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XIII Century: Death or Glory

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Game Info

Publisher: GamersGate / 1C Company

Developer: OSW Games

Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: RP (Rating Pending)

Release Date: March 12, 2008

Summary

XIII Century is a real-time strategy game driven by an epic storyline torn from the pages of history. Players control European kings and dukes, Russian princes and boyars, and Mongolian khans and noyons. XIII Century features large-scale battles with thousands of soldiers clashing on detailed, realistic battlefields. This historical simulation recreates actual conditions of these glorious battles, taking into account the effects of terrain and weather. Wage war through 30 battles across 5 campaigns for the nations of England, France, Mongolia, Germany, and Kievan Rus' (Russia). Recreate great battles that changed the course of medieval history, including the battle of Bouvines (July 27, 1214), the battle of Falkirk (July 22, 1298), the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (July 16, 1212), and the battle on Lake Peipus (April 5, 1242). Many of the conflicts in XIII Century have never been featured in any PC game before, including the battle of Gelheim (July 2, 1298), battle of Taillebourg (July 22, 1242), and the siege of the stronghold Salvatierra (1211). [GamersGate]

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What The Critics Said

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Pelit (Finland)

Feels like Total War: Medieval. The sad thing is that Medieval has a better battle system and a much better strategic campaign. [Aug 2008]

GamingExcellence

All in all, XIII Century: Death or Glory is a must for the real-time strategy enthusiast.

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GameSpot

Attention to battlefield detail and smart AI make XIII Century a serious real-time tactical challenge.

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IGN

When the battles are this enjoyable and challenging, it's hard to fault Unicorn Games for not including more context for the fights, but it's simply impossible to avoid that criticism when the Total War games have such a hold on the same genre and setting as XIII Century.

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PC Gamer UK

Think of it as an unofficial add-on. [July 2008, p.80]

Gaming Nexus

High on complexity, difficulty, tactics. Low on grand strategy. Will appeal to miniatures, table-top gamers and RTS players looking for a challenge.

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PC Gamer

On top of the mediocre graphics, translation bloopers, and occasional crashes, these flaws will greatly hasten XIII's fade into history. [Oct 2008, p.70]

Play (Poland)

After the release of Medieval II this Ukrainian game still had a fighting chance thanks to its radical concept, but even putting aside the chaotic AI it's completely unplayable - it runs at staggering 5 fps even on powerful gaming rigs. [May 2008]

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