Welcome to Empirical

Empirical is a VRMMORPG created by Butterfly (Effect) Games, and was released in 2042 as a Military History Simulation (MHS). Though designed for a niche audience of armchair historians and strategy game enthusiasts, it experienced unprecedented success upon launch for a variety of factors, grossing nearly $10 billion in its first year of release alone. It has since grown to become the most successful piece of software in history, incorporating social media, video gaming, virtual reality, animation, AI and cinema in one package. It is the closest thing for players to live out a full secondary life in the virtual world that has ever been created.

In Empirical, players create their own Commander Avatar, which represents themself in the game world. It can be customised and made to look however the user desires, and also comes with a variety of in game skills and attributes which are covered in the Character Creation menu. With this completed, having chosen a Specialization and starting Roster, they can choose to appear at any specific location on the World Map which is marked as a Marshal Ground.

Often, at Marshal Grounds, there will be Representatives from various Nations, looking to recruit new Commanders into their forces. If players choose to join one of these player made factions, they will generally be given orders to report to a higher ranked Commander somewhere within that Nation's Territory. For those who choose to go it alone, the next step is to gather their army and set off into the Wilderness, looking to gain Experience and Fortune.

The World Map consists of three distinct Continents, the first and most populated being Euresta, modelled after Europe of the time. There is also Antiquia, an analogue to Africa, and Aventura, which resembles North and Central America. Euresta is an almost entirely PvP Continent, Antiquia is primarily PvE, and Ventura is a mix of both.

Though the main focus of the game was originally intended to be conquest and military strategy, many other ways of playing the game have since come about, for example Marketeering, Moderation, Engineering, Roleplaying and Politics. Empirical has a very strong Professional League, with the top generals known worldwide as A-List celebrities and personalities.