Imperial Glory

It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to…

73 17 May 2005

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Tactical Historical Warfare

Imperial Glory is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Pyro Studios, released 17 May 2005 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Imperial Glory is

Imperial Glory is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Pyro Studios and released in 2005. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Imperial Glory is a 2005 real-time tactics video game, developed by Pyro Studios and published by Eidos Interactive for Microsoft Windows. Feral Interactive released a Mac OS X version of the game in December 2006.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Imperial Glory holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz Processor, 256 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it launched against

Imperial Glory launched on 17 May 2005, within three weeks of Guild Wars, Forza Motorsport, Medal of Honor: European Assault and Madagascar. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Guild Wars, Forza Motorsport, Medal of Honor: European Assault, Madagascar.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Imperial Glory — frequently asked questions

When did Imperial Glory come out?

Imperial Glory was released on 17 May 2005 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Imperial Glory?

At minimum, Imperial Glory needs 1 GHz Processor, 256 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Imperial Glory?

The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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