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For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game

Take up the reigns 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…

60 12 November 2009

For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game is a racing developed by Paradox Interactive, released 12 November 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game is

For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game is a racing game developed by Paradox Interactive and released in 2009. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Europa.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Take up the reigns 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 indepth 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…
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How it plays

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

How it was received

For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 7 points below the year average.

What it launched against

For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game launched on 12 November 2009, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

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When did For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game come out?
For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game was released on 12 November 2009 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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