![]() ![]() The release was pushed to August 2003 due to the localization team's pre-occupation with Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft III and, unlike Strategy First, Capcom did not dub their release. Object Software also partnered with Capcom to release in the Japanese market under the title 「天覇光芒記 ~プリンス・オブ・シン~」 ( difficult-to-translate Japanese-ey head-title – Prince of Qin romaji: Tenpakoubouki – Purinsu obu Shin). Western media often compared it to Diablo II and Baldur's Gate. 2 These latter factors generally saved it from utterly dismal reviews. Reviewers criticized clunky mechanics, poor voice acting, and poor translation, but often praised the aesthetic, history-derivation, and music. It was released to the US market in August 2002 with a full English dub. They partnered with Strategy First to release in the United States market under the title Prince of Qin and brought a beta of the English version to E3 2002. Object Software began development on 《秦殇》 ( Qin War pinyin: Qín Shāng IPA: /tɕʰin ʂɑŋ/) in 2000 and released in China during July 2002. Skip past it if you're not interested in the time period in which Prince of Qin was released.Īlright, let's get at this tiger-fish! 1 History ![]() I cite specific passages from Burton Watson's translation Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty (2013, 3rd edition) as SHIJI in the footnotes, although a fair majority of the storyline section is derived from it.įair warning: the next section is probably very boring. If you want to learn more about the Qin Dynasty, the Shiji (史記) covers it extensively. I supply Simplified Chinese for introductions, as well as pinyin and IPA where appropriate if the pinyin is absent, its transliteration is roughly equivalent to the Chinese. I give a history and overview of Prince of Qin & its related games, my experience with the game, and its possible futures in my care. This article is sort-of documentation for the game and a chronicle of my time with it. It's also a game that I am irrationally attached to. ![]() Despite its numerous flaws, Prince of Qin is one of few video games I hold in high regard. ![]()
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