Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky
Release Date: March 11, 1994
Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky is a good example of how an economic game can focus on even the most strange topic. In the product of the German company Ikarion Software we will have to create a transport company based on airships popular in the first years of the 20th century.
Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky is a good example of how an economic game can focus on even the most strange topic. In the product of the German company Ikarion Software we will have to create a transport company based on the airships popular in the first years of the twentieth century.
The first thing that hits the eye after the launch of Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky is an unconventional approach to visual setting, entirely made in sepia colour. If we add to this the tasteful photographs from more than a hundred years ago, gothic fonts and music stylized for the interwar period, we get a unique product that looks and sounds as if it was actually created at the beginning of the 20th century. Also noteworthy is the clear, intuitive interface and simplicity of use of all the elements decisive for the management of the company. To Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky can be approached almost from a march, with a little idea of economic games.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin's invention of 1900 as a means of transport comes down perfectly. We can use it to transport both passengers and goods over long distances. In addition, the game offers the possibility to design and manufacture your own airships, which can be successfully sold at tenders organised by the governments of the major powers or private individuals. If we get bored with traditional flights from place to place, we can develop automatic communication lines between selected cities and allow the program to take care of the rest. Apart from us, in the race for the title of the best businessman there are also other carriers (controlled by a computer) or another player who can join the struggle at the beginning of the game. The game even allows you to purchase shares of a competing company, but you can never take full control over it (there are only 49% of the turnover).In addition to earning money in its purest form, the game will also have other threads. One of them is participation in specially organized competitions, allowing to beat speed and altitude records. During the journey we will also meet a mysterious woman named Rosanne, whose adoration and drawing to the altar is one of the main goals of the game. Lovers of historical realities will find a whole lot of news, presented in the form of telegrams or press releases. Thanks to the large amount of knowledge, not only about airships but also about the general geopolitical situation at that time, Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky not only entertains, but also teaches.
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Last updated on August 14, 2015
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Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky Summary
Platforms:
PC Windows
Developer: Ikarion
Publisher: MicroProse
Age restrictions: 12+
