
When the player decides to step aside from bloodshed, one can work as a trader between the two sides of the Great Wall, or simply tour around the land for places of interest, or foods of great taste. Some of them will reward the player with a collection of character cards. The player can join their quests and follow the well-known stories from history. The player can visit the taverns, streets, and may meet historic figures that bear familiar names: the great generals like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, or the commoner warriors akin to Guo Jie and Lei Bei. Han Empire has grand palaces, high walls and towers nomad tribes scatter across the tall grass in the Southwestern mountains, Dian drums reveal from thick forests in the Western Territory, lofty castles stand along the edge of oasis rivers. The city scenes present the landscape of regional centers in different cultures. Qin helmets, Han lamellar, ring-hilt swords, whistling arrows and eagle bows, all help the player experience a warrior’s path from the middle land, into the high steppes, and over the moving sands. Many of them are digitally crafted for the first time, and brings a window for the player to glance at the eastern weaponry and culture from more than two millennia ago. The game has more than 1000 original weapons, armors, dresses, architecture and other items, carefully made according to recent archaeological findings. Two hundred cities, large and small, represent more than thirty countries, cultures and tribes at the time.

The in-game world spans from the tribes of Sushen and Fuyu, on the bank of the Black River in the East, to the land of Kangju and Dayuan on the West of the lofty Pamirs. The game starts during the reign of the Wudi Emperor of Han, and revolves around the wars between the Han Empire and the Xiongnu on the northern steppes, as well as that among other kingdoms, cities and tribes at the time. This game sets the historical background in the eventful years of the early Han Dynasty, and feature in role-playing, real-time strategy and action game plays. Members of ShangShiXuan cohere to archaeological discoveries and historic documents to faithfully preset the culture and scenes of an eastern world.


Gloria Sinica: Han Xiongnu Wars in a stand-along game based on the engine of Mount&Blade, Warband.
