Oriental Empires
7.4
Platforms
- PCSep 14, 20177.4playscore6.811 Critics7.92.10K Players
11 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Ultimately though, Oriental Empires doesn’t distinguish itself from the pack. This is a cautiously-designed, quality 4X that runs comfortably on just about any machine. That’s fine, but I can’t help but wish it were more strongly committed to its theme, more surprising and less by-the-book.
Luke Winkie · Oct 26, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Grand scale warfare, peasant revolts, the challenge of constructing an Empire to last multiple ages. Oriental Empires captures the magnificent rise of Ancient China.
Skrain · Oct 11, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - So we come to the fun payload. It's sort of lacking. We've played games like this before, many of them really excellent and with depth and character. Oriental Empires certainly looks nice and has a classical Chinese feel that helps it along its way, but once you're through the surface, it's a lacklustre 4X without a great deal to set it apart from the pack. Much of the time, Oriental Empires feels like playing a game of Total War where you auto-conclude all of the battles, but with a penchant for very slightly unfair and unavoidable disasters.
Stuart Thomas · Oct 07, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - As I complete my playthrough of Oriental Empires, watching my pitiful empire crumble in flames beneath me, I think about how it compares to Civilization. It’s certainly not a contender for my newest favorite game, but it adds life to a genre that Sid Meier’s beautiful masterpiece had long-since defined. It was interesting to think that a city could actually have life in it, instead of just another dot on the map, another settlement to churn out buildings and armies. And it was interesting to watch civilizations interact with each other instead of one turn at a time. Oriental Empires doesn’t overtake Civilization — not by a long shot. But the latter could stand to learn a thing or two from the newcomer and improve upon a slightly stale system.
Heather Johnson Yu · Sep 30, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The momentum you build, the troops you inspire, this should give birth to classic literature and schools of thought that are still followed two thousand years in the future. Oriental Empires never makes you feel like an emperor. It never makes you feel like a nobleman or a general or even the guy who invented a new way of measuring and distributing rice to peasants. It never makes you feel like you’re actually there. It feels like an empty shadow, a vapid, basic reconstruction of one of the most glorious periods in history.
Alec Blouin · Sep 16, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Oriental Empires offeres more than enough to keep long time strategy fans happy. It looks great and does try one or two new things that don't turn out as well as they could, lacking the depth and variety to push it into being a great game.
Chris Wray · Sep 12, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Oriental Empires is a very well made strategy game that allows you to get through a campaign in a few hours instead of having saves that span days, though that is an option as well if you wish.
Aran Suddi · Nov 29, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - An innovative strategy title with very good production values, Oriental Empires definitely warrants the attention of anyone mildly interested in Chinese history.
Marcello Perricone · Nov 25, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The translation of history into a video game is one of the best parts of the game. The units, groups and terrain are all very accurate to Chinese history. While many of the elements look great on the surface, there simply isn't enough depth to any of the systems to feel like a true 4X. The largest failing is the combat system with a randomness that destroys strategy. It all feels rushed and unpolished. While there is something that could be great under it, it is not ready yet.
Eric Ace · Oct 08, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Nur noch diese eine Runde! Oriental Empires hat mich mit seiner auf das Wesentliche des 4X-Kerns reduzierten Spielmechanik voll erwischt. Siedlungen bauen, Gebäude errichten, Handel, Kampf, Forschung – all das funktioniert im alten China genauso wunderbar wie bei der Civilization-Konkurrenz.
Eike Cramer · Nov 25, 2017 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Developer: Shining Pixel Studios