Pride of Nations

 PC
Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Aug 8, 2011
    70
    Intricate detail and strategy make for an excellent value release for the serious war-gamer. [Sept 2011, p.62]
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  2. XGN
    Jul 7, 2011
    70
    Pride of Nations is a very deep and realistic game that's perfect for strategists that like a firm challenge. Unfortunately you'll get lost in a sea of possibilities and will find it difficult to enjoy the bad graphics.
  3. GameWatcher
    Jun 24, 2011
    70
    If Pride of Nations is guilty of anything, it's simply guilty of being unimaginative. But what it lacks in imagination it makes up in historical fidelity and sheer depth.
  5. Gamers.at
    Jun 22, 2011
    70
    Everyone who knows other games from developer AGEOD, have at least an idea what they can expect. Pride of Nations is an extremely complex and challenging strategy game with some very good ideas, but all overshadowed from some serious technical shortcomings.
  6. GamingXP
    Jul 24, 2011
    68
    Friends of complex and detailed historical turn-based strategy games will certainly have no problems to invest much time and patience in Pride of Nations, but everyone else will probably despair at the lack of comprehensibility.
  7. Da Gameboyz
    Jul 18, 2011
    65
    Overall, this is a great strategy game, with a lot of flavour, and it'll only take a bit of work from the developers to make it excellent. And both the devs and the community are working on it, so we look forward to lots of fun!
  8. GameStar
    Jun 24, 2011
    65
    if you like to spend a lot of time thinking about organising an army and love historical accuracy, then you might add 10 points to our review score. But if you want to go to battle and prefer a logical system for research and economy, try the demo first.
  9. Absolute Games
    Aug 14, 2011
    60
    The worst thing about Pride of Nations is that it has a much steeper learning curve than Victoria 2.
  10. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Aug 29, 2011
    50
    Another turn-based strategy of standard "Paradox" quality is more of an add-on than a regular game – five campaigns -however interesting they are-they don't give a full-value game. [Issue#207]
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User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 7 out of 17
  1. wijse
    Jun 18, 2011
    7
    This is the latest game in a long line of superb turn based war games made by Ageod (Paradox France). Pride of nations is set in the VictorianThis is the latest game in a long line of superb turn based war games made by Ageod (Paradox France). Pride of nations is set in the Victorian / Industrial Age between 1850 and 1920. The game focuses on leading one of eight nations to glory through warfare, colonization, diplomacy and trading. If you are already a fan of some of the other Ageod games, you will feel right at home, but the UI will take some time to learn. This is painstakingly also one of the games shortcomings. If you are a newcomer to the Ageod games you will feel frustrated because of the how little you will actually learn from the tutorial and how much you will have to learn by making mistakes by playing the game. Warfare is handled the same way as in former Ageod games, you move counters around like a board game and it will show you how many days it will take for a unit to get there. Each turn is 15 days. If you are familiar with Victoria II than the combat is far superior in Pride of nations. Terrain, weather and supply plays a huge important role when doing warfare. All in all i give this game 7 out of 10, i would have given it higher but bugs in its current version makes the game near unplayable. Lucky enough you can go to the pride of nations forum at the paradox forum and grab the latest beta patch 1.01F (it is steam compatible). Which makes a huge difference!… Full Review »
  2. vence
    Dec 9, 2012
    6
    This game could have been a solid Victoria like but is utterly ruined by poor UI design and processing time between turns that can go up to 10This game could have been a solid Victoria like but is utterly ruined by poor UI design and processing time between turns that can go up to 10 min in the great campaign map… Full Review »
  3. Hurzdligh
    Oct 19, 2012
    9
    For the gender, it is a great game. The low ratings come from gamers used with intuitive control based games. It is hard to learn , but onceFor the gender, it is a great game. The low ratings come from gamers used with intuitive control based games. It is hard to learn , but once you get deep into it you will start loving it. This game is full with realism, and you will feel the slow pace of development, instead of "mine this, build this, attack, win" type of strategy games. If it weren't for the diplomatic crisis system, I would have given it a 10.
    A beautiful, smart game for the gender.    … Full Review »
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