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Imperial Glory

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Game Info

Publisher: Eidos Interactive

Developer: Pyro Studios

Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: May 17, 2005

Summary

Imperial Glory promises to be the most extensive strategy game ever, offering an in- depth management model along with graphically stunning real-time land and naval battles in full 3D. Choose which of the five great 19th century Empires to lead: Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia or Austro-Hungary, each with their own unique attributes. Command your troops in large-scale battles across the globe, from the green fields of England to the icy wastes of Russia and sweeping deserts of Morocco. However, ultimate glory will depend on your utilising politics, trade, diplomacy, resource management and technology research. This is an age of change be at the leading edge of the modern world or your civilization will crumble and fall. [Eidos Interactive]

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What The Critics Said

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Total Video Games

The implementation of controllable sea battles and the interactive environments certainly develops the gameplay of the combat RTS sub-genre and it’s sure to be a feature that a certain developer called Creative Assembly will be looking out for.

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PC Gamer

Truly epic historical strategy. It's a good pick for RTS fans. [Aug 2005, p.60]

PC Gameworld

The next best thing to attending a real world military college.

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IGN

The campaign's tedious start is a significant obstacle to gamers who want to "get to the good stuff" without going through the motions of developing a massive resource base and drafting an army from scratch.

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GameZone

The graphics, gameplay, and concept are all well done. There is a bit of a learning curve, but players ease into the complex areas of the game.

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G4 TV

The empire-building gameplay is surprisingly compelling and fast-paced, while the battles themselves give you a taste of, well, glory. Hugo be damned; this empire building is fun stuff.

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AltGaming

Don’t expect to complete Imperial Glory anytime soon; like a good book, you’ll have to invest your time, but you’re repaid with a great reward.

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Worth Playing

If anything, Imperial Glory does look exciting and does permit a good degree of strategizing.

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PC Format

It puts up a brave fight, but can't quite defeat the champion of war games ("Rome: Total War"). After all, Rome wasn't beat in a day. [July 2005, p.96]

Pelit (Finland)

A great concept, but the game suffers from its poor AI. Also, the balance between diplomacy and war should have been improved. [Aug. 05]

VGPub

This one is not for the impatient. The campaign mode does drag out for a long time and loading times are on the lengthy side, but should you be patient enough to overlook these details, you’ll definitely have a good time.

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Game Over Online

Imperial Glory feels like a giant step forward for Pyro Studios. Its scope and complexity is far greater than any of the previous strategy titles I’ve seen from them.

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Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

The encouraging thing about IG's niggles is that they're patchable. In a few months players should be positioning troops with confidence and dispensing orders on a far more regular basis. Without these improvements, however, IG will remain annoying and silly. [PC Gamer UK]

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Yahoo! Games

As it is, it still has much to commend, but its peculiar design choices make it difficult to enjoy to its full potential.

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eToychest

The campaign mode is good fun for a while, but the unsatisfying battle element will leave strategy buffs begging for more.

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GameSpot

In copying the formula of Total War, Pyros Studios, the designers of Imperial Glory, have missed the small nuances and details that made the Total War games, in particular Medieval and Rome, something special.

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PALGN

Above average. Minor errors corrupt what may have been a good game.

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PC Gamer UK

When half a battalion decides to leave your borders undefended while they wage their own private suicide-o-war, it's more than a little galling. [May 2006, p.96]

GamerFeed

While it attempts to be a strong contender against the Total War series, it doesn't make it, even with the unique addition of naval combat.

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Game Chronicles

The graphics are slick and I can tell a lot of historical research went into making this game, but I can’t shake the feeling that the Pyro designers are still using muskets while the competition has moved on to assault rifles.

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1UP

It might even be considered a pretty decent RTS of usual sort, but taken as a historically accurate simulation; it's utterly disappointing and comes nowhere close to challenging the Total War series.

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GameSpy

One frustrating game. It gets so many things right and it certainly looks the part, but fans of the genre -- especially those interested in Napoleon-era fighting -- will have a tough time getting around the game's lighthearted attempt at modeling combat.

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Eurogamer

There's really something fundamentally wrong in a game where I start keeping a book beside the table to read while my armies trudge into battle.

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ActionTrip

If I had to describe this game in one word, I'd say it's... decent. Then I'd add that it's at times illogical, unnerving, dull, and painfully slow-paced.

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Computer Games Magazine

Invading Russia in the winter was never this hard. [Sept 2005, p.54]

Computer Gaming World

A great-looking game with a few good ideas, but it just gets too many things wrong. Despite the initial promise, the result is a pale imitation of "Total War" and a poor attempt at simulating history.

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Pelaaja (Finland)

Even if the worst mistakes and bugs would be fixed via patches, Imperial Glory would still only be mediocre. [July 2005, p.71]

Next Level Gaming

For if I would not play the game more than ten seconds if I didn’t have to review the game, why would I recommend any voluntarily play this game?

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 50 User Votes

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

Obama B gave it a10:
IG is definitely a great game after playing it in my spare time. Very enjoyable and educational all the same. I started playing the demo a while back and got the game. Rome TW was lacking naval battles, which led me to pick IG instead. In my views, ETW aka Empire Total War is a remake of IG only to be a bug ridden game from the install process. I've never came across a game with so much bugs as ETW has at launch. IG brings me lots of joy and I'm thrilled to play IG instead of the buggy ETW. Eidos was ahead of CA in many ways.

Mike W. gave it a10:
I like Total War but i wouldn't want to compare this game to it, Imperial Glory is very different. Its mutli-level gaming at its best and to be honest the guys at Total War should really have a look and take some of the ideas from this to improve their own great line of games!

romanus invictus gave it a4:
The game is complete rubbish. It only boasts and nothing else. Its buying is just a waste of money. As compared to ROME TOTAL WAR it's just a novice. ROME TOTAL WAR has a far more fantastic gameplay and is more realistic as well.

Tastee C. gave it a10:
Yes nice game wowy omg neat'o awsome i love it i love playing it.

Steve W. gave it a10:
Absolutely gobsmacking. Buy it as soon as you can!

Craig S. gave it a10:
The game was abosultely amazing. The abttles left me gobsmacked, and I enjoyed it so much more than Rome Total War. I think that game should be burnt, and that the naval battles of Imperial Glory take over the rubbish of Rome.

Daniel C. gave it a10:
I thought this game was completely amazing. The graphics were incredible, the land battles were supreme, and I believe that Rome Total War is a load of crap compared to this. The game has great land and naval battles, and you truly cannot get bored of it. I would advise anyone in the world to buy this game. You wont regret it!

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