Review
This is official description
Glest is a free 3D real-time strategy game, where you control the armies of two different factions: Tech, which is mainly composed of warriors and mechanical devices, and Magic, that prefers mages and summoned creatures in the battlefield.
Glest is not just a game, but also an engine to make strategy games, based on XML and a set of tools.
The following review written by one of the Software Informer contributors applies to version 3.1
If you're a fan of strategy games in fantastic environments ... surely this could be a game for you! Glest 3.1 is a complete and original strategy game since it combines ancient scenery, magic fantasies and technological powers into a unique plot and with multiple possibilities for customization. And not only is a 3D game that allows to be played on a network, but also is an engine for creating strategy games based on XML.
You wonder how it can achieve this, don’t you? Well, all the plot of the game, to which you will need to apply complex strategies, consists in the clash of two factions, magic and technology, in natural environments of the Middle Ages. The Magic Legion is composed of dragons and wizards, along with other great and powerful people who are facing complex robots and other machines with technological potential.
In addition to the stage, sound and camera changes well achieved, this game has the advantage of allowing almost completely customize it or use it as an engine for other games of this type. For this purpose, it offers a comprehensive website where you can find further information about the game and galleries of images, help documentation for customization, a user forum and a series of tool sets and utilities that you can download for free and will allow you to change the game to your liking.
The only thing left to say, is that it’s a free game that runs on Windows or Linux and requires a Pentium 4 or Athlon processor, video card compatible with Open GL 1.3 and sound card compatible with DirectX9/OpenAL. |
