The Golden Horde

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

0
Average:

1
Bad:

3

Pros:

Interesting subject matter in the 13thcentury Mongol invasions, Innovative customization options when it comes to equipping soldiers.

Cons:

Troop customization is typically more interesting in theory than in reality, Slow building and unit creation times, A lot of basebuilding repetition in missions.

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Last revision on January 31, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Interesting subject matter in the 13thcentury Mongol invasions, Innovative customization options when it comes to equipping soldiers

Reviewers Didn't Like

Troop customization is typically more interesting in theory than in reality, Slow building and unit creation times, A lot of basebuilding repetition in missions

Expert reviews and ratings

Being able to guide the armies of Genghis Khan is the only real attraction in The Golden Horde. Developer World Forges real-time re-creation of the crazy years immediately after Genghis Khan pillaged his last town is just about as mediocre as the...

By cnet on November 10, 2008

A unique subject matter is the most compelling aspect of this otherwise boring real-time strategy game....

By GameSpot on November 10, 2008

Ah, history. Stranger than fiction, and the source of the best stories. JoWooD, makers of variable quality games... wait a second. Is this the same game we just reviewed earlier today? Why no, of course not, it’s a game based on the wars between...

By Games Radar on April 25, 2008

The Golden Horde isn’t your traditional run-of-the-mill real-time strategy game, and I’m not talking about its period setting. Sending troops to war is the corner stone of pretty much all war games that work in real-time, but World Forge...

By Strategy Informer on March 28, 2008

Less of a golden horde than a golden opportunity missed to make something of a fascinating period in European history. Whats emerged is a leaden, predictable RTS/RPG hybrid thats desperately short of ideas. JoWood - The Golden Horde price Buy The...

By IT Reviews on May 13, 2008