Empire: Total Wreck (Stay away until it's fixed)

User Rating: 6 | Empire: Total War PC
By jjkrogs | Review Date:
Empire Total War has officially become the most frustrating, glitch-filled mess of a game release I've ever experienced, and at 35, I've been around for the early days of PC gaming. The Total War series has always been in my top-5, and if they ever get Empire fixed, it may very well be again. But clearly this game was not ready for primetime. Did the economy push it out the door too quickly? Was it even playtested? If so, the makers seriously need to revise their procedures.

The game is currently broken, however you can still play enough of it to warrant the 6.0 score I gave it until you hit one of the multiple game-stopping bugs.

Once it IS fixed, I'm steering toward a 9 or 9.5 and I will provide an actual review of the game at that time. But for now this review stands as a warning for anyone hoping to spend the weekend playing Empire.

This game is still in beta, and the first real patch isn't expected until "next week" according to the devs. While I'm sure next week's patch will fix many issues, there are just too many to expect it all to be fixed for at least a month or two.

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