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Armies of Exigo

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Armies of Exigo
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8.4 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 31 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Black Hole Games

Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy

Players: 12

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: November 30, 2004

Summary

Worlds collide in Armies of Exigo, a fantasy RTS where the boundaries of the battlefield are broken and war is waged both above and below the ground. This game takes strategy to new depths as elves, beasts, knights, and creatures of the darkness are locked in an epic battle for survival. In the world of Exigo, where peace and prosperity have reigned for years, the empires of man and beast faces their greatest threat yet. A sinister force known as The Fallen has awaken to strike where the inhabitants of this world least expect - from underground. Users will take control of massive armies, wage wars in the forests and river valleys of the surface, then descend into the caverns and catacombs of the underworld to face off against the dark evil. [Electronic Arts]

What The Critics Said

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89

Gamer's Hell

It is simply one of the best handling RTS games that I’ve ever played, and I played just about all of them.

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86

GameZone

One good thing is that players will face little to no slow down even with a huge battle going on in the middle of the screen.

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84

Pelit (Finland)

Unfortunately, Exigo comes from the big book of fantasy strategy clichés and does not bring anything new to the genre.Still, it is a well done real-time strategy and definitely worth its price. [Jan. 05]

80

Computer Gaming World

Calling it an homage, an interpretation, a clone, or even a rip-off doesn't change the fact that it's a damn fine game. [March 2005, p.75]

80

Yahoo! Games

With great looks, a clever multi-layer mechanic, and well devised sides, one wonders why Electronic Arts would release a game this good at a time this bad.

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80

GameSpy

The game's saving graces are its graphics and well-balanced races, and if you crave long backbreaking campaigns, you'll find plenty to keep you occupied here, but it's too bad that Black Hole couldn't have fleshed out the game's embryonic innovations to deliver something more daring and less imitative.

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80

GamePro

Exigo's multileveled gameplay is a good first step in an interesting direction, but unfortunately, that's not always enough to compete in the brutally competitive RTS genre. With more tweaking, Armies of Exigo could definitely give Blizzard a run for its money. [Dec 2004, p.126]

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80

Game Informer

The super-group function and solo campaign level designs are particularly awesome. [Dec 2004, p.188]

77

Worth Playing

The most disappointing thing about Exigo is that the gameplay just isn’t all that exiting. Everything looks nice and is well-balanced, but there’s little here that hasn’t been done before.

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76

Gamers' Temple

Strategy fans will be more tolerant of the difficulty and may enjoy the chance to return to the roots of RTS gameplay without putting up with 1990s graphics.

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75

Gaming Age

It is easy to pick up and play, it is gorgeous, and it provides a few new elements yet seen by fans of RTS games.

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75

Gaming Nexus

Seems to take too much from too many other real-time strategy games, and fails to capitalize and to create its own niche.

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74

Armchair Empire

Even the interface is out of the olden days.

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73

PC Gamer

Seems more like a cosmetic upgrade to a game we played to death two years ago rather than a truly new experience. [Holiday 2004, p.92]

72

PC Format

With so much effort put into Being Whatevercraft, it's a real shame that a bit more time wasn't spent on really trying to surpass it, rather than just being a solid game that's as ultimately memorable as a disembowel movement. [Dec 2004, p.89]

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72

PC Gameworld

It's not a classic of the genre, but it gets the job done and has outstanding graphics and animation work.

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71

WHAM! Gaming

If you think you’d enjoy playing an RTS you played 4 years ago, but with wickedly updated graphics/sound/cut scenes and with a dual layered map, then by all means pick [it] up.

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70

AceGamez

It's not the deepest strategy game ever made, but it does provide a few hours of lightweight strategic fun here and there, even if most of what it does has been done better elsewhere.

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70

IGN

This is definitely a game aimed at the hardcore, old school crowd. Newcomers to the real-time strategy genre will find that the campaign is difficult to the point of near total aggravation.

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67

GameSpot

The gameplay is very much like that of the earliest real-time strategy games. This is a traditional RTS that seemingly ignores all the advances that the genre has experienced over the past several years.

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66

Inside Gamer Online

The gameplay is standard, if sometimes uneven and difficult, and the units aren’t anything we haven’t seen before.

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60

Australian GamePro

AOE proudly champions these genre cliches, but in doing so, buries the old-school for good.

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60

Eurogamer

The gameplay is a castrated version of "Warcraft III" - you can see the hallmarks of a fine specimen, but the testosterone is all long gone - while the script is cringeworthy in places, reminiscent of the very worst desperate "Lord of the Rings" wannabes in fantasy fiction writing.

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60

Boomtown

Something of a one trick pony. It’s all done competently, and there’s certainly enjoyment to be found here, but it lacks character; that exciting spark or polish that distinguishes the truly great RTS games. Once the novelty of the dual layer system wears off you’ll pine for a fresher, less workman-like, experience.

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60

1UP

The artificial intelligence is also AWOL. The alertness of each unit is figured individually, and not shared even amongst a group.

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60

G4 TV

The reliance on old school game mechanics does make the game dated. It’s a bit like playing a clone of the original Doom after you’ve finished Half-Life 2.

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59

ActionTrip

Anything that was good about Armies of Exigo is irreparably ruined by the woefully cliché story, simplicity, repetitive mission objectives and often dimwitted AI. I would have forgiven it all that, if only it hadn't been so boring.

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50

games(TM)

No matter how hard you search, there's little here that wasn't done by StarCraft, Age of Empires or any other recent RTS... There's no worthy inovation here to raise this above any other title. [Jan 2005, p.114]

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50

Computer Games Magazine

For the most part, this is RTS 101... all over again. [March 2005, p.77]

50

Cheat Code Central

You're going to have to play this game for a long time to learn how to win, or you may just get lucky and get all of the sequences rights.

42

Game Revolution

A playable RTS and even marginally entertaining, but that’s only because its developers blatantly adopted every single hackneyed RTS convention they could get their hands on. Even the fall guy has enough self-respect to avoid doing that.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 21 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Nah T. gave it a0:
It looks like "RPG elements" in any game released nowadays have to be predictable and racist. The concept of beautiful therefore "good" races fighting against ugly therefore "evil" things is fascist at best. This isn't this specific game's fault however; we must "thank" Tolkien for all this crap.

Nod D. gave it a10:
Marvellous RTS.

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
StarCraft 2005!!!!

Mzzx gave it a10:
Really strong competitor of today's big titles. Definitely worths price.

Abu gave it a10:
This game rocks!

M X gave it a 9:
Amazing oldschool-MP. if you like starcraft, you will like this one as well.

A R gave it a 10:
Best game since Starcraft.

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