Imperial Glory

 PC
Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28
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  1. Games Radar
    72
    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]
  2. Game Over Online
    72
    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.
  3. Yahoo!
    70
    As it is, it still has much to commend, but its peculiar design choices make it difficult to enjoy to its full potential.
  5. eToychest
    70
    The campaign mode is good fun for a while, but the unsatisfying battle element will leave strategy buffs begging for more.
  6. GameSpot
    67
    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.
  7. PALGN
    65
    Above average. Minor errors corrupt what may have been a good game.
  8. PC Gamer UK
    64
    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]
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  9. Eurogamer
    60
    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.
  10. GameSpy
    60
    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.
  11. Game Chronicles
    60
    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.
  12. 1UP
    60
    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.
  13. GamerFeed
    60
    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.
  14. ActionTrip
    57
    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.
  15. Computer Gaming World
    50
    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.
  16. Computer Games Magazine
    50
    Invading Russia in the winter was never this hard. [Sept 2005, p.54]
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#38 Most Discussed PC Game of 2005
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#94 Most Shared PC Game of 2005

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User Score
8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 105 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 78 out of 105
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 105
  3. Negative: 11 out of 105
  1. Vladimir
    May 31, 2005
    10
    I love it. The graphics are great. You've got 3 games in one (management, RTS and naval battles) and it makes me feel like a real I love it. The graphics are great. You've got 3 games in one (management, RTS and naval battles) and it makes me feel like a real general of that age. Great work.… Full Review »
  2. JamieS.
    May 29, 2005
    9
    A very pretty game. Both better AND worse than Rome total war. The province overview is not quite as good; there's less you can do and A very pretty game. Both better AND worse than Rome total war. The province overview is not quite as good; there's less you can do and it's too abstracted; it jars with the realism of the battle view. However, the battles are BETTER than total war. Whereas total wars' terrain is flat and uninteresting, glory's is just plain beautiful - in fact the best I've seen, it's fun just to look at the trees and windmills etc. Overall, I rate it slightly higher than Total war. Don't miss it. Ignore the naysayers - a lot of them seem to already be total war converts; but I don't see any reason why there should just be ONE good RTS (One to rule them all???) This one's a peach !… Full Review »
  3. FRIST_008
    Jun 14, 2021
    8
    Хорошая стратегия своего времени, которая решила выйти против большой Total War
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