Royal Envoy II Special Edition for Windows 8

Royal Envoy II is a time management game where you will have to build, rebuild, demolish, upgrade and collect resources in order to transform Middleshire into the most wealthiest and happiest of all the provinces in the kingdom.

A series of misfortunes

All the governors of the kingdom are called to the royal palace to attend the meeting where they can present the king the latest progress. Most have only good news: the increase of the citizen's happiness or an increase in the kingdom's revenue. The king admires their good deeds and awards them medals.

Only one governor is late, the Governor of Middleshire. The hot air balloon he was traveling in deflated, the ship was lost at sea and the carriage lost a wheel. The king will not tolerate these kinds of things and appoints you as the new Governor. You will have to travel at once to Middleshire and restore happiness to its citizens while increasing its wealth and fortune.

Making everything work

Your adviser will be the trusty Cedric, you must listen to his advice especially in the first levels, when the tutorial will allow you to learn about the game.

The game is now that complex as it features only two kinds of resources: wood and food. The wood can be gather by chopping down trees or from your local sawmill. The food can be gathered from bushes or when they're missing, you can build farms.

The is also an in-game currency. Most new structures and upgrades require money as well as resource to be built. You can get money from renting houses. The higher the level on a house, the more money you'll earn so make sure you upgrade regularly.

As in any other time management game, you will have to hurry and complete your objectives with haste in order to gain the maximum amount of stars. Lost of cool achievements can be unlocked if you do everything right.

More freedom would be welcomed

Royal Envoy II is a very addictive game and you can loose yourself in it for hours. The graphics are fun and so is the story.

One thing I don't really get is the chore list. There are some objectives you must complete and if you want to upgrade a house or build two more, that are not on the list, you won't have time and won't get all the stars. I also dislike when only one building is available and you play to the middle of the game in order to be able to build what you like, when you like. But I guess they just followed the river of time management cliches.