ARTé: Mecenas®
Triseum · 2018 · Simulation, Strategy, Indie, RPG, Nudity
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About ARTé: Mecenas®
Enter the ITALIAN RENAISSANCE and shape history as head of the Medici family
Follow in the footsteps of history as head of the Medici family. To prosper you must balance your banking empire with smart political strategy. Prove yourself a true patron of the arts and take risks as you commission and support works from upstarts such as Brunelleschi, Donatello, and Raphael. Be wary of your relationships with powerful city-states, merchant factions, and the Pope as you navigate the treacherous political landscape of the Italian Renaissance. Succeed and your family will become one of the most powerful in all of Europe. Fail and history will be changed forever.
ARTé: Mecenas is a turn-based strategy game where your decisions leverage historical circumstances, conditions, and events surrounding the Italian Renaissance. You will experience the impact of political maneuvering, economics, and the Catholic Church on the creation of revolutionary artworks. Featuring the most influential artworks of the 15th and 16th centuries, the game presents over 130 pieces of art by more than 70 artists, including many of the most celebrated in history.
ARTé: Mecenas on Steam is intended for entertainment purposes only. This Steam edition does not contain access to the Triseum instructor or student web portals and cannot be used for credit in a classroom.
For information on how to purchase a classroom edition of ARTé: Mecenas visit the Triseum store or speak with your instructor for more details.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
The choices are only choices if you are happy failing. That being said, learning about the Italian Renaissance through a game like this is super cool. I really like it as an edu game. If you are looking to learn about some famous art and which popes are good and bad, then this is for you. https://youtu.be/AgAzwWOOUXA1 found this helpful
This game explains the dynamics and "morals" of renaissance trade very well, like only an interactive and immersive medium can, with great historical context. The gameplay is limited, and does not living up to the game's amazing pitch... and it borderline doesn't live up to its price tag, which is saying something. I LOVE when an action doesn't go the way I thought it would because I misunderstood the religious politics of the era, I'm affected by an error (even after verifying the installed files) which makes the artwork you can choose to commission not visible, so I just have to guess at 1/3 odds, missing any subtext or historical synchronicities communicated by the artworks. All the artwork is replaced by a white square with a magnifying glass over it, and clicking the image to get full view opens up a full-screen loading page that loads indefinitely so I have to close the window (with keyboard shortcuts, because the full-screen game becomes unresponsive) and restart the turn. I am running a fresh install of Windows 11 with no hacker finagling and every other steam game I've tried has worked fine. I couldn't find a solution to this problem online, and with not a single update …
I love the game, but I was hoping for more of it, it's a little too short. So I suggest discount price. If you're okay with the fact that it's rather short, then go for it, it's fun.
Fun game! though wish I could play offline.
Relatively simple turn-playing. The art is real, the factions are real. Pleasant, casual game!
This is about a 2 hour game. It's more of a story game than an economic simulator or an art history educational tool. That's okay, though. More than enough story and interactivity to be worth the $10 price tag.
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