Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 61.35% (23 reviews) |
| Metacritic | 58/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | D- |
| Eurogamer | 5/10. |
| GameSpot | 6.4/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| IGN | 6.5/10 |
The game received mixed to negative reviews on release. While the graphics, multiplayer and sound design were praised, many criticisms were laid against the repetitive gameplay, weak combat, poor voice acting and slow pacing. IGN reviewer Dan Adams gave it a rating of 6.5, saying "Without those big headed cartoon people, The Settlers series is just another RTS that manages to scrape by on technical graphics and decent sound. The gameplay, which I had believed would be changing fairly significantly, hasn't really changed a bit. Armies are organized a tad bit differently, but combat is still elementary school strategy for dummies. The pace of the game is still frustratingly slow (even if they did rid themselves of horrible pathfinding problems) and missions aren't anything close to exciting, even when they're supposed to be. This is simply a below average game that I can't really find much of a reason to recommend". Eurogamer gave it a middling score of 5/10, with its reviewer saying "It used to be a management game and now it's an RTS, and it's not very good".
Gamespot gave the game a rating of 6.4, while Gamespy gave it a meager two-stars. GameRankings gave it a rating of 61.35%, while Metacritic gave it a rating of 58 out of 100, based on 29 reviews. Review website 1UP.com gave it one of the lowest scores, with a bottom-level rating of D-.
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