Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile

 PC
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
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  1. PC Format
    74
    The challenge of maintaining your reputation in the face of a weak Nile, defending the city from attack and completing the scenarios is gratifying, but there's not really enough here to justify long-term play. [March 2005, p.99]
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  2. Game Chronicles
    73
    Despite some minor flaws and an occasional frustrating bug (that will hopefully be resolved in a patch), Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile keeps many of the classic elements of city-building strategy that made its predecessors so much fun to play, and innovates in ways which make the game much more interesting and involving.
  3. Play.tm
    73
    I still enjoyed playing Immortal Cities a good deal, yet I was content to help the Pharaohs out for a far shorter period of time than I would have given them in the past.
  5. Adrenaline Vault
    70
    Micromanagers and fans of "Pharaoh" have cause for celebration with the arrival of Children of the Nile, and should be thanking the god of their choice for the abundance that has been provided.
  6. Eurogamer
    70
    If you're the sort who, when presented with a river, like to crouch and examine the eddies, this may be for you. If you just want to know what's downstream... well, less so.
  7. games(TM)
    70
    The city-building genre has been crying out for a boost, which is what Children Of The Nile delivers. Unlike many games of this ilk, it caters for both micro- and macro-management, allowing for as series of small challenges to take place within a much bigger story arc. [March 2005, p.120]
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  8. Next Level Gaming
    65
    The basic problem is they were too ambitious with this game and put too much into it. If they had trimmed it down and focused and made a few things really well they would have had a better game.
  9. Computer Gaming World
    60
    Everything from basic commerce to trade has been significantly revamped. [Jan 2005, p.105]
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  10. GameSpy
    60
    When taken as a whole, Children of the Nile is a disappointment. It's not that it's a bad game. In fact, buried under the rubble of the game's interface is the germ of a classic.
  11. 1UP
    60
    If you're a patient gamer who can ignore the tedious aspects, you'll find COTN a good city building game with several original ideas. For the rest of us, the good background music and pleasing graphics make it feel like a very good interactive screensaver.

Awards & Rankings

71
#71 Best PC Game of 2004
73
#73 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
50
#50 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 39
  3. Negative: 5 out of 39
  1. UnzarJ.
    Feb 21, 2005
    5
    I was looking forward to this game but found it to be more work than pleasure.
  2. MaccM.
    Nov 18, 2004
    10
    !Top Game! This game is a great city builder game and is the best of its kind out. It talks about the facinating life of anciant egypt. It !Top Game! This game is a great city builder game and is the best of its kind out. It talks about the facinating life of anciant egypt. It has tought me a lot about their glorious civilisation. Better still you can create your very own civilisation with this game. I found myself living in anciant egypt when playing this game. If you liked the game Pahroah, then you'll like this one. (Pahroah is a great game and so is this one) Cant reccomend it enough if you like city builders or like the history of aciant egypt. (I like both) Be warned it is challEnging :)… Full Review »
  3. TomV.
    Nov 15, 2004
    10
    This game has really moved CB's ahead. cool graphics, very cool gameplay.
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