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For the Glory - A Europa Universalis Game

Rating: 4.5 (66 votes cast)
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System requirements

  • Windows 2000/XP/Vista
  • Pentium II 266 MHz
  • 256MB RAM
  • 1GB free hard drive space
  • 2MB Video Card DirectX Compatible
  • DirectX compatible soundcard
  • DirectX 8.0 or highter
  • Mouse & keyboard
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    FEATURES

    Take up the reins of your country, guide domestic and foreign policy, navigate thousands of historical events, engage in various struggles and lead your country to prosperity – all in the name of glory!

    For the Glory offers full historical immersion, with a completely new in-depth experience with over 10000 historically accurate events. Take charge of the mighty Habsburg Empire, the aggressive Swedish
    state, or the seafaring Portuguese. Build up your empire through trade, diplomacy, colonialism and war.

    Interact with real historical events and persons to determine what path your nation will take. Nothing is written in stone, and while a wise leader may choose to follow the path of history, you may also take advantage of opportunities for change.

    Features:

    • You can play as over 180 countries, on a map covering the entire world
    • Era spanning 1419-1819
    • Experience unparalleled historical immersion with over 10000 historical events
    • Unparalleled mod-ability: unlimited timeframe and up to 1000 countries
    • Improved and modernised interface
    • Adapt your playing style to the personality of your nation’s various historical monarchs
    • Multi-player up to 32 Players!

    For The Glory improvements and additions over Europa Universalis II:
    · Simplified and improved user interface, including in-game alerts informing the player of key decisions which need to be made, and the ability to now move troops from the political map mode
    · New graphical content including tailored sprites for individual nations and cultures
    · Technical improvements including being able to now change graphical resolution, and the ability to switch between mods without exiting and restarting the game
    · All original scenarios improved and rebalanced
    · Improved AI
    · Vastly improved modability over Europa Universalis II
    · Gameplay improvements including;
    - New core types of warfare (reclaiming territory, religious wars, etc)
    - New ‘privateer’ leader type
    - Reworked and improved spread of Protestantism
    - Reworked rules for calculating supplies and attrition

    Two mods are included in For The Glory:
    · Age of Timur – set during the 13 th century and created specifically for FtG
    · Alternative Grand Campaign / Event Exchange Project or AGCEEP for short – the most popular of the Europa Universalis II mods with features including 10,000 events and countless historical monarchs and leaders

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    CUSTOMER REVIEWS

    12th Dec 2009

    By herzkine

    For the Glory perfectly accomplishes to give EU II new life. With AGCEEP included is is the best game in the sector historical grand strategy, because with EU III going a more alternate history way this game is an experience of its own. You can basically relieve history and informing about events that happen ingame even improves your history knowledge again and again. Sometimes especially when you have played EU III the more deterministic way may seem a bit odd, but i guess thats the price you have to pay for being so close to actual history. The interface additons to the EU II are great, i only preferred the old soundtrack with historical songs of EU II to the composed ones in here. But they are good, too. One problem that still remains is that the game gives you crashes from time to time, but it isnt too bad considering you can continue at your last autosave. Also the development team is working on it and seems to be determined to iron out those things.

    4th Dec 2009

    By MrPopov

    I rated For the Glory 4 stars. The historical flavor and events when running the included AGCEEP mod are outstanding. The interface improvements, notifications, and AI are moderately improved from Europa Universalis II. Unfortunately the asking price is, in my opinion, a bit high considering the age of the engine and gameplay. I found Europa Universalis III gameplay more engaging. I also prefer the dynamic mission and core expanding to lend for a more unique game experience every time. Overall for fans of the original EUII, this is a must have.

    19th Nov 2009

    By Inquirer

    I bought Europa Universalis III a year or two back and I find that this game is just a poorer, watered-down version of EU3, instead of an improvement. It is worth buying EU3 even though it is more expensive. Its graphics are much livelier, the panels are more informative and the controls are better. The battle scenes badly need improvement in both games. Two men continuously jabbing each other is hardly a respectable graphic for a modern computer game. The much older game of Imperialism2 had a very interesting combat mode, with troops of different strengths and movement capabilities fighting each other like pieces on a chessboard, allowing you to use your skills effectively. The historical background behind EU3 and this game is highly informative and commendable.

    16th Nov 2009

    By kniini

    Definitely worth it's prize, and you also get a very cool new avatar on the forums! :D

    15th Nov 2009

    By ladlas

    This is what EU II should have been. For The Glory extends and improves the EU II engine, fixing old bugs and adding new features. It is a wonderful effort. Unfortunately, at least for me, the EU II engine feels dated compared to the Clausewitz engine of EU III. If only the effort could have gone into EU III instead...

    11th Nov 2009

    By tkmmelin

    I am really satisfied for this product. Even i liked EU3 alots, still it miss something that EU2 had and these new mods really gives new life for EU2. It fixed some things i didnt liked at orginal EU2, and 1399 mod is nice mod too. Anyway "For the Glory" is still modfied EU2 so graphics are 2d. Anyway i think its definately worth of its prize.
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