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East India Company

First seen: 17 may 2009

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  • User Score (29)
    5.7 5.7 from 29 reviewers
  • Expert Score (38)
    6.5 6.5 from 38 reviewers
  • Gameplay (10)
    7.7 7.7 from 10 reviewers
  • Graphics (14)
    7.5 7.5 from 14 reviewers
  • Sound (13)
    7.7 7.7 from 13 reviewers
  • Storyline (2)
    6.9 6.9 from 2 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (4)
    5.8 5.8 from 4 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • diverse commander abilities, looks the part, awesome sea battles, good ai, rewards patience
  • not much happens, really slow, lacklustre combat, too many loading screens, lack of proper scaling

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  1. East India Company

    Reviewer: allaboutgames.co.uk
    17 August 2009
    Overall 7
    7.0
     

    The lack of a multiplayer campaign doesn't help to alleviate the biggest concern of East India Company ; that there isn't enough here to keep you sustained in the long run. The Grand Campaign will keep occupied for a good length of time, but after all the effort put in to succeed it may be hard to start over again from the beginning, at least in the short term. The only alternative then would be multiplayer, but the competitive battles won't suit all players of the game.... Read more

  2. East India Company

    Reviewer: GameSpot
    7 August 2009

    This naval-centric strategy game merely treads water. A few months after it shipped, East India Company was updated with a number of new features and enhancements. These include but are not limited to new port views, history graphs, fighting on land in island battles, and two additional multiplayer modes. Read more

  3. East India Company – The Verdict

    Reviewer: The Reticule
    30 July 2009

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  4. East India Company

    Reviewer: RealGamer
    31 July 2009
    Overall 7
    7.0
    Gameplay 7
    7.0
    Graphics 7
    7.0
     

    Share: Digg It Stumble it! Del.icio.us Technorati Reddit Facebook Raising sails and heading to India. Strategy PC Nitro Games Paradox Interactive TBA Out Now 1 The East India companies of the 17th century provided huge wealth for the European nations that founded them! Allowing them to attain power and influence as they battled it out for the valuable trade ports and resources. Now with thanks to Paradox and Nitro Games, you can now try to recreate one of these 17th... Read more

  5. Review: East India Company

    Reviewer: Boomtown
    31 July 2009
    Overall 7
    7.0
    Gameplay 7
    7.0
    Graphics 7
    7.0
    Sound 7
    7.0
     

    A challenger to Empire: Total War? Read more

  1. Enthralling

    Reviewer: Garry P Cartwright from Northumberland, Game Seek
    1 August 2009
    Overall 10
    10
     

    I’ve just spent several hours playing the demo version of this game and despite adverse reviews on other well known sites I think it’s brilliant! The most realistic sea battles under sail I’ve encountered (including Empire TW) and as a member of the Nelson Society I should know!! A Trade based game and empire builder with enemies it gets a top mark from me for sheer enjoyment and lack of tedium that you get with some trade based games. Read more

  2. Pathetic game

    Reviewer: R. Bartz, Amazon
    7 February 2010
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    Promises, promises, this game offers little of what is advertised. The main let down is the control, choppy at best, leaving you out more money that you could have used for a much better game , or paid you light bill. Even the tutorials do not work correctly,( a RED FLAG of whats to come). All in all, it must have been rushed into production before the bugs were worked out, and the patch does not help. Read more

  3. Badly done & boring game

    Reviewer: Amazon
    4 April 2010
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    Fun: This review is from: East India Company (PC DVD) (DVD-ROM) I've played about everything from Pirates over Patrician to Port Royale, and EIC (which was released AFTER those) is by far the worst I ever enountered. You could literally take all the worst aspects and game-mechanics of those I listed and put them together, you'd still get a game which is miles better than EIC. The GUI is awful, the gameflow is awful, the worldmap is awful, the options you have are... Read more

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