 "Capitalism II for PC Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  9. Lackey, Jeff (April 17, 2002). "Capitalism II". Computer Games Magazine . theGlobe.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2004.
  10. Geryk, Bruce (May 2002). "Capitalism II" (PDF). Computer Gaming World . No. 214. Ziff Davis. p. 86. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  11. Parker, Sam (December 19, 2001). "Capitalism II Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  12. Wessel, Craig (January 20, 2002). "Capitalism II". GameSpy . IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 4, 2005. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  13. Suzi Sez (February 22, 2002). "Capitalism II - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  14. Bates, Jason (January 16, 2002). "Trevor Chan's Capitalism II". IGN . Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on August 14, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  15. Romendil (February 28, 2002). "Test: Capitalism 2". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  16. "Capitalism II". PC Gamer UK . Future plc. 2002.
  17. Brenesal, Barry (April 2002). "Capitalism II". PC Gamer . Vol. 9, no. 4. Future US. p. 80. Archived from the original on February 3, 2008.
  18. O'Hagan, Steve (April 2, 2002). "Capitalism 2 Review". PC Zone . Future plc. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010.