Editor Joe Morgan writes,
"With what feels like a recent resurgence of isometric strategy RPGs (like Harebrained Schemes‘ Shadowrun Returns) the engines are primed for the genre to make a comeback. Enter Tactic Studios and their free-to-play browser-based game Immortal Empire. The game has been in the works for quite some time, but has it released during a proverbial gold rush? Should it be inexplicably slaughtered or forever raised on high? Let’s find out."
There are a few ways a developer can approach turned-based combat; whether it is the Knights of the Old Republic approach, combining a real-time hybrid with 3D-based combat, or the Final Fantasy system where you are locked into combat and each side takes turns pummeling each other until one side falls over. Those are the right ways to deal with a turn-based RPG, and Immortal Empire largely approaches the turn-based approach correctly; unfortunately, it is marred by somewhat sluggish movement and boring art as well as a myriad of other issues. While the game has some nice concepts and is tactical at its core, Immortal Empire comes off as somewhat shallow and lacking any sort of direction in terms of what it was trying to be or be defined as; was it trying to be a tactical RPG? A social game? A Facebook game? These are the questions you’re left with after venturing through this RPG.
Diehard GameFAN writes: "Tactic Studios has been hard at work in 2010, publicly releasing Immortal Empire, a multiplayer strategy RPG that can be played on the PC straight out of your Web browser with no downloads. Although the title is multiplayer, Immortal Empire still features a fully fleshed-out story that puts players in the role of an immortal that can eventually summon up to five combatants that have a variety of strengths and skills that can be used strategically to take out the opposition. As players connect with others online, they can tackle the quests in co-op mode or, once the player reaches a certain overall level, they can engage in head-to-head battle in versus or teamplay modes."
