The 3rd Millennium

Short description: 1997 video game

The 3rd Millennium

Developer(s)| Cryo Interactive
Publisher(s)| Cryo Interactive
Release| 1997
Genre(s)| Simulation, Strategy

The 3rd Millennium is a 1997 simulation strategy game by Cryo Interactive.

## Contents

* 1 Plot and gameplay
* 2 Production
* 3 Critical reception
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Plot and gameplay

The player is a political leader in the year 2001. The world is divided into 31 different states over 5 large countries. Their task is to become ruler of the world by the year 2500.[1]

The gameplay is similar to other 4X strategies like the Civilization series. The isometric world map is accurate to 2500 square kilometres.[2] The game is management first, and storyline second.[3]

## Production

The 3rd Millennium came out in France in 1997, and in early 1998 in the United States.

The representation of the game's elements is based on "actual census, socio-economic and ecological projections for the period 2000 to 2500".[2] While the game is serious and accurate in terms of data,[clarification needed] the developers added humour and political incorrectness to ensure the player did not take the game too seriously.[3][4] According to producer Stephan Ressot, there is no combat in the game because he didn't think conquering entire continents with military power was realistic in the modern world.[1]

## Critical reception

PC Powerplay gave the game a rating of 52%.[5] PC Player gave it 38%.[6]

Cyro Interactive believes that the game failed to make an impact in Japan as the culture does not understand a "game of political intrigue with humour".[3] PC Zone felt that while the game's soundscape was "undeniably clever and surprisingly atmospheric", its gameplay was boring.[7] Avoc compared the title to Maxis' real-time strategy and management hybrid Sim City.[8]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NG Alphas: Cryo". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (32): 61. August 1997. https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_32.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cryo Interactive Home Page". 21 January 1998. Archived from the original on 21 January 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/19980121234413/http://www.cryo-interactive.com/frame_uk.htm.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "The 3rd Millennium". Next Publishing Pty Ltd. 1 August 1997. https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-015-1997-08.
4. ↑ "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!". http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=9349.
5. ↑ "3rd Millennium". January 1998. http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=9349.
6. ↑ "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games!". http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=17296.
7. ↑ Wright, Andrew (13 August 2001). "The 3rd Millennium". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=3517.
8. ↑ "The 3rd Millennium - Review". http://bill.bzaar.net/avoc/Html/Reviews/Giu98/Third/thirdrev.htm.

## External links

* The 3rd Millennium at MobyGames

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