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Supreme Ruler 2020
Critic Score
Metascore: 67 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.9 out of 10
based on 12 reviews
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Control any department within your government or delegate decisions to your Cabinet Ministers. Sophisticated Military Strategic and Tactical Command System. Select from hundreds of actual military vehicles to research, build, and deploy. Choose conventional warfare or develop your nuclear weapons program. Detailed Economic and Political Models. Flexible Diplomatic Interface allowing sophisticated negotiations. Play any one of over 250 Regions world-wide. High Resolution Satellite imagery provided courtesy of NASA. Single Player or Multi Player support. Includes Map Editor and extensive modability. Varied Game-play options include Regional Battles, Missions and Campaigns. Introducing BattleGoat's new Super Sandbox Mode for unlimited customization and replayability. [Paradox Interactive]

PUBLISHER: Paradox Interactive
DEVELOPER: BattleGoat Studios
GENRE(S): Strategy
PLAYERS: 16
ESRB RATING: E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE: June 17, 2008

What The Critics Said

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80
Play (Poland)
Vast amounts of data flow through the complex management system in this world domination game. Can you can master the strategy and keep an eye on your subordinates? This is the ultimate challenge of epic proportions for people with entirely too much time on their hands. Or perpetually sleepless. [Aug 2008]
78
Jolt Online Gaming UK
Supreme Ruler 2020 is a big step on from what has gone before in the series. It doesn’t stand head and shoulders above the pack, but it certainly rubs shoulders with the big boys and doesn’t come off looking cheap and a little embarrassed. It makes the job of being a psychopathic dictator just that little bit more fun.
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78
IGN
Supreme Ruler 2020 is designed for a very specific kind of gamer. As it is, it will take hardcore fans a good couple of hours to finally start to feel like they're in control of what's happening to them in this game.
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77
Strategy Informer
All in all Supreme Ruler is a solid game.
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70
GameZone
Supreme Ruler 2020 is as deep and complex as they come, albeit incredibly intimidating.
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70
Boomtown
Personally for me, the learning curve is a bit steep and the commitment too large. But that’s me – this is a great game, polished and well worked. If you have the time and the inclination the rewards on offer are great, and it’s highly unlikely to become a repetitive experience.
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69
PC Zone UK
With patience and perseverance there's plenty of reward. [Oct 2008, p.72]
67
1UP
With nothing in the encyclopedic manual or pithy tutorial that actually explains how to game this highfalutin data cube, Supreme Ruler 2020 tends to play like smashing into a wall: break something, fall back wincing, and repeat.
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61
PC Gamer UK
Not smart or sleek enough to shine. [Sept 2008, p.90]
50
PC Gamer
You'll need a great deal of patience to have fun with this one, though. [Sept 2008, p.73]
50
GameShark
As it stands Supreme Ruler 2020 is mostly a system in search of a game, with no sense of mission or urgency to push you from day to day. Whatever rewards it has are doled out too sparingly for most gamers, even serious strategy nerds.
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45
GameSpot
Supreme Ruler 2020's steep learning curve and micromanagement will turn off all but the most fanatical strategy gamers.
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